By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – Malaysia’s markets showed little immediate alarm after former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was granted conditional clemency allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest. But the muted reaction should not be mistaken for proof that the decision…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – The renewed pressure on Bursa Malaysia following the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in more than three years reflects a global repricing of capital rather than a deterioration in Malaysia’s economic fundamentals, according to Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed. Malaysian financial…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (TNS NEWS) – The next global oil shock may not begin with crude. It may begin inside the world’s refineries. Diesel refining margins have exploded to record levels across Europe and the United States, exposing a critical weakness in the global energy system: having crude…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH MANILA, Sept 14 (TNS News) – The Philippines is entering a decisive phase of its 2026 ASEAN Chairship, with a concentrated series of ministerial and high-level meetings over the next seven weeks set to shape key economic, security and socio-cultural deliverables for the 49th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH JAKARTA, Sept 14 (TNS News) – ASEAN must continually earn its centrality through its ability to bring countries together, manage differences and deliver collective action as geopolitical competition intensifies and the regional architecture becomes increasingly complex, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn said Monday. Delivering the keynote address…
