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New Straits Times
6 days ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Palm rises on stronger Dalian oils, crude; weak Chicago soyoil caps gains
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures opened higher on Wednesday for a fourth session, buoyed by stronger rival Dalian oils and crude oil prices, though weaker Chicago soyoil limited gains. The benchmark palm oil contract for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained RM12, or 0.31 per cent, to RM3,880 (US$913.80) a metric ton in early trade. Dalian's most-active soyoil contract rose 0.23 per cent, while its palm oil contract added 1.05 per cent. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade were down 0.14 per cent. Palm oil tracks price movements of rival edible oils, as it competes for a share of the global vegetable oils market. Oil prices edged higher in early trading as the US barred Chevron from exporting crude from Venezuela under a new authorization on its assets there, raising the prospect of tighter supply. Stronger crude oil futures make palm a more attractive option for biodiesel feedstock. The ringgit, palm's currency of trade, weakened 0.26 per cent against the dollar, making the commodity slightly cheaper for buyers holding foreign currencies. European Union soybean imports for the 2024/25 season, which began in July, reached 12.69 million metric tons by May 25, up 7 per cent from the same period a year earlier, while palm oil imports were at 2.57 million tons, down 19 per cent, data published by the European Commission stated. Palm oil may retrace into a range of RM3,814 to RM3,838 per metric ton, as it faces strong resistance at RM3,878, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said. Asian shares continued a rally from Wall Street and the dollar held gains on Wednesday on promising economic signs in the United States and speculation of strong tech earnings.
Gulf Today
23-05-2025
- Business
- Gulf Today
Pension payments for May to be disbursed Tuesday: GPSSA
The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) announced that a total of Dhs831,363,259.82 worth of pension payments will be disbursed on Tuesday 27th May 2025, an increase of Dhs52,814,510 from May 2024, when pension payments totalled Dhs778,548,749.06. The payments will benefit a total of 49,910 pensioners and beneficiaries, an increase of 1,760 from the 48,150 who received disbursements in May 2024. Pension payments are disbursed to civilians subject to the laws implemented by the GPSSA as well as to eligible pensioners and beneficiaries whose files are managed by the GPSSA on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and in accordance with the pension laws by which they are subject to. WAM
New Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
India has avenged my friend Daniel Pearl's killing in Bahawalpur
I still remember the chill I felt when I first heard of Bahawalpur. It was late January 2002. My dear friend and colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, had just left a home I had rented on Zamzama Street in Karachi for an interview from which he never returned. We soon learned terrorists in Pakistan had kidnapped Danny. As we tried to trace Danny's steps, one name kept surfacing: the dusty city of Bahawalpur. In the days that followed, we learned terrorists had murdered Danny, brutally beheading him and cutting him into pieces. Twenty-three years have passed, but the chain of events that led to Danny's murder continues to haunt us—and it runs straight through Bahawalpur. This week, India's Operation Sindoor launched an airstrike on Bahawalpur and other terrorist targets, killing terrorist chief Abdul Rauf Azhar. To be clear, Abdul Rauf did not kidnap or murder Danny. But in 1999, he masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814, which forced India to release three terrorists - including his brother, Masood Azhar, and a British Pakistani, Omar Sheikh, who would go on to lure Danny into captivity. Another brother, Ibrahim Azhar, was a hijacker on Flight 814. Abdul Rauf opened the prison door that allowed a kidnapper to walk free. His killing is a reminder that those who enable terror must answer for their actions. Bahawalpur, where Abdul Rauf enjoyed a safe haven, is more than just a city. Since the 1990s, it has been a hub for a state-sponsored terrorism industry that has enabled global violence—killing innocents in India, Pakistan and around the world. It's where the story of Danny's murder began.
New Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
India has avenged Daniel Pearl's killing in Bahawalpur
I still remember the chill I felt when I first heard of Bahawalpur. It was late January 2002. My dear friend and colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, had just left a home I had rented on Zamzama Street in Karachi for an interview from which he never returned. We soon learned terrorists in Pakistan had kidnapped Danny. As we tried to trace Danny's steps, one name kept surfacing: the dusty city of Bahawalpur. In the days that followed, we learned terrorists had murdered Danny, brutally beheading him and cutting him into pieces. Twenty-three years have passed, but the chain of events that led to Danny's murder continues to haunt us—and it runs straight through Bahawalpur. This week, India's Operation Sindoor launched an airstrike on Bahawalpur and other terrorist targets, killing terrorist chief Abdul Rauf Azhar. To be clear, Abdul Rauf did not kidnap or murder Danny. But in 1999, he masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814, which forced India to release three terrorists - including his brother, Masood Azhar, and a British Pakistani, Omar Sheikh, who would go on to lure Danny into captivity. Another brother, Ibrahim Azhar, was a hijacker on Flight 814. Abdul Rauf opened the prison door that allowed a kidnapper to walk free. His killing is a reminder that those who enable terror must answer for their actions. Bahawalpur, where Abdul Rauf enjoyed a safe haven, is more than just a city. Since the 1990s, it has been a hub for a state-sponsored terrorism industry that has enabled global violence—killing innocents in India, Pakistan and around the world. It's where the story of Danny's murder began.
Mint
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Pahalgam attack: Police intensify searches across Srinagar to dismantle terror-supporting infrastructure
As part of the ongoing crackdown on terrorism following the Pahalgam terror attack, police on Saturday carried out searches at five locations in Srinagar, a PTI report said. A spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Police said they have intensified searches across multiple locations in the city, with the aim to dismantle the terror-supporting infrastructure in the district. The searches, according to the spokesperson, were part of the continuing action against terrorists associates of proscribed outfits and in furtherance of the investigation into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The searches were conducted to seize arms, documents, digital devices etc., with the objective of evidence collection and intelligence gathering to detect and deter any conspiratorial or terrorist activity against the country's security, the PTI report added. Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed and several injured when terrorists opened fire at Baisaran, a meadow near the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on April 22. Two days ago, police had carried out searches at 21 locations, including the residence of IC-814 hijack accused terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latrum, across Srinagar. A team of police investigators carried out the searches early in the morning at the residence of Latrum, the self-styled chief of the Al-Umar terror outfit, and houses of 20 other terror accused, news agency PTI reported. Latrum was released from prison, along with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, in exchange for the passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight 814 in 1999. In March 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) attached Latrum's house under the UAPA. The fugitive terrorist is believed to be operating from Pakistan after his release in 1999, the report said. A spokesperson said the decisive action of the Jammu and Kashmir Police aims at dismantling the terror ecosystem in the Union Territory by identifying and taking legal action against individuals engaged in such anti-national and criminal activities, according to PTI. First Published: 3 May 2025, 10:54 PM IST
