NST - April 30 , 2016

After Donald Trump’s “major” foreign policy address, the chairman of the United States’ Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Bob Corker, announced that he was very impressed, extolling “the broadness, the vision” of the speech.

Malay Mail - April 30 , 2016

She is on a mission to spread knowledge and love of reading among students and she is doing it her way.

NST - April 28 , 2016

Barisan Nasional need the mandate from the people of Sarawak in the state election to continue the development agenda that has yet to be completed said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The Star - April 27 , 2016

Mid-way into the 10-year National Transformation Programme (NTP), the results are quite clear.

NST - April 27 , 2016

Nothing is more important now than working on the right education policies, and social and economic infrastructure, while companies need to understand how to achieve organisational change and equip their staff with skills for the future

Wall Street Journal - April 26 , 2016

Tech giant misses expectations for profit, revenue, but CEO dismisses concerns that it is in decline

Yahoo - April 26 , 2016

The chances of reaching agreement over an ambitious US-EU free trade deal are "fading", France's minister of state for foreign trade said on Tuesday

FT - April 26 , 2016

ExxonMobil was stripped of its long-held triple A rating by credit agency Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday as the precipitous crude price rout adds strain to the US oil major’s balance sheet.

Reuters - April 26 , 2016

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said it's considering whether to launch an appeal against a Hong Kong regulator's finding that it breached takeover rules by buying an effective majority stake in a healthcare firm in 2014 without extending the offer to all of it...

NST - April 26 , 2016

The National Transformation Programme (NTP) has delivered impactful results for the country while addressing the crucial socio-economic areas.

Bernama - April 26 , 2016

Despite facing various criticisms for the past eight months he has been in office, Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said he enjoyed his job and would take criticisms as a challenge.

BBC - April 25 , 2016

India has revoked the passport of business tycoon Vijay Mallya accused of hiding in Britain over huge debts from his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

Reuters - April 24 , 2016

A trade deal between Britain and the United States could take five to 10 years to negotiate if Britain votes to leave the European Union at a June 23 referendum, U.S. President Barack Obama told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

China Daily - April 22 , 2016

When Lynn Yeh’s parents decided to emigrate from Taiwan to Australia in 1989 they told their five children: “When we get to Australia you must work hard because there will be no turning back.” Upon arriving in Sydney, the then 19-year-old had no friends and just a smattering of ...

Bloomberg - April 22 , 2016

For the private-equity firms and funds that found themselves stuck when China last month closed off avenues for overseas-traded companies to relist at home, the nation's richest man has a solution.

Bloomberg - April 22 , 2016

Home rent index declined 1.3% in first quarter, URA data show. Office rents fell 2.1% and retail slumped 1.9%, data show.

Malay Mail - April 20 , 2016

The recent Panama revelations have highlighted some problems associated with illicit financial flows, as well as tax evasion and avoidance, including the role of enabling governments, legislation, legal and accounting firms as well as shell companies.

The Edge Property - April 20 , 2016

ON April 1, URA released its flash estimate of the private residential price index for 1Q2016. While the overall price index fell 0.7% q-o-q, prices of non-landed homes in the high-end segment, or Core Central Region (CCR), bucked the trend, notching up 0.4%.

The Star - April 19 , 2016

The founder of China's Tencent Holdings Ltd, Pony Ma, said he plans to donate 100 million company shares, worth more than US$2 billion, to the firm's charity foundation in one of China's biggest philanthropic pledges ever.

Reuters - April 19 , 2016

Benchmark price to be set twice daily. Bullion industry long dominated by London. China top producer, importer, consumer of gold.

Straits Times - April 13 , 2016

In the middle of this depressing presidential campaign, I sometimes wonder, how could we make politics in the United States better?

Daily Mail - April 12 , 2016

Lady Melinda Rose Woodward, better known as Linda, died on Sunday. Singer was with her when she died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Couple met in Pontypridd when they were 12 and married at 16 in 1957. Despite Sir Tom's self-confessed adultery he remained devoted to wife.

The Daily Mail - April 12 , 2016

As his main American rival, Jordan Spieth, fell by the wayside and it dawned on Willett that he had bagged one of golf’s most prestigious trophies — and with it a cheque for £1.2 million — the usually steely young man from Sheffield sucked the air in disbelief.

The Daily Mail - April 12 , 2016

Supermarket straps camera to animal in bid to shop shoppers how much it cares about their welfare. ‘Cow cam’ idea is part of a landmark initiative by the supermarket giant. To convey healthy welfare of animals, a live stream will be set up at its farm. Images will broadcast to UK&rsqu...

Daily Mail - April 12 , 2016

Richard Littlejohn says it is time our head-in-the-sand politicians take serious heed of Trevor Phillips's comments about Muslim attitudes.
 

China Daily - April 12 , 2016

When Chen Wanqing set out in pursuit of the knife fish along the Yangtze River last month, the 40-year-old former chef says he had "subconsciously" awaited the pleasure for a year. He and his buddies "reunite in the name of the knife fish" every spring, as they have for the pa...

China Daily - April 12 , 2016

Smartphone classes for seniors in Beijing have resulted in the elderly becoming increasingly tech-savvy and using the mobile internet and instant-messaging apps to stay in contact with family and friends, as Peng Yining reports.

FT - April 11 , 2016

How sound are 5 ‘facts’ from each side about the future of Britain outside the EU?
 

The Daily Mail - April 11 , 2016

She teased that she would like 'a whole sleeve' of snake tattoos running on her arm in a 'curving pattern'

Daily Mail - April 11 , 2016

PM launched defence of aspiration and right to ‘make money lawfully’. David Cameron angrily hit back at critics of his family’s tax affairs. Said late father had been ‘traduced’ as a tax dodger for Panama fund. Also savaged Labour as ‘enemy of aspiration’...

Daily Mail - April 11 , 2016

Seventy times, we tried to block EU laws. Seventy times, we failed. Euro MP DANIEL HANNAN lays bare our impotence in Brussels.

The Star - April 11 , 2016

RECYCLABLE waste will be collected on Saturdays from landed housing areas when the waste segregation at source scheme is implemented in Penang in June.

The Star - April 11 , 2016

FORTY primary schools and 19 secondary schools on Penang island have signed up for the Green School Award 2016 (island level) competition so far.

FT - April 10 , 2016

Opec’s economic power is broken, says the unofficial historian of the oil industry, who has argued that the association of oil exporting countries has become irretrievably divided and is unable to reverse the current slump in crude prices.

FT - April 10 , 2016

Unassuming co-founder leads expansion as the scrapbook site looks to grow into its $11bn valuation

FT - April 10 , 2016

David Cameron says he has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide but this may offer scant protection on Monday as he sets out to defend his financial affairs in a volatile House of Commons.

The Star - April 10 , 2016

Malaysia is introdu­cing a “holistic biodiversity law” for environmental protection, aimed at filling the gaps and marry existing laws into one new, comprehensive Act.

China Daily - April 8 , 2016

Chinese consumers are seen as volatile and fickle - and companies are racing to keep up with their changing tastes

The Star - April 5 , 2016

In 2009, the nation committed to double the number of wild tigers to 1,000 by 2020 under the National Tiger Action Plan, which spells out the measures needed to boost tiger numbers. With barely four years left to the deadline, we may have to concede defeat. Our tiger population has not grown, but...

Daily Mail - April 4 , 2016

She turns 70 in May, and her mother will be 90 in June. But you wouldn't guess it from the photo Cher tweeted on Sunday.

FT - April 3 , 2016

The cost of buying protection against a plunge in the value of sterling after the EU referendum has soared to levels higher than those seen during the 2008 financial crisis, as fears of Brexit mount in financial markets.

FT - April 3 , 2016

As rivals went bust, Blackstone has emerged as the world’s largest real estate investor.

FT - April 3 , 2016

President Xi Jinping’s support for a campaign to build thousands of public toilets at tourist sites in China has ushered in a golden age of lavatory construction, as the government seeks to promote travel as a new economic growth engine.