PARIS, Jun 9 – Business leaders are demanding a new direction for Brexit negotiations in reaction to the General Election. The Federation of Small Businesses has called for a delay in the start of talks due to the political fallout. Aston Martin has warned that future investment could be at risk without clear
PARIS, Jun 9 – EU leaders woke up as stunned as the British public by the election result, but quickly made clear who holds the whip hand in the looming talks. Publicly, they stressed it was up to Britain to decide whether the negotiations start, as planned, in under a fortnight, but
PARIS, Jun 9 – Across Europe, the unexpected results of Britain’s snap election immediately called into question the future of the negotiations over the British exit from the European Union. With Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to secure an absolute majority in Parliament — and thus the strong mandate polls had predicted
SIBU, Jun 9 – A shortlisted candidate for the General Election 2014 (GE14) from the Sarawak United Peoples’ Part (SUPP) was injured in an acid attack here yesterday. SUPP Dudong Branch Deputy Chairman Wong Ching Yong, 59, sustained injuries to his face and the left side of his body after he was
WASHINGTON, Jun 9 – President Donald Trump’s private lawyer denied bombshell allegations made by the sacked FBI director James Comey on Thursday, suggesting the ousted lawman should be prosecuted for leaking “privileged information.” The president “never told Mr Comey ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty’ in form or substance,” attorney Marc Kasowitz
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 9 – Uber has parted ways with another top executive, in the latest dent to the reputation of the ridesharing giant as it prepares to release the results of a probe into workplace misconduct. The executive, Eric Alexander, read and discussed medical information about a woman raped in India
THE HAGUE, Jun 9 – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 were given the green light Thursday to view final images of victims as they boarded the ill-fated flight. Dutch investigators and a victims’ foundation reached an agreement to view CCTV camera footage taken at
SEOUL, Jun 9 – North Korea’s latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of “ground-to-sea cruise rocket”, Pyongyang’s state media said Friday. The official KCNA news agency said the rocket was a “powerful attack means capable of striking any enemy group of battleships attempting a military attack on
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 9 – Taxi drivers throughout the country should immediately join the Self-Employment Social Security Scheme to get coverage provided by Socso. Socso Chief Executive Datuk Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said since it was enforced on June 1, only 120 of the 100,000 taxi drivers in the country had
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 8 – Police detain three men to help in the investigation over the assault of an Uber driver by a group of men after he allegedly outraged the modesty of a Vietnamese woman in Paya Terubung, here, on Tuesday. Timur Laut District Police chief, ACP Anuar Omar said the
TALLINN, Jun 8 – As cyberattacks sow ever greater chaos worldwide, IT titan Microsoft and independent experts are pushing for a new global NGO tasked with the tricky job of unmasking the hackers behind them. Dubbed the “Global Cyber Attribution Consortium”, according to a recent report by the Rand Corporation think-tank, the
BEIJING, Jun 8 – Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users’ personal data. Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals’ privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from local police in
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 8 – AirAsia and AirAsia X’s female pilots will now onwards don the white Naelofar Hijab that is specifically tailored to meet their workday needs, an outcome of a collaboration between the airline and leading hijab brand, Naelofar Hijab. “This is the first time ever for AirAsia to
BAZZANO, Jun 8 – Italy’s Muslims fear a backlash from the London attacks could undermine their already fragile position in the country after one of the attackers was identified as half-Italian. Youssef Zaghba, 22, was one of three men shot dead by police after a jihadist van attack and stabbing spree in
WASHINGTON, Jun 8 – Fired FBI director James Comey said Wednesday that Donald Trump urged him to drop a probe into former national security advisor Michael Flynn, prompting fresh allegations that the US president tried to obstruct justice. In a bombshell revelation on the eve of his hotly-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill,
NEW DELHI, Jun 7 – An explosion at a fireworks factory in central India on Wednesday killed 20 workers and injured 10 others, some with serious burns, an official said. Dozens of employees managed to escape unhurt but firefighters spent two hours bringing the major blaze under control in Balaghat district of
PUTRAJAYA, Jun 7 – The Education Ministry has set June 23, a Friday as a replacement holiday for all states except Kedah, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu in conjunction with the Aidilfitri festive break. Its minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said all schools in Perlis, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Pahang Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Federal
SINGAPORE, Jun 7 – A Malaysian was sentenced to 30 weeks imprisonment for illegally importing 11 puppies into Singapore in March. Ravichandran Muthusamy, 43, was also sentenced to 20 weeks’ imprisonment for subjecting the puppies to unnecessary pain or suffering. Both sentences would run concurrently, said the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of
BUKIT GANTANG, Jun 7 – The Malaysian Indian Blue Print which was launched in April will only be fully realised and achieve its objectives if the Indian community continues to support the government in the 14th General Election (GE14), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak. He said the Indians
KUCHING, Jun 7 – The Sarawak Election Commission (EC) has confirmed that seven sets of nomination forms for the Pujut state by-election have been bought as at yesterday (June 6). Sarawak EC director Datuk Takun Sunggah, however, did not reveal the identities of the buyers or parties involved. He said four sets were
