BEIJING Nov 30 (AFP) - China's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in November, official data showed Sunday, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains subdued despite a trade truce with the United States.

ROME Nov 30 (AFP) - The spectrum of Italy's political class has condemned a group of protestors who Friday vandalised the main office of Turin-based newspaper La Stampa.

VIENNA Nov 30 (AFP) - Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied nations (OPEC+) are unlikely to make changes to their oil output strategy when they discuss production at an online ministerial meeting on Sunday.

TAIPEI Nov 30 (AFP) - Taiwan's government has proposed $40 billion in extra defence spending over several years, with the focus on developing a multi-layered air defence system dubbed "T-Dome".

GUANGZHOUR Nov 30 (AFP) -  A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars.

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Nov - The inaugural Talentbank Boardroom Challenge has crowned its first-ever champions, marking an important milestone in Malaysia’s effort to close the long-standing education-to-employment gap.

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Nov - As Malaysia moves deeper into the post–e-Invoicing era, the Wezmart Tax Budget 2026 & Digital Conference gathered more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and financial professionals, underscoring an urgent call for SMEs to accelerate their digital readiness, compl

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WASHINGTON 6 Nov (AFP) - A majority of US Supreme Court justices appeared deeply skeptical of the legality behind a swath of Donald Trump's tariffs as they heard a landmark case Wednesday that could uphold -- or upend -- the president's economic agenda

NEW YORK 6 Nov (AFP) - New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be their next mayor, setting up a likely showdown with his political foe President Donald Trump.

KUALA LUMPUR 3 Nov - The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) has voiced serious concerns over Malaysia’s newly signed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States, warning that it could undermine procurement transparency

KUALA LUMPUR 3 Nov — Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV), an agency under the purview of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), today hosted the inaugural MDV NextWave under the theme “Driving Economic Transformation and Sustainability th