Two secular trends will shape finance in the years ahead, one powered from the bottom up by transformative technological innovations, and the other from the top down by geoeconomic influences. Managing each will require major adaptations from financial firms and their regulators, a task complicat...

The Risk Factor: The Opposing Forces Reshaping Global Finance

On September 30, the OECD marked the 65th anniversary of its founding. Like many other aging international organizations, it has developed a taste for mission creep, as we witnessed firsthand as former delegates there. That is why some US policymakers want to reduce or eliminate funding for the o...

The Frontiers Of Growth: The OECD Should Be Reclaimed, Not Abandoned

Microsoft Corp chief executive officer Satya Nadella said companies should treat powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models as potential insider threats, assume they could be compromised and create an “emergency brake” system to prevent agentic models from going rogue.

Microsoft CEO Nadella calls for ‘emergency brake’ on advanced AI

Elon Musk said he thinks his companies would probably “figure out how to make chips better than anyone” given their expertise in creating customised equipment.

Musk says Terrafab plant to ‘make chips better than anyone’

A total of 15 areas nationwide recorded unhealthy air quality as of 9am on Sunday, with Pasir Gudang, Johor, registering the highest air pollutant index (API) reading at 180.

Haze: Unhealthy air in 15 areas nationwide, Pasir Gudang worst hit

US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy.

Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskiy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Penang’s ChinaHouse has always been a microcosm of coolness and creativity. But Men with Plants IV, happening until Nov 30 at its Art Space along Beach Street, has just upped the ante by quite a bit. 

Led by Fuan Wong, one of Malaysia’s most renowned glass ar...

Botany bay

The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, as Iran-backed Houthis escalated the campaign they launched this summer against the kingdom.

Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12, over 300 wounded, authorities say

Indonesia has confirmed that discussions with Malaysia are underway to detail the best form of cooperation to tackle forest and land fires that have triggered transboundary haze.

Haze: Malaysia, Indonesia discussing joint solutions

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): This week’s cover story takes us to the KLCC precinct. The prime residential market here has evolved beyond its expatriate base, with affluent Malaysians and regional investors now making up a larger share of demand. As competition from other prime locations grows, buyers are also becoming more selective.

KLCC finds a wider audience

1. EVERY national budget is a tightrope walk above a storm. I know this not from textbooks, but from long nights at the Ministry of Finance when I was the minister, staring at numbers that never quite add up to everything the nation needs. Every ringgit is debated and fought over. The relief a st...

Opinion: Budget 2027: A RM510 billion budget: Who really wins? 