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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob denied on Tuesday (Aug 30) that he had been threatened with expulsion from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) if he refused...

KUALA LUMPUR: Over the weekend, the Malaysian political scene was a hive of activity as several key parties and coalitions huddled to firm up their plans for the upcoming general...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's state energy company Petronas on Tuesday (Aug 30) reported a surge in second-quarter profit, boosted by higher oil and gas prices and said that it would double...

China's search engine giant Baidu beat quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday (Aug 30), underpinned by demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence-powered offerings. US-listed shares of the company rose 3.2...

INTERNATIONAL HELP The disaster could not have come at a worse time for Pakistan, where the economy is in free fall. Appealing for international help, the government has declared an...

BEIJING: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest commercial lender by assets, said soured lending to the real estate sector in the first half of this year...

SHANGHAI: China's central bank issued draft rules on Tuesday (Aug 30) to regulate related transactions of financial holding companies. Such transactions must conform to rational commercial principles, be backed by...

SYDNEY: The Solomon Islands government has told the United States that it will place a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports, the US embassy in Canberra said on Tuesday...

Earlier, the United States embassy in Canberra, the Australian capital, had said the Solomon Islands had notified it of a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports. "On Aug 29,...

TOKYO: A nursing home in southern Japan is "hiring" babies for a very important job - to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. The salary? Nappies and...