KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian economy’s robust expansion at 5.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q 2024) has driven the ringgit to close higher against the US dollar today.

At 6 pm, the ringgit climbed to 4.4295/4350 versus the greenback from y…

Health authorities said Friday they plan to supply treatments for 260,000 COVID-19 patients, as the nation saw a surge in cases due to a summer wave.

“We have started contacting global pharmaceutical companies after recognizing that treatments are b…

PUTRAJAYA: ‘Ya Allah. Ya Allah. Ya Allah.’ Those were the last words and screaming heard inside aircraft N28JV before it crashed in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam on Aug 17 last year.

This was revealed in the audio transcript from the cockpit voice recorde…

South Korean stocks ended almost 2 percent higher Friday to extend their winning streak to a fifth day, as a series of U.S. data soothed economic slowdown fears. The local currency gained ground against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite…

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week on a positive note, thanks to encouraging economic data in Malaysia and from the United States (US), said an analyst.

The local market was driven by strong buying in energy, healthcare, and industrial produ…

SHAH ALAM, Police have denied social media reports claiming that documents and personal effects belonging to singer Muhammad Nidza Afham Mokhtar had gone missing when his body was found.

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said Muhammad Ni…