New environmental issues in the new norm, says PM at Hibiscus Awards

Coinbase listing filing shows surge in revenue amid bitcoin boom

(Reuters) - Coinbase, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, moved a step closer to listing on the Nasdaq with a filing on Thursday to go public, revealing that it had swung into profit last year as bitcoin surged.

Facebook’s small sacrifice to Australia helps keep empire intact

Australia on Feb 25 passed a world-first law aimed at forcing Google and Facebook Inc to pay for news. But after a forceful intervention from the world’s biggest social network, the reality is Silicon Valley’s titans are paying a small price for cementing their influence over the media industry.

Special Report: In Germany's Black Forest, Putin critic Navalny gathered strength and resolve

IBACH, Germany (Reuters) - Just over two weeks after his poisoning with a military-grade nerve agent in Siberia, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny began to respond to the words of his wife Yulia and wake from a drug-induced coma.

Laos ministry seeks to reduce number of child workers

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Poverty and lack of interest in schooling have been cited as the main reasons why some children work in small businesses in their local communities, and also in some factories.

Saham Amanah Sabah declares interim income distribution of 4.2%

KOTA KINABALU: Saham Amanah Sabah (SAS) has declared its first Interim Income Distribution for 2021 of 4.2%, with RM51.7mil to be paid to 49,626 investors.

India's health workers balk at taking homegrown COVID-19 vaccine

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is struggling to convince its health and front-line workers to take a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine controversially approved without late-stage efficacy data, government data showed https://dashboard.cowin.gov.in on Thursday, days ahead of a wider roll-out.

Coup chaos in Myanmar leaves employers fretting over paying staff

(Reuters) - The day the military seized power in Myanmar three weeks ago, Phyu delved into her company's emergency funds and gave her staff a one-month advance on their salaries.

Maybank posts net profit of RM6.48b in FY20, div 38.5 sen

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd posted net profit of RM6.48bil in the financial year ended Dec 31,2020 compared with RM8.20bil a year ago due to higher impairment losses due to the continued impact from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Never too late: Pandemic propels older US shoppers online

In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn’t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping – online.