<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>PETALING JAYA (March 14):&nbsp; Pakatan Rakyat is definitely shutting down Lynas if the opposition coalition takes over the government. It would take a "miracle" for Pakatan to reverse its earlier stance of vowing to stop the operations of the rare earth processing plant if&nbsp; it comes to power, PKR's strategy director Rafizi Ramli said at a press conference this morning PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted by Australia's Sydney Morning Herald as saying that he would fast-track an inquiry on the operations of the plant and if Lynas came up with a convincing argument that it would not risk public safety and security, he would give the plant the green light. "I don't see that (miracle) happening, although we will allow Lynas to exhaust their options to appeal their case," Rafizi told reporters.</div>

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PETALING JAYA (March 14):  Pakatan Rakyat is definitely shutting down Lynas if the opposition coalition takes over the government. It would take a "miracle" for Pakatan to reverse its earlier stance of vowing to stop the operations of the rare earth processing plant if  it comes to power, PKR's strategy director Rafizi Ramli said at a press conference this morning PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted by Australia's Sydney Morning Herald as saying that he would fast-track an inquiry on the operations of the plant and if Lynas came up with a convincing argument that it would not risk public safety and security, he would give the plant the green light. "I don't see that (miracle) happening, although we will allow Lynas to exhaust their options to appeal their case," Rafizi told reporters.

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City Developments Ltd (CDL), controlled by one of Singapore’s wealthiest families, saw its shares slide after it unveiled a hotly anticipated business overhaul that included plans to invest S$5 billion (US$3.9 billion or RM16 billion) in countries such as China and Japan, largely offsetting a divestment drive elsewhere.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took to social media over the weekend touting efforts to revise the country’s rules related to foreign nationals, days before some of those rules come into effect.

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Thailand and its prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, avoided renewed political upheaval after a ruling by one of the country’s top courts removed the threat that the recent election would need to be rerun.

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China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top artificial intelligence (AI) professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel, further tightening measures designed to prevent the outflow of critical know-how and information to the US.

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Nvidia on Monday made available a set of software safety tools for AI agents that it says would have stopped the hack of Hugging Face, the AI coding hub that Nvidia paid US$13 billion (RM53.1 billion) for months after it was swarmed by rogue agents from OpenAI.

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Gold fell 3% on Monday to touch its lowest in more than seven weeks, as higher oil prices stoked inflation fears, bolstering the case for elevated interest rates.

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India’s monsoon-sown crops are likely to have been affected by rainfall deficits in some areas and excessive precipitation in others, Farm Secretary Atish Chandra said.

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Most Asian currencies weakened on Monday, with Thailand's baht leading losses, as surging oil prices and elevated US Treasury yields stoked concerns over sticky inflation and narrowed the region's rate advantage.

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State leaders have expressed their condolences to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his family following the death of his wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, who died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) here on Monday at the age of 100.

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Global stocks fell on Monday, as oil jumped on the stalemate in US-Iranian talks, ahead of a week already packed with macroeconomic risk, while the dollar headed for its best monthly performance since June.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, wife of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at the age of 100, on Monday morning.

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(Sept 27):&nbsp;Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his Barisan Nasional party will leave the ruling coalition once Parliament is dissolved at the next election, the New Straits Times reported.&nbsp;

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Evocom Bhd (KL:EVOCOM) fell over 20% in its trading debut on Monday as weak market conditions weighed on the flexible staffing firm.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): TSH Resources Bhd (KL:TSH) extended its decline on Monday after the plantation firm’s Indonesian subsidiary was slapped with a RM42 million administrative fine.

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Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd (KL:HAPSENG) said it plans to sell its Singapore-listed building materials unit for about S$140 million (RM447 million) following a takeover offer.

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City Developments Ltd (CDL), controlled by one of Singapore’s wealthiest families, saw its shares slide after it unveiled a hotly anticipated business overhaul that included plans to invest S$5 billion (US$3.9 billion or RM16 billion) in countries such as China and Japan, largely offsetting a divestment drive elsewhere.

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GoTo Group shares tumbled after Indonesia’s stock exchange eliminated its 50-rupiah (1.1 sen) price floor, unleashing pent-up selling pressure from investors who had been unable to exit at the mandated minimum price.

GoTo shares plunge after Indonesia's stock exchange removes price floor

Oil advanced and US equity futures slipped after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while saying negotiations may resume this week.

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RedPlanet Bhd has launched its initial public offering (IPO) at 19 sen per share as part of the information technology services firm’s listing transfer from the LEAP Market.

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Perak is in discussions with several local and foreign investors who have expressed their interest in investing in the automotive ecosystem at the Automotive High-Tech Valley (AHTV) in Tanjong Malim.

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PUTRAJAYA (Sept 28): Former human resources minister Datuk Seri M&nbsp;Saravanan arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here on Monday morning with his wife and two children to receive notices requiring them to declare their assets under Section 36 of the MACC Act 2009.

Saravanan, family arrive at MACC to receive asset declaration notices

Gamuda Bhd (KL:GAMUDA) said on Monday it secured an A$790 million (RM2.28 billion) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in Australia to develop the first stage of the Mortlake Energy Hub.

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The era of cheap debt is over and rising global bond yields will squeeze earnings, pushing some corporates towards bank loans, BIMB Securities said.

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IT has been a volatile year for investors on Bursa Malaysia as the benchmark index made little headway, with swings in sentiment both ways. The FBM KLCI closed at 1,679.21 points last Tuesday, almost unchanged from 2025’s end of 1,680.11.

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The High Court has set Jan 7, 2027, to hear and decide on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), its subsidiaries, and SRC International Sdn Bhd's Mareva injunction (asset-freezing order) against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, to bar her from disposing of any of her assets amounting to nearly US$350 million (RM1.6 billion).

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The government has accorded Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali a state funeral following her death at the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Monday morning.