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Patients may pay separately for services such as CT scans, but some 'middle-class' residents with critical illnesses would get more help, source says
BANGKOK: Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday (March 3), as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts.
The gender wage gap is getting bigger, with female professionals earning less than males, among other jobs. Here's how Malaysia plans to narrow the gap.
BENTONG: The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has called for the deepening and widening of rivers across the state, to accommodate rising rainfall and mitigate flooding.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is set to widen its power to retaliate for Western asset seizures with new legislation that could allow it to confiscate the frozen funds of foreign companies and investors, two sources familiar with the draft law told Reuters.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is attempting to boost declining fertility rates by expanding access to affordable fertility treatments and financial aid, says Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.
Women were paid 36% less than men on average in 2023 on the boards of banks, insurers and asset managers, compared with a 31% disparity in 2019, according to analysis by the consultancy EY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December, as imports reached an all-time high amid looming tariff threats, according to data released on Wednesday.
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance's remarks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday ignited sharp criticism from European officials, highlighting growing tensions between Washington and its European allies.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will aggressively widen its trading network with other nations while taking a wait-and-see approach on the US tariffs, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON/AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) - Venezuelan migrant Yessenia and her husband Maikol awoke last week to loud footsteps and knocks in their apartment building in Aurora, Colorado.
Canadian provinces are set to see their relative borrowing costs rise as US tariffs on goods from the country threaten to throttle economic growth.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Netflix, the American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service, has raised its prices after gaining a record 41 million new subscribers last year.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire expects U.S. executive orders "imminently" from President Donald Trump, which he said could allow banks to trade crypto, offer crypto investments to wealthy clients and hold it in portfolios.
Wall Street is forecasting even more gains in the US dollar as a resilient US economy and dwindling expectations for interest-rate cuts coincide with incoming President Donald Trump’s vows for harsh tariffs.
KULAI: Construction work for the additional lane of the North-South Expressway (NSE) at the Sedenak-Kulai stretch in Johor will be suspended for 12 days from Jan 23 to Feb 3.
KUALA LUMPUR: Construction to widen the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway (KLK) will begin by January next year, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.
The Indian rupee weakened to its lifetime low on Tuesday, hurt by concerns about a widening trade deficit and likely outflows from local equities, although intervention by the central bank capped losses.
KOTA BARU: Police are widening the restricted areas of a collapsed riverbank on Sungai Kelantan here for fear of further erosion, says state police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat.
MELAKA: The 46-year-old owner of a Selangor-based company is the second person to be picked up by graft busters in an ongoing “honorary titles for sale” investigation.
