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US Fed makes aggressive rate cut, weeks before election

WASHINGTON 19 Sept - The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction for more than four years, sharply lowering borrowing costs shortly before November's presidential election.

Apple unveils new iPhone built for AI, price starts at US$799 (RM3,480)

CUPERTINO, USA 10 Sept - Apple on Monday unveiled new iPhones built for generative artificial intelligence as it seeks to boost sales and show it is keeping up in the technology race.

 

World's second largest diamond found in Botswana

GABORONE, Botswana 23 Aug - A massive 2,492-carat diamond -- the second largest in the world -- has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday.

 

Apes To Stay At Home As Malaysia Tweaks 'Orangutan Diplomacy'

Malaysia is inviting countries that buy its palm oil to adopt orangutans but leave them in their natural habitat, local media reported, tweaking a plan that originally sought to send some abroad.

 

Bangladesh's Yunus vows to support Rohingya refugees, garment industry in first major policy address

DHAKA 19 August - Bangladesh will maintain support both for its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, Nobel laureate and new leader Muhammad Yunus said Sunday in his first major policy address.

 

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