KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 6 – No Malaysian was involved in an incident involving a shooting and hostage situation in Melbourne, Australia yesterday, Wisma Putra has confirmed. In a statement here today, it also strongly condemned the incident undertaken by the perpetrator identified as Yacqub Khayre, 29, from Roxburgh Park. It was earlier
DOHA, Jun 6 – Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to panic after Saudi Arabia imposed a de facto food blockade. Qatar shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia, and relies heavily on food imports, much of it from
PARIS, Jun 6 – French police have shot a man outside the Notre Dame in Paris after he tried to attack them with a hammer, according to local media. The main square has been evacuated and a police operation is underway. Two “blasts” sparked panic among tourists amassed outside Notre Dame. A
SEREMBAN, Jun 6 – The Pilgrims Fund Board (TH) today gave out contributions to 172 asnaf (poor and needy) in its Negri Sembilan state-level goodwill programme held at the grounds of Masjid Sikamat near here. Its board member, Prof Tan Sri Abdul Shukor Husin said the recipients comprised people from the Ampangan
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 6 – Three days have passed since the terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market which saw seven innocent lives perish and dozens wounded on that fateful night, just two weeks after the Manchester Arena concert bombing. The attack on Saturday was the third to strike Britain in
ALOR STAR, Jun 6 – Police detained a man and two women believed to be drug mules at the Kuah Jetty ferry terminal yesterday as they attempted to smuggle 2.68kg of heroin to Langkawi. The suspects, aged 19 and 22, were arrested with the drug worth RM400,000 inside an eco-friendly bag at
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 6 – Borrowers of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans can now make their repayments consistently through an online direct debit system today. Its chairman Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said this way, the borrowers no longer need to go to the PTPTN counters to make their
SYDNEY, Jun 6 – Passengers on an Australian domestic flight left the plane via an emergency exit Tuesday after a man allegedly left a threatening note in the toilet in what appears to be a prank. The 42 passengers on the Virgin Australia service from Sydney to the rural town of Albury
PYONGYANG, Jun 6 – To celebrate Korean Children’s Union Day on Tuesday, the pupils of Pyongyang Number Four Primary School threw mock grenades at targets, crawled under a frame and threw themselves over a fence – all with an imitation AK47 over their shoulders. After completing the obstacle course, Myong Hyon-Jong,
PETALING JAYA, Jun 6 – Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) tithe distribution to the states for 2016/17 increased to RM60m, up from the RM57m distributed in 2015/2016. Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Johan Abdullah said the distribution was based on the amount deposited by TH account holders from each state, with
TOKYO, Jun 6 – The dollar hit a six-week low against the safe-haven yen on Tuesday, with investors cautious ahead of Britain’s election, a European Central Bank meeting and former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to a Senate committee this week. The dollar was down 0.7% at 109.700 yen after brushing
TOKYO, Jun 6 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and NEC Technologies India Private Limited (NTI) today announced the launch of a “Center of Excellence for Analytics Platform & Solutions” (COE-APS) for promoting solutions and services of NEC’s Big Data & Analytics Platform, “Data Platform for Hadoop (DPH)”. The COE-APS will
SINGAPORE, Jun 6 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, partners with the East Timor government to start issuing state-of-the-art electronic passports (ePassports) to its citizens. The complete solution comprises the ICAO-compliant ePassports and a suite of capabilities such as easy enrollment, biometric data capture, de-duplication
BEIJING, Jun 6 – The top career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, an American official in Beijing confirmed Tuesday, amid suggestions that he opposes President Donald Trump’s climate policy. Embassy charge d’affaires David Rank was a 27-year veteran State Department officer appointed to serve in Beijing in
WASHINGTON, Jun 6 – Donald Trump will not use presidential powers to prevent the ex-FBI director James Comey from testifying to Congress Thursday, the White House said, setting the stage for potentially explosive testimony later this week. The ousted FBI director will appear Thursday before the Senate intelligence committee for a hearing
SINGAPORE, Jun 6 – The sale by Malaysian energy firm Petronas of an estimated US$1 billion (RM4.3 billion) stake in a local upstream gas project has moved to the second round and is set to attract interest from about half a dozen bidders including Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil Corp, four
TOKYO, Jun 6 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) today announced their joint development of a multi-modal image fusion technology that dramatically improves the clarity of images by using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically combine visible images taken by standard cameras with non-visible images taken
SAN JOSE, Jun 6 – Apple today announced HomePod, a breakthrough wireless speaker for the home that delivers amazing audio quality and uses spatial awareness to sense its location in a room and automatically adjust the audio. Designed to work with an Apple Music subscription for access to over 40 million
SAN JOSE, Jun 6 – Apple today introduced an all-new 10.5-inch iPad Pro and a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, featuring the world’s most advanced display with ProMotion technology and incredible performance with the new A10X Fusion chip. The new 10.5-inch model reduces the borders by nearly 40 percent to fit into
SAN JOSE, Jun 6 – Apple today previewed iOS 11, a major update to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, bringing new experiences and hundreds of features to iPhone and iPad this fall. iOS 11 is the biggest software release ever for iPad, with powerful multitasking features, the Files app
