NEW YORK, Apr 20 – Fox News on Wednesday severed its ties with Bill O’Reilly, sacking its biggest star and America’s most-watched cable news anchor over a flood of sexual harassment allegations and crashing advertising sales. It was a humiliating blow to one of the biggest US media names, a veteran broadcaster
PETALING JAYA, Apr 20 – The World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) has unveiled its distinctive anniversary logo to commemorate its 45th year of establishment in Malaysia. The special logo was also revealed in conjunction with Earth Day, which will be celebrated globally on April 22. WWF-Malaysia in a statement said the
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 – Bursa Malaysia reversed yesterday’s downtrend to close firmer today with interest mostly spotted in index-linked counters and banking-related stocks prompted by improved regional sentiment. At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) finished 2.66 points higher at 1,741.61 against yesterday’s close of 1,738.95. The key index,
THE HAGUE, Apr 20 – Police have arrested 39 suspects in over a dozen countries across Europe and Latin America after busting an online paedophile ring that used the WhatsApp chat service to share images of child sex abuse, officials said on Tuesday. In coordinated swoops late last month, local and
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 – The Dewan Negara was told today 19,073 women nationwide registered as owners of online businesses as of March this year. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Paduka Chew Mei Fun said, of the total, 17,969 registered under the Registration of Businesses Act 1956 and 1,104
TOKYO, Apr 19 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and NEC Energy Solutions, an NEC subsidiary, announced today that they have reached an agreement with Germany-based EnspireME, a fifty-fifty joint venture established between Mitsubishi Corporation and Eneco, a Netherlands-based integrated energy company, to build a large-scale battery energy storage system in
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in conjunction with the “Pertandingan Seni Negaraku” (My Nation’s Arts Competition) at the Bangunan Perdana Putra, here today. The
LONDON, Apr 19 – Britain’s parliament votes Wednesday on holding a snap election in June, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to make strong gains against the opposition ahead of gruelling Brexit negotiations. May, who made the shock call for an early election on Tuesday, needs to bolster her narrow majority of
TOKYO, Apr 19 – Hitachi, Ltd and Hirotsu Bio Science Inc. today announced that they have entered an agreement to collaborate on research for the practical application of cancer screening using nematodes. The two companies will conduct collaborative research to realize the practical application of HirotsuBio’s “N-NOSE” cancer screening method
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 19 – The candidacy of the high profile Malay DAP members for the next general election Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari, a 34-year-old married man with two children, today denied that the male in the photographs looked like him shown hugging a woman resembling a DAP Youth exco member, Dyana Sofya,
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 19 – The contribution of Malaysia’s digital economy to the gross domestic product (GDP) at about 17% currently, is expected to exceed the projected target of 20% earlier than 2020, said Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. He expressed confidence that the level is achievable earlier
KENOSHA, Apr 19 – President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to make good on his emblematic pledge to “Buy American, Hire American” by tightening skilled-worker visa rules, but his room for maneuver remains limited without wider congressional reform. Speaking in Kenosha, Wisconsin – one of the states that carried him to his
HONG KONG, Apr 19 – Daniang Dumpling Catering Group Co., Ltd. (“Daniang Dumpling”), one of the largest Chinese fast food restaurant chains, recently announced that GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group (“GreenTree Group”) completed the acquisition of Daniang Dumpling from CVC Capital Partners, and GreenTree Group has become the controlling shareholder
KUCHING, Apr 19 – A local woman and her Nigerian boyfriend were detained in connection with the discovery of a box containing drugs, worth RM347,300, in her office last week. Sarawak Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Sahar Abdul Latif said the woman, about 25 years of age, was arrested at an
WASHINGTON, Apr 19 – After a few days of saber-rattling, US President Donald Trump’s administration has reverted to the same North Korea policy as its predecessor: relying on China to control Pyongyang. The USS Carl Vinson carrier battle group, which Trump boasted last week was the “armada, very powerful” to bring leader
LONDON, Apr 19 – Lions Health has launched the 2017 Young Lions Health Award in partnership with UNICEF and “la Caixa” Foundation. Now in its third year, the competition challenges young creative communications professionals to present a core idea, including a launch event/activation, digital activation and video idea, aimed to be launched
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 18 – The Education Ministry plans to allow students to use information and communication technology (ICT) devices such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones in schools. Its minister, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid, said the use of ICT devices for teaching and facilitation (PdPC) in class would be according to
LONDON, Apr 18 – British Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for an early general election on June 8 in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union. “We need a general election and we need one now. We have at this moment a one-off chance
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 18 – The remand period for a Selangor PKR youth leader has been extended four days starting tomorrow until April 22 to facilitate investigations into allegations of his extraordinary wealth. Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman issued the remand order following the submission of the application for extension by
ANKARA, Apr 18 – Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on winning a referendum granting him sweeping new powers that exposed bitter divisions in the country. The White House said they also discussed a US missile strike in Syria and the fight against the Islamic State group.
