It is my hope that leaders and young people alike will rise to the challenge of protecting the earth from further devastation. Taking part in several events at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, I took the opportunity to highlight both the urgent need for action to protect th...

Climate And Environmental Governance: Addressing the challenge of deforestation and extinction of Malayan tigers

Malaysia’s total trade with Brics member countries reached RM846.5 billion in 2025, up 3.4 per cent from RM818.04 billion in 2024, and accounted for 27.7 per cent of the country’s total global trade.

Malaysia’s trade with Brics nations exceeds RM846.5 bil in 2025

SYDNEY (Oct 29):Australia's corporate regulator said on Thursday that it was probing the failed US$5 billion initial public offering of AI data centre operator Firmus.

Australia's corporate regulator says talking to bankers over failed US$5 bil Firmus IPO

The Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) will open 28 nomination centres on Oct 31, and nomination papers must be submitted at these centres between 9am and 10am.

Melaka polls: 28 nomination centres to open this Saturday — Election Commission 

The US placed an effective ban on imports from the Chinese genomics powerhouse BGI Group and two related entities, one of the most striking applications yet of a law seeking to block goods allegedly made by forced labour from entering the country.

US bans Chinese genomics companies, citing forced labour

The Home Ministry has decided to redeploy Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), where he previously served.

Mohd Shuhaily to return to police force, says Saifuddin Nasution

Singapore’s top diplomat got to Jakarta so fast this week that his hosts described the visit as unexpected.

Singapore’s top envoy on mission to soothe Indonesian angst

(Oct 29): DoorDash Inc, the food delivery provider in talks to take over Instacart, moved its earnings release date forward by almost a week.

DoorDash moves earnings date forward amid Instacart deal reports

Gold prices fell on Thursday as investors assessed signals from the Federal Reserve (Fed) and Chair Kevin Warsh after policymakers left interest rates unchanged, while awaiting key US inflation data later in the day for further clues on the rate outlook.

Gold slips as markets assess Fed signals, await US inflation data

TOKYO (Oct 29): Oil prices fell on Thursday, paring gains made a day earlier, as hopes for peace talks took the edge off renewed concerns over Middle East supply disruptions from escalating regional conflict.

Oil prices fall as peace hopes offset fears of growing Middle East conflict

MELAKA (Oct 29): Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has announced Felcra Bhd’s second interim distributable profit for 2026, amounting to RM190.6 million.

Felcra declares second interim RM190.6 mil profit payout for 72,000 participants

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Pharmacy chains operator Big Caring Group Bhd is looking to raise RM2.03 billion in Malaysia's second-largest listing this year.

Big Caring sets Main Market IPO at RM1.08 apiece to raise over RM2 bil

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): The federal government paid RM155 million in compensation to Borneo Highway PDP Sdn Bhd (BHPSB) following the termination of its project delivery partner (PDP) agreement for the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway project seven years ago.

Govt compensates former Sabah Pan Borneo project partner RM155m over terminated agreement — Nanta

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has been warned that resisting the enforcement of RM67.5 million in damages awarded to a Lebanese jeweller is tantamount to contempt of court.

Dodging RM67.5 mil payout to jeweller amounts to contempt of court, Rosmah told

Here's a heads up on what to look out for today.

YOUR DAY AHEAD: Oct 29, 2026 

Pandu Sjahrir, the prominent Indonesian wealth fund executive who has publicly supported MSCI Inc’s scrutiny of the nation’s stock market, is the co-owner of a brokerage sanctioned in connection with a stock-market manipulation probe.

Indonesia’s wealth fund chief investment officer owns stake in sanctioned brokerage

Joint management bodies (JMBs) and management corporations (MCs) cannot completely block owners who default on maintenance fees from accessing their own units, Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said.

Strata managers cannot completely deny defaulters access to their units, says Nga

Alphabet Inc’s search and advertising sales disappointed in the most recent quarter, reinforcing investors’ fears that Google is losing ground to artificial intelligence (AI) rivals despite pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the technology.

Alphabet’s revenue miss reignites fears over AI spending binge

Asian shares gave up earlier gains on Thursday as AI-related earnings announcements prompted wildly mixed responses, raising the stakes for Amazon and Intel results due later in the day.

Asian shares fall as Alphabet earnings miss drags Wall Street futures lower

CTOS Digital Bhd (KL:CTOS) surged on Thursday, extending a rebound from record lows, after the credit reporting firm’s latest results&nbsp;even as analysts warned of a weaker quarter ahead.

CTOS surges after results, analysts warn of weaker quarter ahead

(Oct 28):&nbsp;China's CXMT plans to start production of HBM3E, ​an advanced type of high-bandwidth memory chip used with AI processors, despite as little as 20% of the chips it makes being usable, ‌two people familiar with the matter said.

The decision highlights China's intense shorta...

China's CXMT to start advanced AI memory production

TOKYO (Oct 29): Oil prices fell on Thursday, paring gains made a day earlier, as hopes for peace talks took the edge off renewed concerns over Middle East supply disruptions from escalating regional conflict.

SEOUL (Oct 29): Samsung Electronics&nbsp;said on Thursday that it expects an AI-driven memory chip shortage to deepen next year, after posting nearly a ninefold jump in quarterly profit on robust demand for AI chips.

Samsung sees chip shortage worsening, but keeps investors in suspense on returns

(Oct 28):&nbsp;The heavyweights of the AI industry are facing a reckoning on Wall Street, reflecting concerns over who will bear the cost of the artificial intelligence buildout that has fueled much of this year's stock market gains.

Anthropic revealed paperwork for its ​initial public ...

AI giants' funding ambitions test Wall Street's appetite for risk

BEIJING (Oct 28):&nbsp;Unitree&nbsp;said on Wednesday third-quarter revenue ‌rose 70% from a year earlier but net profit fell in its first earnings result since listing, as China's best-known humanoid maker faces its first market test amid a tech sector rout.

It generated 665 million yu...

Unitree's quarterly revenue surges 70% in test for China's robotics sector

SINGAPORE (Oct 29): Keppel says overall net profit in its 3QFY2026 was up 20% year-on-year, but 9MFY2026 was 40% down, due to impairments and other holding costs.

Keppel's 3QFY2026 earnings up 20% y-o-y; 'New Keppel' up 'close to' 15%

The Home Ministry has decided to redeploy Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), where he previously served.

SHENZHEN (Oct 29): Tencent Cloud is committed to investing in Malaysia over the next three years, building on its existing cloud region infrastructure, said Nucky Fang, general manager of Tencent Cloud International and Tencent Cloud Malaysia.

Tencent Cloud commits to investing in Malaysia over next three years

Stocks edged up as the Federal Reserve held rates steady and refrained from offering a clear signal on whether it will hike in December.

Stocks edge higher after Fed as Oracle surges 11%

(Oct 28):&nbsp;SAP, whose software is used by many of the world's largest ‌companies, is replacing some expensive artificial-intelligence models powering ‌its products with cheaper alternatives, a move it expects will generate ​more than €2 billion in efficiency gains over the next two years....

SAP swaps costly AI models for cheaper alternatives, targets over €2 bil in gains

(Oct 28):&nbsp;Oracle&nbsp;said on Wednesday it expects capital spending to peak this fiscal year and next as it builds more cloud-computing capacity, but pledged to raise no more than $20 billion in additional financing for ​AI through fiscal 2030.

The pledge is meant to reassure inves...

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