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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened easier against the US dollar despite news that Malaysia will be removed from the FTSE Russell Watch List and will retain its membership in the FTSE World Government Bond Index. The FTSE Russell announced…

OTTAWA: Canadian experts on Monday recommended halting the use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots for people aged under 55, after a small but rising number of patients abroad suffered blood clots. Manitoba and Quebec provinces were the first to…

KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has announced a new oil and gas discovery in the Sirung-1 wildcat exploration well located in the shallow waters of the Balingian province, 237km off the coast of Miri, Sarawak. It said the…

Bloomberg (March 30): Asia stocks are set to open firmer after U.S. equities bounced off session lows, with rapid progress in the U.S. vaccine rollout overshadowing the risk of further fallout from recent block sales. Futures pointed up in…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has paid S$102.8mil (RM320.27mil) to Singapore for costs incurred for the development of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, and in relation to the extension of its suspension. The two countries…

About 3,000 villagers from territory in eastern Myanmar controlled by the Karen ethnic minority fled across the border to Thailand after Myanmar military aircraft dropped bombs on a Karen guerrilla position, according to workers for two…

PETALING JAYA: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has directed personnel at all US ports of entry to begin seizing disposable gloves produced by Top Glove Corporation Bhd. The CBP action comes after a statement earlier that it has…

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali is demanding proof of the correspondence between former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the government on the decision to terminate his service as AG, three…

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 129,110 people have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccine injections under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday. According to health minister Dr Adham Baba, 451,655 people had received the…

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin says a private vaccination programme may only start late in the year because of limited global Covid-19 supply. The science, technology and innovation minister said he suspected that most of the delivery…