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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended easier against the US dollar on Friday as the greenback strengthened following higher-than-expected United States inflation data.

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened easier against the US dollar today with traders maintaining their focus on the greenback with higher-than-expected US inflation data.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Thursday that US defense commitment to Pacific allies was “ironclad” as he gathered Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House in the midst of growing concern about provocative Chinese military action in the Indo-Pacific....

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had been obliged to launch strikes that have inflicted heavy damage on Ukrainian energy sites in response to Kyiv’s attacks on Russian targets. The Kremlin leader, quoted by Russian news agencies, was speaking to his ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, after overnight attacks destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit...

MOSCOW — Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two meters above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing.The city's mayor urged many residents to leave...

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden and Japan's prime minister have vowed to strengthen defense cooperation in the face of a potential threat from China.The plans announced by Biden and Fumio Kishida...

HANOI, Vietnam: A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence on Thursday to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5-billion) financial fraud, the country’s biggest on record, state media said. Her trial, begun on March 5 and ending earlier than planned, was one dramatic result of a campaign against corruption that the leader of...

JAKARTA: It took Anthony Bourdain only one bite into rendang, the famed Indonesian meat dish, to proclaim: “I could eat that all day.” The world-renowned chef and storyteller visited Indonesia for a 2018 episode of his “Parts Unknown” travel show, which starts at a restaurant serving traditional dishes from West Sumatra. After he tastes rendang, the scene cuts to Bourdain...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received telephone calls on Wednesday from King Hamad of Bahrain and Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during which he exchanged with them Eid Al-Fitr greetings, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Eid Al-Fitr, which began on Wednesday and marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is the smaller of...

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit was marginally higher against the US dollar at the opening today following a slight retreat of the greenback overnight, with investors focused on the upcoming March inflation data from the United States on Wednesday.