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Asia shares sideswiped by US economic jitters, oil slips
SYDNEY, Aug 4 — Asian share markets followed Wall Street lower today as fears for the US economy returned with a vengeance, spurring investors to price in an almost certain rate cut for September and undermining the dollar. Some early
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Ringgit opens stronger against dollar on soft US payrolls, Fed cut bets
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The ringgit opened stronger against the US dollar on Monday as hopes for an upcoming United States (US) rate cut increased following the latest data that showed a weaker US labour market, an economist said.
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Ab Rahaman named Johor police chief, replacing M. Kumar who heads to Bukit Aman CID
JOHOR BARU, Aug 4 — Bukit Aman management (services and personnel) division deputy director Ab Rahaman Arsad has been appointed the new Johor police chief, effective today. The 58-year-old senior officer officially replaces Datuk M. Kumar, who has held the
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Can you bomb Iran and still win the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump thinks so
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s well past time
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Pope Leo draws one million for final mass at Rome youth jubilee, calls for peace over war
ROME, Aug 4 — Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people yesterday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. “Aspire to great things, to holiness,
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Netanyahu seeks Red Cross help for Gaza hostages as emaciated videos fuel Israeli outrage
JERUSALEM, Aug 4 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday to aid hostages in Gaza, as outrage built at videos showing two of them emaciated. The premier’s office said he spoke
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South Korea starts dismantling border loudspeakers in bid to ease tensions with North
SOUTH KOREA, Aug 4 — South Korea said on today it has started removing loudspeakers used to blare K-pop and news reports into the North, as a new administration in Seoul tries to ease tensions with its bellicose neighbour. The
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Trump sends envoy to Moscow as sanctions deadline looms and tensions spike
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — President Donald Trump confirmed yesterday his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia in the coming week, ahead of a looming US sanctions deadline and escalating tensions with Moscow. Speaking to reporters, Trump also said that
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Former NZ top cop Jevon McSkimming charged over child abuse, bestiality material
WELLINGTON, Aug 4 — New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity today after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. Jevon McSkimming was arrested in June and charged with eight counts of possessing
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Indian and Philippine navies hold joint patrols in disputed South China Sea ahead of Marcos’ visit to New Delhi
MANILA, Aug 4 — Indian Navy warships have begun patrolling areas of the disputed South China Sea with their Philippine counterparts for the first time, Manila’s military said Monday, as President Ferdinand Marcos departed for a state visit to New Delhi.
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