Section: Malaysia
MH17: First crash report ‘in weeks’: Dutch investigators
THE HAGUE: Dutch air crash investigators said Monday they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks.” …read more Source: New Straits...
KL shares close broadly higher
KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia closed broadly higher today in line with most regional markets on a technical rebound as the easing of tensions in Ukraine helped boost investors’ appetite. …read more Source: New Straits...
Further correction likely this week
THE local stock market saw a profit-taking correction last week, forcing the blue-chip benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) down to a near five-month low, sparked by escalating geopolitical tensions after the United States airstrikes in Iraq and concerns over growth due to expanding economic sanctions from the Ukraine-Russian conflict....
1 killed, 10 injured as fighting rages in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine: Fighting is raging in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, one day after pro-Russian rebels there said they were ready to agree to a cease-fire in order to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine rebel leader asks for aid, cease-fire
DONETSK: Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: New Straits...
Govt waits for confirmation from Netherlands on identification of two bodies
DUNGUN: Not wanting to be hasty, the Malaysian Government is still waiting for confirmation from its counterpart in the Netherlands over the identification of bodies of two Malaysians who were on board Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 which went down in eastern Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source: New Straits...
21 more MH17 crash victims identified, experts fly home
THE HAGUE: Dutch forensics experts have identified 21 more flight MH17 crash victims, the government said Friday, as experts unable to work at the crash site in restive eastern Ukraine began flying home. …read more Source: New Straits...
Gold futures end higher
KUALA LUMPUR: Gold futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives extended its gain to close higher yesterday, underpinned by higher demand amid escalating political tension between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Malaysian envoy reads verse from Quran at memorial service at Australia
MELBOURNE: Malaysia’s High Commissioner to Australia, Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad read verse 34 from the Quran’s Chapter 31 luqman at the national memorial service here today to remember the 298 people who perished when the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was believed downed by a missile over eastern Ukraine on July 17. …read more...
NATO chief flies to Ukraine amid Russian troop buildup fears
DONETSK, Ukraine: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Ukraine Thursday, amid growing fears of a major Russian incursion as the Alliance warns of a troop buildup at the border …read more Source: New Straits...
