Turkish economy to return to 'rational ground', new finance minister says

Local halal food sales seen reaching RM50b this year

HR ministry drafting policy to ensure social security for gig workers 

Germany to send two warships to Indo-Pacific in 2024 amid South China Sea tensions

Pakistan's Imran Khan openly accuses military of trying to destroy his party

MCMC logged over 700 reports of online scams involving Facebook since January, says deputy minister

Mindef preparing policy on national defence industry 

Airlines bask in sky-high summer fares while airports stay stuck

Putin gains influence in oil-rich Libya as US struggles to oust Wagner Group

Melaka seeking RM20m allocation from Motac to upgrade tourism products

Trillion-dollar Treasury vacuum coming for Wall Street rally

China seeks dialogue, says clash with US would be 'unbearable disaster'

BRDB gears up for three launches in Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, Johor

Biden signs debt limit bill, avoiding US default

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Qatar Airways plans for future without first class on long-haul

Opec latest: Fight over African members hangs over talks

Senior US State Department official visits China amid tense ties

Soaring ticket prices are lining the pockets of the world’s biggest airlines, providing balm to the economic wounds suffered during the travel lockdowns of Covid-19. But as the industry takes off, airports say they’ve been forgotten at the gate.

While the US ponders whether to reopen its embassy in Libya, Vladimir Putin’s new ambassador is preparing to take up his post in the capital, extending Russian influence across an oil-producing nation on the doorstep of Europe.

Opec was haggling over whether to make fresh production cuts, with little clarity on the size of the potential curbs or whether there would actually be a deal after the first day of talks in Vienna.

Two key Republican lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to counter Beijing’s ban of US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc by sanctioning a Chinese semiconductor company and ensuring that Japanese and South Korean firms don’t take advantage of the blockade.

GOP lawmakers ramp up calls to counter China over Micron ban

The world’s best airline is cooling on the world’s fanciest cabin seat.

Qatar Airways, which routinely pockets the top prize at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, won’t have first-class berths on its next-generation long-haul aircraft, according to chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker. Al Baker said the investment in the most luxurious seats doesn’t justify the returns, given that Qatar’s business-class offering provides much of the same perks.

With a debt ceiling deal freshly signed into law Saturday (June 3) by President Joe Biden, the US Treasury is about to unleash a tsunami of new bonds to quickly refill its coffers.

Imran Khan said Pakistan’s military establishment wanted to stop his opposition party from winning the next election, paving the way for a weak government as the country seeks to stave off a financial crisis.

Imran Khan says generals want to stop him from winning election

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu extended an offer to his Ukrainian counterpart on Saturday to use “all means” of outreach possible to try to end Russia’s war, while also pledging to expand military communications with Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s deputy defense chief.

China offers ‘all means’ of outreach to resolve war in Ukraine

As fast as it went up for value managers, it’s coming down. The culprit is the all-consuming craze for artificial intelligence.

Proponents of the buy-cheap philosophy have been battered by the relative performance of tech stalwarts, resulting in a mirror image of 2022, when value stocks had their best year versus growth since the dot-com crash.

How the value trade has been smoked by the AI frenzy

From Australian mining behemoths to Florida theme parks, investors are betting on whether companies will benefit or take a hit as extreme weather becomes the norm around the world due to climate change.

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