
BNM's international reserves at US$115.5 bln as at Jan 15, 2025
The central bank says the reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.9 months of imports of goods and services.
Wed Jan 22 2025

BNM's international reserve rise to US$114.1 bln as at June 14, 2024
Bank Negara Malaysia said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 5.5 months of imports of goods and service.
Mon Jun 24 2024

Kevin Costner jokes about blocking Cannes yachts to finance 'Horizon' films
The Hollywood star has already taken out a mortgage on 10 acres of his waterfront property in California to help fund the film project.
Tue May 21 2024

Joint Johor Immigration op reveal foreign beggars netting up to RM10,000 monthly
Foreign beggars preying on public sympathy under the pretext of collecting donations to finance tahfiz schools and religious institutions.
Wed Jan 31 2024

About RM350 mln spent annually to finance treatment of kidney patients - Sivakumar
V. Sivakumar said this was a very big amount and in a bid to reduce the costs, Perkeso is making efforts to establish more dialysis centres.
Tue Nov 07 2023

Ex-Goldman banker Ng sentenced to 10 years prison in 1MDB corruption case
The charges stem from some $6.5 billion in bonds that Goldman helped 1MDB, which was founded to finance development projects in Malaysia.
Fri Mar 10 2023

BNM's international reserves widen to US$110.3 bil as at Dec 15, 2022
BNM said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.3 months of imports of goods and services.
Thu Dec 22 2022

Bank Negara international reserves fall to US$106.1 bln as at Sept 30, 2022
BNM said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.6 months of imports of goods and services.
Fri Oct 07 2022

Four MNOs remain committed to DNB, 5G access on track - Tengku Zafrul
Two MNOs' decision not to subscribe to DNB shares will not have a major impact on the government financially as it is understood that several local and foreign banks are prepared to finance the 5G.
Fri Sep 02 2022

Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9 billion, cites chance of forced Twitter deal
Musk says the funds could be used to finance a potential Twitter deal if he loses a legal battle with the social media platform.
Wed Aug 10 2022

French presidential candidate launches NFTs to finance his campaign
Koenig has just launched a collection of NFTs in the aim of financing his campaign -- a first in a western country.
Sat Feb 26 2022

MySDG Fund to support SDG-focused solutions by NGOs, CSOs
The MySDG Fund will be deployed in a systematic and integrated manner to finance, support and complement the government's SDG-focused programmes and projects.
Thu Jan 27 2022

Bank Negara's international reserves at US$116.3 bln as at Dec 15
The central bank said reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt.
Wed Dec 22 2021

Ministry submits three proposals to Finance Ministry to assist contractors
KKR has sent three proposals to the Finance Ministry to ease problems facing contractors who are implementing government projects following the increase in the price of building materials.
Wed Nov 10 2021

Rhino horn NFT going on auction in South Africa
Organisers are hoping it will appeal to wealthy collectors for a virtual rhino horn designed to finance efforts to protect real rhinos.
Tue Nov 09 2021

Public flips car involved in road accident to rescue child
According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Ramsay reveals hundreds of lucky cat statues stolen from new restaurant
Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Zayn Rayyan case: Two child witnesses complete testimony today
So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment, FT reports
The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.
Fri Feb 21 2025

185 children linked to GISB handed over to families - Exco
The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.
Fri Feb 21 2025

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government
The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Elon Musk wields chainsaw at conservative gathering, a gift from Argentina's Milei
This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy, says Elon Musk.
Fri Feb 21 2025