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Trump’s Venezuela focus frustrates top aides worried about midterm elections
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s focus on the brazen U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is frustrating some White House aides and Republican lawmakers, who want […]
Kurdish groups reject Aleppo withdrawal as US pushes to end fighting
ALEPPO, Syria, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Kurdish groups in Aleppo vowed to defend their neighbourhoods from government forces on Friday, rejecting ceasefire terms declared by Damascus that demand Kurdish fighters […]
Anti-party hopping law should be reviewed, says Kiandee after Federal Court ruling on Bersatu’s application
PETALING JAYA: Anti-party hopping laws in Malaysia should be reviewed, urges Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee after the Federal Court dismissed the party’s attempt to declare four Sabah parliamentary seats […]
AEON Credit raises RM150mil via Sukuk Wakalah
KUALA LUMPUR: AEON Credit Service (M) Bhd has completed its eleventh issuance of Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) under its Sukuk Wakalah programme, raising RM150mil with a tenure of 179 days. […]
Cenergi SEA, Malaysia Airports co-develops solar, battery energy project
KUALA LUMPUR: Cenergi SEA Bhd and KLIA Aeropolis Sdn Bhd are co-developing a 36 megawatt-peak (MWp) large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, integrated with a 45 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) […]
SBS Nexus shares to Malaysian public oversubscribed by 22.28 times
PETALING JAYA: ACE Market-bound integrated marketing and branding services provider SBS Nexus Bhd’s 24.5 million new shares made available to the Malaysian public has been oversubscribed by 22.28 times. Read […]
Ringgit ends lower against US dollar ahead of US jobs data, tariff ruling
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar on Friday, as markets moved into a cautious holding pattern ahead of tonight’s US non-farm payrolls release and a possible Supreme […]
Iran cut off from world as Supreme Leader warns protesters
DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb expanding protests, with phone calls not […]
Moscow says US freed two Russian crew members from seized oil tanker at its request
MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the United States had released two Russian crew members from a Russian-flagged oil tanker seized on Wednesday […]
Kurdish councils in Syria’s Aleppo reject evacuation call
Jan 9 (Reuters) – Kurdish councils in Syria’s Aleppo said on Friday they would not evacuate neighbourhoods under their control as part of a ceasefire deal to end days of […]