This week’s minutes and comments from a number of Fed top brass reinforced that view, with some pouring cold water on hopes for possible rate cuts in the new year. All eyes are now on next week’s central bankers’ symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where finance chiefs and central bankersContinue Reading
SEOUL – Good grief, who would have guessed it, shock surprise! North Korea has turned down South Korea’s offer of game-changing economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. Forgive our sarcasm. In reality, of course, no peninsula watcher is in any way surprised at the latest tired act in the inter-Korean tragedy. Everything about it […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese court on Friday ruled that only the child born before a trans woman went through her surgical and legal transition could be recognised legally as her child, while the child born after her transition cannot be, media said. Read full storyContinue Reading
PUTRAJAYA: Senior lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik is adamant not to submit on behalf of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd appeal here at the Federal Court. Read full storyContinue Reading
The government plans to buy 2.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer for children aged from six months to four years.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said on Friday (Aug 19) that there will soon be an announcement on reducing the number of weekly working hours from 48 to 45. He was quoted as saying by the Star: “Please be patient for another week. I’ll make a specialContinue Reading
KAJANG: The government is studying the possibility of introducing a savings scheme for foreign workers, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. Read full storyContinue Reading
Umar Patek, a member of Jemaah Islamiyah, could soon be released on parole after having his jail sentence reduced.Continue Reading
Thailand will permit an extended length of stay for foreign tourists between October and March in a bid to support its economic recovery as pressures from Covid-19 ease, Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Friday.Continue Reading
SYDNEY: An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds of people has had his sentence reduced, Australia’s prime minister said on Friday (Aug 19), a move that could see him released on parole as early as this month. Umar Patek was sentencedContinue Reading