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Petronas president: ‘Efficiency is the first fuel’ in tackling energy crisis
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Prudent energy use, optimising operational costs through artificial intelligence (AI) and sound financial management are key principles that must be practised in addressing the increasingly pressing global energy crisis, says Petronas president and group chief
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Petronas cuts planning horizon to 45 days to tackle energy supply risks, says president
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has shortened its downstream planning horizon from three months to 45 days to address global energy supply uncertainties. Its president and group chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku
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Analysts: Bursa Malaysia seen range-bound next week as Middle East tensions cap gains
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Trading on Bursa Malaysia is expected to remain cautious and range-bound next week, as the local bourse continues to be confined within the 1,680–1,740 range driven by the West Asia conflict, said an economist. IPPFA
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Some pumps run dry, but Australia tells travellers: Carry on with Easter plans
SYDNEY, April 4 — Australians were urged to maintain their travel plans for Easter weekend although hundreds of petrol stations, mostly in rural areas, were without power today, as the Iran war continued to strain the nation’s fuel supply. “Easter
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Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘Easter escalation’ as massive daytime attack kills two
KYIV, April 4 — A large-scale daytime Russian strike killed at least two people in Ukraine yesterday, officials said, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as an “Easter escalation,” as Moscow shifts tactics to avoid Ukrainian air defences. Since the
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Iran won’t ease Hormuz chokehold anytime soon — and that’s the point, US intelligence suggests
WASHINGTON, April 4 — Recent US intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip on the world’s most vital oil artery provides the only real leverage it has over
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Pope Leo warns world leaders will answer to God at Colosseum Good Friday service
ROME, April 4 — Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome’s famed Colosseum yesterday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will
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Three charged over arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in London
LONDON, April 4 — Three young men have been charged with arson over the vandalising of four ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London, British police said yesterday. British citizens Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, will appear
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Israel hits Beirut after destroying key bridge to block Hezbollah reinforcements
BEIRUT, April 4 — The Israeli military said today it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s reinforcements from crossing. An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions
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