The Beijing-based company is looking to boost its online grocery business through offline partnerships and expansion into lower-tier cities. China’s ecommerce market is facing growing headwinds amid a souring economy and rigid Covid-19 restrictions. Read full storyContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said he “regrets” comments he made about a magistrate in a rally speech, but stopped short of a full apology ahead of a court appearance on Thursday (Sep 8) where he faces a contempt hearing. The hearing is the latest twist in monthsContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended in the positive territory amid cautious trading as Bank Negara raise interest rates for third consecutive time to 2.50%. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore welcomes Indonesia’s ratification of the Agreement on the Realignment of the Boundary between the Jakarta Flight Information Region (FIR) and the Singapore FIR, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Thursday (Sep 8) in response to media queries. Under the FIR agreement, signed in January at theContinue Reading
China’s government says it will use the advantages of its “new-type whole-nation system” to catapult technological progress, an apparent expansion of the authoritarian state’s proven ability to mobilize market and academic resources for development purposes. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission, chaired by General Secretary Xi […]
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Districts in northern and eastern Bangkok and parts of adjacent Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani were again under water on Thursday afternoon after more torrential rain.Continue Reading
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is being treated “just like any other prisoner” while serving his 12-year sentence at the Kajang Prison, says a report. Read full storyContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A representative from Taiwan will attend the state funeral of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe this month, but the government is still discussing whom to send, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Thursday. Abe, the longest-serving leader in modern Japan, was fatally shot at close range duringContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: China is Malaysia’s largest trading partner for the 13th year in a row with US$178.6bil in trade recorded in 2021, an increase of 34.5% compared with the previous year, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Read full storyContinue Reading
NAJIB IN ISOLATION CELL FOR HIS SAFETY: REPORT Meanwhile, Utusan Malaysia reported on Thursday that Najib was placed in an isolation cell in Kajang Prison for his own safety as former prime minister. The Malay daily quoted a prison source as saying that the isolation cells are equipped with theContinue Reading