FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Aug 17 – Air Berlin is in talks with three competitors about buying up its assets, the insolvent airline’s boss said Thursday, warning that not all jobs would be saved. “Aside from Lufthansa, we are in contact with two other interested parties from the aviation industry,” Air Berlin chief
LONDON, Aug 17 – Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan, announced Thursday she has won a place to study at Oxford University. “So excited to go to Oxford!!” the 20-year-old posted on Twitter, along with a picture of
BERLIN, Aug 17 – Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday US President Donald Trump had made “a huge mistake” by failing to clearly condemn a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and “alt-right” rally. Trump on Tuesday said there had been “very fine people, on both sides” at a violent clash between the far
BEIJING, Aug 17 – Peace with North Korea is a “possibility”, America’s most senior uniformed officer said Thursday, but warned the US has “credible, viable military options” for dealing with the errant regime. General Joe Dunford, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, also told reporters during his visit to
HONG KONG, Aug 17 – Joshua Wong and two other young leaders of Hong Kong’s huge Umbrella Movement rallies in 2014 were jailed Thursday for their role in the pro-democracy protests. Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were sentenced to six months, eight months and seven months respectively after the Court of
RIYADH, Aug 17 – A fire destroyed three buildings in a traditional section of Jeddah, listed as a Unesco world heritage site, the Saudi civil defence said Wednesday. Saudi civil defence said 60 people had evacuated their homes when the fire broke late Tuesday in Al-Balad, a historic district in the Red
KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 17 – The Terengganu government has identified two locations, namely Kampung Ladang here and Kampung Telaga Papan in Setiu to be developed as digital hubs in the state. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman said development of the digital hub in Ladang would be carried out through an allocation of RM17 million from the
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – Malaysia targets to be the third Asean country accepted into the United States Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) through the implementation of the National Immigration Control System or SKIN (Sistem Kawalan Imigresen Nasional) by 2021. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government was optimistic of achieving this mission following the
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 17 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said there was no time frame to impose the curfew in the waters off seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone). He said the curfew would be imposed for as long as there were threats in the east
HONG KONG, Aug 17 – CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CITIC Telecom CPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), announced that its subsidiary, China Enterprise ICT Solutions Limited (“China Entercom”), has launched a new cloud data center in Ke Chuang, located in Beijing’s high-tech town
PETALING JAYA, Aug 17 – Kuala Lumpur has been ranked as Southeast Asia’s second most liveable city after Singapore. The Malaysian city is placed No. 70 in a global ranking of liveable cities. The latest Global Liveability Ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Wednesday puts Kuala Lumpur ahead of
MIRI, Aug 17 – Four primary schools remained closed here today, including two which were closed since Monday, due to the floods. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said the two schools were Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kuala Kebulu and SK Bukit Balai, while the other two schools were SK Long Lenei and SK Nanga Kain, which were closed since
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – The weekly determination of the retail prices of petrol and diesel will stay, and the government has no plan to revert to the monthly determination of fuel prices. Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said this was because the weekly determination was
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – The MH370 Response Team is assessing several proposals from the interested parties to search for the vanished Flight MH370 jetliner, says Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director-General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. He said this in light of all available information including the newly-released Commonwealth Scientific and
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – The police are ready to deal with any possible terrorist threat during the SEA Games, which officially open on Saturday, and the National Day celebrations on Aug 31, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. He said there were enough police personnel for duty at
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 16 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two policemen on suspicion of having accepted bribes. A MACC source said the corporal and lance corporal, aged 39 and 32 respectively, were held at the Penampang District Police headquarters just after noon yesterday following a complaint received on Aug 14.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – Malaysia won its first gold medal from ‘chinlone linking’ which was also the first Kuala Lumpur 2017 SEA Games gold medal today. In the final match at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium here, the national chinlone squad which was led by Muhammad Faiz Roslan performed like heroes to grab the gold by collecting
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak today urged all eligible Malaysians, particularly the young, to register as voters, saying it was the duty of citizens to elect a government for the next five years. Secondly, he said, voting was a right of
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 16 – The third and final phase of the 2017 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) payment will be made from today in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration, which falls on Sept 1. In a statement today, the Finance Ministry said payment for those who passed the appeal stage, however, would be made on Aug 29.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – The same regulations imposed on conventional taxi drivers and e-hailing service providers are aimed at ensuring the safety of the passengers, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. She said there was no issue that the e-hailing taxi drivers should be exempted from
