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China, US agree to de-escalate trade tensions
CHINA and the United States announced a series of tariff adjustment measures on Monday aimed at easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, according to a joint statement […]
Malaysia’s services sector up 6% y-o-y in 1Q25
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s services sector grew by 6.0 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025), reaching RM630 billion in revenue, according to the Department of Statistics […]
Malaysia’s wholesale, retail trade records RM154bil sales in March 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sector recorded total sales of RM154 billion in March 2025, marking a year-on-year (y-o-y) growth of 5.7 per cent, said the Department of […]
Bank Negara’s 100bps SRR cut gives room to assess US tariff impact – Moody’s Analytics
KUALA LUMPUR: The 100-basis point cut in the Statutory Reserve Requirement (SRR) ratio by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) last Thursday is intended to give the Monetary Policy Committee some breathing […]
ACE Market-bound ICT Zone Asia aims to raise RM26.6mil from IPO
KUALA LUMPUR: Technology financing solution company ICT Zone Asia Bhd aims to raise RM26.6 million from its initial public offering (IPO) in conjunction with the transfer of its listing from […]
Raids across Germany after ‘Reichsbuerger’ group banned
BERLIN (Reuters) – Hundreds of police officers were conducting raids across Germany early on Tuesday after the interior ministry banned a hard-right militant group it referred to as the biggest […]
Pakistan army says 51 killed in military conflict with India
(Reuters) – Pakistan’s army said on Tuesday 11 armed forces and 40 civilians were killed in a military clash with neighbour India, after a weekend ceasefire agreed between the nuclear-armed […]
Japanese ‘salarymen’ inspire with cheerleading acrobatics
TOKYO (Reuters) -It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn’t seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto […]
What is it like to die? This VR experience offers some answers
The dying experience is part of a series of VR simulations developed by a nine-year-old California-based company called Embodied Labs. Read full story Date: 13 May, 2025 3:00 pm Source: […]
Man sentenced to 30 days jail for dangerous driving after 4×4 incident
KUALA LUMPUR: A 32-year-old man who drove a 4×4 vehicle and knocked over a couple on a motorcycle has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined RM12,000 by […]