KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 7 – Malaysia will no longer be organising the Formula One (F1) race after the government agreed to terminate the organising contract starting next year. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said the contract had to be terminated following sharp decreasing returns to the country compared to the
NEW DELHI, Apr 7 – Five Indian factory workers were burnt to death Thursday in the western city of Jaipur after tons of molten rubber leaked at a tyre manufacturing unit, police said. At least 10 workers were putting raw rubber into a furnace when it cracked, pouring the substance onto seven
TOKYO, Apr 7 – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that it will be working through Enspire ME, a fifty-fifty joint venture established between MC and Eneco, an integrated energy company from the Netherlands, to provide services based on a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). Enspire ME will
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 6 – The senior citizen involved in the hit-and-run accident at Pulau Tikus here this morning has died. In a statement released to the media, Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said in the 10am incident the victim, identified as Foo Swee Wah, 60, sustained severe head
Uber admitted today that it had found one of the documents Waymo alleges was stolen by a former employee — who left its self-driving car effort to join Uber’s — on the employee’s personal computer. The document was found on a personal device belonging to Sameer Kshirsagar, Uber’s attorney Arturo Gonzalez said
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 6 – Biker flees after ramming into a woman, who was crossing the busy road at Jalan Burma, Penang here this afternoon about 1:20pm. The motorcyclist slammed into the women who was crossing the busy Jalan Burma by walking along the zebra crossing. The motorcyclist dropping a motorcycle
Microsoft’s name isn’t exactly synonymous with social networking, though that hasn’t stopped the company from finding angles into this space – generally, with more of a focus on the business side of socializing, as with its LinkedIn and Yammer acquisitions. It’s own efforts in social, meanwhile, have failed, as with
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 6 – The Malaysian parliament passed a Tourism Tax Bill in a record session that lasted for almost 20 hours, ending Thursday morning. Parliament was adjourned after the Tourism Tax Bill 2017 that was tabled by Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz was passed with a
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5 – An MP who said it was okay for rapists to marry their victims and claimed that some 12-year-old girls were “physically and spiritually” ready to get married has come in for some strong criticism. Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya, from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, in
WASHINGTON, Apr 5 – Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet face-to-face for the first time Thursday, opening a new chapter in the world’s most consequential relationship amid growing crises over North Korea and trade. The presidents of the world’s two pre-eminent economic and military powers will rendezvous in the south Florida sun
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5 – The Dewan Rakyat which was in a maratho session for almost 20 hours, ended at 5.05am this morning, setting a new record as the longest Parliament session, surpassing the old time of 4.25am. Parliament was adjourned after the Tourism Tax Bill 2017 that was tabled by Tourism
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5 – Bursa Malaysia ended mixed today with the composite index closing in the negative territory, weighed down by selling in selected heavyweights led by Hong Leong Bank and Genting. At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 2.52 points to end at 1,744.67 against Tuesday’s close
LISBON, Apr 5 – An explosion at a fireworks factory in northern Portugal left at least six people dead, with two others missing, a top interior ministry official said Wednesday, revising higher an earlier toll. Authorities were still probing the cause of the blaze and working to identify the bodies, said Jorge
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5 – The new retail price for petrol RON95 and RON97 for second week of April will increased by 3 sen and 2 sen per liter while diesel will go down by three sen which will effective at midnight tonight. The new prices will come into effect on Thursday until
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 5 – The ringgit snapped a six-day losing streak to close higher against the US dollar today on the back of bargain hunting amid cautious sentiment in the market, dealers said. At 6pm, the local unit stood at 4.4295/4325 against the greenback compared with 4.4300/4330 on Tuesday. A dealer
LAHORE, Apr 5 – At least four people have been killed and 10 wounded in a blast which appeared to have been an attack targeting a census team in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, officials said. Security officials had cordoned off the area on Bedian Road in the bustling capital of
The big news out this morning from Apple’s unprecedented sit-down with the press this week is the company’s plans to tear down and rethink the Mac Pro. But a few other hardware nuggets arose from that meeting, as well. Namely, the fact that the company is planning new iMacs more aggressively
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 5 – A group of 20 traders from Jalan Kuala Kangsar held a peaceful protest over the eviction at Komtar entrance here this morning. Spokesman Lai Kong Hooi, 42, urged Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to intervene into the relocation of their stalls. “I would like to called upon the Penang
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 4 – An opposition member wants Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia to challenge the decision made by the Attorney-General’s Chamber (AGC) to charge his assaulters in parliament under the Minor Offences Act 1955. Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad in a letter to the speaker said Pandikar Amin had
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 4 – The ringgit remained lower against the US dollar for the sixth consecutive session dampened by the continuous risk appetite for the local note, dealers said. At 6pm, the local unit stood at 4.4300/4330 against the greenback compared with 4.4260/4290 on Monday. A dealer said the ringgit declined
