KUALA LUMPUR - A U.S. treasury official warned of environmental risks from illicit transfers of Iranian oil off Malaysia, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Thursday, as the United States narrows its focus on financing for militant groups routed through Southeast Asia. The United States sees Iran's capacity to move its oil as being reliant on service providers based in Malaysia, a senior U.S. treasury official ..read more

NANJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China Eastern Airlines has announced the launch of a daily passenger flight service starting June 30, connecting Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, with Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. The outbound flight from Nanjing Lukou International Airport is scheduled to take off at 10:50 p.m. and touch down in Kuala Lumpur at 4:40 a.m. local time the next day. The inbound fli ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's services sector revenue grew 6.1 percent year-on-year to 594.5 billion ringgit (125.37 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2024, official data showed Thursday. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the growth was contributed by favorable performance in all segments of the services sector. The increase was recorded in whol ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade reached an all-time high of 145.7 billion ringgit (30.72 billion U.S. dollars) in March, grew 5.2 percent year on year, official data showed Thursday. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the increase was mainly driven by retail trade sub-sector, which rose 7.1 percent to 62.8 billion ringgit. Meanwhile ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Central Bank said Thursday it has decided to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3 percent. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement that at the current OPR level, the monetary policy stance remains supportive of the economy and is consistent with the current assessment of the inflation and growth prospects. For the Malaysian economy, BNM said the la ..read more

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Thursday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan U.S. dollar 100 710.28 Euro 100 766.39 Japanese yen 100 4.5939 Hong Kong dollar 100 90.878 British pound 100 891.03 Aust ..read more

All players have been asked to consider hiring bodyguards after the shocking incidents, one of which involved the use of acid A little more than three months ago, Malaysian international Faisal Halim gave Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae a torrid time as he rabonad the goal of the Asian Cup against South Korea. The game ended in a famous 3-3 draw (infamous for the Koreans) but now it is unclear whether the winger, known ..read more

YANGON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar exported 503,970 tons of green grams in the 2023-24 fiscal year, earning more than 336 million U.S. dollars, according to data released by the country's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian country shipped 446,781 tons of the exported green grams via sea route during the fiscal year, which started on April 1 last year and ended on March 31 this year, the minist ..read more

New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Ready for their second appearance at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Papua New Guinea have named their 15-member squad set to feature in Group C at the tournament. As he did at the 2021 edition of the tournament, Assad Vala leads the Barramundis, who sealed their spot for this year's competition via the East Asia-Pacific regional final in July 2023. Vala is one of 10 players from their 2021 ca ..read more

Dubai [UAE], May 8 (ANI/WAM): ADNEC Group, through its events management company Capital Events, is participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition as part The UAE National Pavilion from May 6th to 9th in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to provide essential developments related to the Group's upcoming defence exhibitions and conferences. The UAE National Pavilion - held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Defenc ..read more