BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple will open its tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals, EU antitrust regulators said on Thursday, ending a four-year long investigation that could have resulted in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker. Apple’s decision to settle the EU antitrust probe marks a rare move by the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is likely to maintain the status quo on the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) for the rest of the year to strike the right balance between inflation and growth trajectory, according to economists. Earlier today, BNM’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced its decision to keep …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Skateboarding will have some of the youngest competitors at the Paris Olympics but it has already taught some of the more established sports a trick or two, earning a permanent place on the programme and giving the Games a much-needed makeover. Skateboarding – along with surfing, …

PARIS (Reuters) – A top French trade union leader on Thursday urged President Emmanuel Macron to let a left-wing alliance govern after it came first in a legislative election, hinting that any alternative could be met with protests during the Paris Olympics. In his first public comments since the New …

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil says Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin only has himself to blame for the issue of six former party members being allowed to retain their parliamentary seats. “Bersatu only amended its party constitution (to prevent party-hopping) after the general election unlike Umno or …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO leaders will end their summit on Thursday with a clear focus on backing Ukraine and countering what the allies say is the growing threat Russia poses to Europe, as U.S. President Joe Biden faces growing calls from members of his Democratic party to drop his re-election …

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares on Bursa Malaysia were mostly higher on Thursday, with the barometer index extending its winning streak to the third straight session as optimism about US interest rate cuts fuelled bullish domestic and global risk sentiments. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 4.74 …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s grocery regulator on Thursday threatened Amazon with a formal investigation if it does not improve its compliance with an industry code designed to protect suppliers. The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said its 2024 annual survey found that less than half of respondents directly supplying Amazon believed …

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court had ordered political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and a few others to pay RM5mil in damages to the family of slain Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu because he had chosen not to testify under oath. High Court judge Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera ruled that the …

SINGAPORE: National sprinter Marc Louis is set to make his Olympic debut at the July 26-Aug 11 Paris Games after the 21-year-old’s universality spot was confirmed by World Athletics (WA) on Wednesday (July 10). With sprint queen Shanti Pereira having qualified for the women’s 200m at Paris 2024, Singapore is …