KUCHING, Apr 1 – World No.1 and defending champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei is expected to make a winning start when he goes down to face world No. 14 Quseph Rajiv of England in the first round of the men’s singles at the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open. The BWF World Superseries
CAYENNE, Apr 1 – France Saturday announced a billion euros (RM4.72 billion) aid for strike-hit French Guiana, as representatives of the Guianese told visiting ministers the South American territory should be given “special status”. The vast South American territory, which is administered as a region of France, has been in the grip
KOTA MARUDU, Apr 2 – “I want my children to succeed like him. If not become the Deputy Prime Minister, at least achieve something in life,” said Yusuf Ajib, 40, after getting his lifelong wish of shaking hands with the Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Yusuf, a trader at the
THIS week we get thoughts and ideas from Global clinical contract research organization InClinica’s executive vice-president and general manager Asia-Pacific Jeffrey Scott Yablon. How has your life experience made you the leader you are today? It has not been a straight path. Between experience in the military and the corporate
CHICAGO, Apr 2 – Chicago authorities on Saturday said they had arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl by multiple young men that was seen on Facebook Live in March. “Tonight, CPD (Chicago Police Department) arrested the first of several juvenile offenders in the Facebook
KOTA BELUD, Apr 2 – The government is always concerned about the needs and problems faced by educators in the effort to produce Generation Y human capital, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said the national education plan had outlined the efforts towards strengthening education in
YANGON, Apr 1 – Aung San Suu Kyi’s government faced its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar seen as a barometer for growing disillusionment with her party’s first year in power. The euphoria that surrounded the democracy icon’s landslide electoral win in 2015 has ebbed as
KUCHING, Apr 1 – The policy on the intake of foreign workers from North Korea for certain economic sectors is continued based on the existing procedure. Deputy Home Minister Masir Kujat said the intake would depend on the need of the private sector in the construction and coal mining sectors. It is learnt
SEOUL, Apr 1 – A South Korean cargo ship has gone missing in waters off Uruguay after making a distress call, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Saturday. The Stella Daisy with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino crew members on board disappeared Friday after sending a text message that it was sinking, the
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – After two-hour of downpour this evening, just before 7pm, caused several parts of low-lying areas in the state were hit by flash floods. Among the badly affected areas were Bayan Baru and Jalan Kampung Relau where cars were reportedly stuck in floodwaters that rose as high
JAKARTA, Apr 1 – Seventeen people were missing and feared buried after a landslide struck Indonesia, the national disaster agency said Saturday. The landslide hit Banaran village in Ponorogo district, East Java on Saturday morning, damaging up to 30 houses. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purno Nugroho said there are conflicting reports about
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – The Penang Digital Library, the first digital library in Malaysia, will operate round the clock, effective this May 1, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today. He said the library was launched in August last year and had since, received up to 2,000 visitors a month. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 – The ringgit is expected to strengthen against the US dollar next week, on expectations of positive Malaysian trade data, a dealer said. MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd’s Chief Economist Dr Kamaruddin Mohd Nor said however, the ringgit is likely to see range-bound trade between 4.4100 and 4.4200.
KEMAMAN, Apr 1 – Armed Forces chief Gen Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor has praised the government and the Royal Malaysian Air Force for successfully bringing home the nine Malaysians who were stranded in North Korea. He said that he was following closely developments on the case and was much
BEENLEIGH, Apr 1 – Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone. Queensland police warned that the Logan River, which runs through Beenleigh south of Brisbane, would not hit peak flood
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 – Bursa Malaysia is poised to trend higher next week, driven by the return of foreign funds into the country and stabilising ringgit against the US dollar, with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI moving towards the 1,800 points level. Affin Hwang Investment Bank Vice-President and Head
CHENNAI, Apr 1 – Malaysia did not sever relations with North Korea after the republic fulfilled the demands made in the negotiation process which led to the release of nine Malaysian nationals who were detained in Pyongyang recently. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said although faced with problems, the settlement reached
WASHINGTON, Apr 1 – President Donald Trump will order staff Friday to pinpoint countries and goods responsible for America’s nearly $50 billion (RM221 billion) trade deficit, in a protectionist warning shot to trade partners like China. Top administration officials said Trump will issue a pair of executive orders aimed at rooting out
PESHAWAR, Mar 31 – At least 22 people were killed and 57 wounded Friday when a car bomb tore through a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan’s tribal belt, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. Survivors described hiding inside shops after hearing a “huge bang” – then
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 31 – Bursa Malaysia closed lower today on profit-taking in heavyweights led by telecommunications and industrial stocks and in line with most Asian peers, dealers said. At 5pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 9.16 points to 1,740.09 against Thursday’s close of 1,749.25, after moving between 1,740.09
