Day: August 5, 2024

PUTRAJAYA, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa will undertake an official visit to Malaysia from Aug 5 to 6, during which he will have a bilateral meeting with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said the ministers will also co-chair the 15th Joint Commission Meeting for Bilateral Cooperation and 6th Meeting of the Committee on the Joint Development Strategy for Border Areas between Malaysia and Thailand. ‘They are expected to discuss and review the progress of bilateral cooperation, including political and security, economy, tourism, social and cultural, as well as connectivity along the border

PARIS, Although not bringing home a medal, national professional golfer Gavin Green deserves praise for finishing 33rd out of 58 players in the men’s individual event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games today. The 30-year-old, making his third appearance at the prestigious event, previously finished 47th and 57th at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, respectively. Gavin, however, had to share the position with Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti as both amassed a total of three-under-par 281, with Gavin completing two-under-par 69 in the fourth round today. The round saw him bogey three times at the second, fourth, and 17th holes

PARIS, After over a week’s wait, the Malaysian contingent finally opened their medal account at the Paris 2024 Olympics through the men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik today. On the ninth day of the Games, Aaron-Wooi Yik showcased a dramatic comeback in the bronze medal match to defeat Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark. The 2022 world champions, who were trailing 16-20 in the second set, managed to close a four-point deficit to force a deciding set and ultimately won 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena, thereby defending the bronze they won at Tokyo 2020.

PARIS, Noah Lyles ended the United States’ 20-year wait for the men’s 100m Olympics gold with a new personal best of 9.79 seconds (s) at the Stade de France, tonight. The 27-year-old edged Jamaican Kishane Thompson (9.79s) on photo-finish by a 0.005s advantange, while another American sprinter and last edition’s silver medallist, Fred Kerley (9.81s) took the bronze. Tokyo 2020 champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy was only able to finish in fifth with 9.85s. ‘It’s been a rollercoaster, ups and downs. I think back to Tokyo when I messed up handling the rounds. From then on, I was like, ‘I

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit continued to be well supported and sustained its upward momentum for 11 straight days against the US dollar as investors redirect their investments towards the Asia-Pacific region following weaker US jobs data last Friday, said an analyst. At 8 am today, the ringgit appreciated to 4.4930/5010 versus the US dollar from last Friday’s close of 4.4945/4995. It was reported that the US unemployment rate jumped to a near three-year high of 4.3 per cent in July compared to 4.1 per cent in June. UOB Kay Hian Wealth Advisors head of investment research Mohd Sedek Jantan said