Gold prices rose on Friday and were poised for their biggest weekly gain in more than a month, as a softer U.S. dollar and concerns over the country's fiscal outlook boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal. Spot gold was up 1.1% at $3,329.69 an ounce as of 0654 GMT. Bullion has risen 4% this week, its highest since...
KUALA LUMPUR: Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka is out to end China’s title quest in the men’s singles event in the Malaysian Masters. Naraoka is plotting a win against Li Shifeng, who is China’s last representative left in the meet. The 2023 World Championships silver medallist prevented an all-Chinese semi-final after beating world No. 14 Weng Hongyang 21-12,...
WASHINGTON: The news arrived quietly on his mobile phone, that Harvard University has been barred from enrolling international students. This means his ability to finish his degree there, the culmination of a lifetime of work, is now in jeopardy. The student, who declined to give his name given the sensitivities involved, is one of over 150...
Kim Kardashian is a step closer to following in her father's footsteps and becoming a lawyer. She has completed a legal apprenticeship and is now eligible to take the California bar exam, her representative confirmed Wednesday. The entrepreneur and reality TV star posted an Instagram Story from a small private ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where...
The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the country’s conservation agency said. What looks like a tiny hen’s egg is seen emerging from an opening below the head of...
KLANG: The Human Resources Ministry is currently reviewing the proposal to raise the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65, said Minister Steven Sim. The matter was being examined by a special committee led by the ministry’s deputy secretary-general (Policy and International) Mohd Shaharin Umar as it involved labour laws which fell under the ministry's purview. He...
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed that he did not bring any 'cai' (list of candidates) into the PKR election process, but rather examined each candidate in detail before making a decision. Anwar, who is also PKR president, said the process was time-consuming because he wanted to ensure that the selection was made...
KUALA LUMPUR: Thai shuttler Ratchanok Intanon loves milk tea but she has to cut back on her favourite drink to keep playing at the highest level in the women’s singles. The 2013 world champion Ratchanok, who turned 30 in February, has to make sacrifices to maintain her fitness as she eyes more titles in an already...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli says he had neither prepared a resignation letter nor announced any decision to refrain from contesting in the PKR polls. "I would like to state that I have never drafted a resignation letter, nor stated that I would not be contesting. I also never packed up my office either. "My office...
JOHOR BARU: The divisions in PKR will only become real if no efforts are made at reconciliation after the party's elections, says Adam Adli Abdul Halim. The PKR Youth chief said democracy has never been quiet, and the party has always had very open and intense elections. “Don’t worry about the sparks or friction throughout the election....
