KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rebounded to close firmer against the US dollar today, buoyed by a softer greenback amid declines in United States (US) Treasury yields. At 6 pm, the ringgit appreciated to 4.4710/4750 versus the greenback from yesterday's close of 4.4950/5010. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid told Bernama that the...
PARIS (Reuters) -India beat Spain 2-1 to win bronze in men's hockey at the Paris Olympics on Thursday as skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored twice to put his side in front after they fell behind in a tournament where his heroics proved decisive in all of their wins. The win gave India's their second consecutive bronze medal...
PARIS (Reuters) - Swedish marathon swimmer Victor Johansson has pulled out of the Olympic men's 10km event scheduled for Friday citing concerns about the water quality of the Seine river, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported. Johansson told the paper triathletes had fallen sick after swimming in the urban river during the Olympic competition, without naming any. "There...
PARIS (Reuters) - Jade Jones' hopes of a third Olympic medal in taekwondo were crushed on Thursday after the debutant who ousted the British double champion was herself defeated in the featherweight quarter-finals, closing a back door route to the podium. Miljana Reljikj beat Jones 6-7 4-5 1-1 in a round of 16 contest at Paris'...
(Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will hold a news conference on Thursday afternoon at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, his first public appearance since his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Trump did not say whether the 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) session would...
PARIS (Reuters) -Chinese young gun Luo Shifang won the 59kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 241kg, setting Olympic records in the snatch and clean and jerk. In a classic battle of youth against experience, 23-year-old Luo came out on top against Canada's Maude Charron and Taiwan's defending champion...
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Defending champions France squeezed past Sweden with a nail-biting 31-28 overtime victory on Thursday to reach the final of the women's Olympic handball tournament. The 2023 world champions rallied from a four-goal deficit in the second half and turned the screw in extra time as Sweden, chasing their first women's Olympic medal...
TOKYO: A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday (Aug 8), triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Nine people were injured, most of them slightly, but there were no reports of serious damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centred in...
PETALING JAYA: Online gambling and porn are the top two categories of websites blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). MCMC said 10,423 websites were blocked due to legal violations from January 2022 to Aug 1 this year. “Of the figures, 95.7% of the blocked websites fall into the following five categories: online gambling at...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has filed an appeal against the High Court's order on the transfer of 263.272 acres (106.542 hectares) of land in Mukim Batu, Kuala Lumpur, to Semantan Estate Sdn Bhd. The disputed land, located in the prime Jalan Duta area known as the "Duta enclave”, houses government buildings that include the National Hockey...
