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Affin Group debuts in US bond market
Affin Group made its debut in the US dollar bond market with the issuance of the senior unsecured notes with a nominal value of US$300mil under its US$2bil euro medium term note […]
Bursa rebounds to close higher on bargain huntingÂ
Bursa Malaysia picked up momentum in the final hour of trading to close marginally higher, driven by bargain-hunting in energy and telecommunication stocks during the late session, says an analyst. […]
EPF weighs RM8bil sale of UK private hospitals
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is preparing to sell a portfolio of UK private hospitals that are valued at about £1.4bil (RM8bil). Read full story Date: 5 June, 2025 4:50 […]
Peru’s Nazca Lines face mining threat after protected area slashed
LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and archaeologists fear could leave the ancient geoglyphs vulnerable to hundreds of […]
Exclusive-Ukraine hit fewer Russian planes than it estimated, US officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States assesses that Ukraine’s drone attack over the weekend hit as many as 20 Russian warplanes, destroying around 10 of them, two U.S. officials told Reuters, […]
Over 30,000 narcotic pills seized in W. Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 4 (Xinhua) — Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) announced Wednesday the seizure of over 30,000 narcotic pills and the arrest of several suspects in two security operations in […]
WWII bombs defused in Cologne after city’s largest postwar evacuation
BERLIN, June 4 (Xinhua) — Authorities in the western German city of Cologne successfully defused three large unexploded World War II bombs on Wednesday, following the city’s largest evacuation operation […]
Egypt reports 82.7-pct surge in expatriates’ remittances over 9 months
CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua) — Remittances from Egyptians working abroad increased by 82.7 percent from July 2024 to March 2025, reaching approximately 26.4 billion U.S. dollars, the Central Bank of […]
Brazil plans to cut tax breaks, curb education spending in fiscal package, say sources
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s government is negotiating a package of fiscal measures with congressional leaders that includes cuts to tax exemptions and limits on the growth of transfers to an education […]
Russian war bloggers blame military command for stunning Ukrainian attack on bomber fleet
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian military analysts are hunting for scapegoats after Ukraine stunned Moscow with weekend drone attacks that destroyed a number of strategic bomber planes, weakening a key component of […]