LONDON, Feb 15 – Cannes Lions has today announced that Chief Marketing Officer of Airbnb, Jonathan Mildenhall, will lead the Creative Effectiveness Jury at the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June. The Creative Effectiveness jury comprises an equal mix of top leaders from clients and agencies across the
MALACCA, Feb 14 – DAP’s change of political alignment, especially its cooperation currently with once sworn-enemy Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), will spell doom for the party. Sparks ignited when four of its elected representatives here, namely three assemblymen Lim Jak Wong (Bachang), Chin Choon Seong
KAJANG, Feb 14 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) (SPRM) is prepared to study the need to screen future recipients of awards in this country to ensure only eligible individuals are conferred the awards. Its chief commissioner Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad said at present, screening was only done if there was a request
CHITTAGONG, Feb 14 – A Malaysian ship carrying aid for thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a bloody army crackdown in Myanmar docked in Bangladesh’s Chittagong port Tuesday days after it met nationalist protesters in Yangon. Senior Bangladeshi officials and Malaysian diplomats gathered at the port as Nautical Aliya docked in
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman is currently on a four-day official visit to Brussels, Belgium to attend the High-Level Conference on Mediation. Wisma Putra in a statement today said Anifah’s participation in the conference reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to supporting mediation as a tool to promote and maintain
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 – National badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) technical director Morten Frost Hansen are two badminton icons who handled their recent spat professionally. BAM acting president Tan Sri Al Amin Abdul Majid reiterated that the conflict between Chong Wei and Frost had
SHAH ALAM, Feb 14 – Selangor Umno today unanimously rejects the resignation of Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos as Sungai Besar Umno division chief and as Sungai Besar Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, said state chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar. He said the decision was made after evaluating all contributions by Jamal for
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 – Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament Nurul Izzah Anwar and 10 registered voters in the constituency cannot challenge on the local inquiry process over the proposed re-delineation of electoral boundaries for parliamentary constituencies in Kuala Lumpur, ruled the Court of Appeal. As such, a three-panel bench of the
SEOUL, Feb 14 – Poison needles were used in the assassination of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Malaysia, South Korean broadcaster TV Chosun reported today. The 45-year-old was poisoned by two unidentified female agents using poisoned needles at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, according to the TV station. The report,
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 7 – New Sunday Times, the Sunday edition of New Straits Times (NST) and Berita Harian (BH) has been given 48 hours from this morning to apologise to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over a recent defamatory news posting. NST and BH reported on Sunday that Penang PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi
MEXICO CITY, Feb 13 – Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested Sunday against US President Donald Trump, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and his pledges to make their country pay for his “big, beautiful” border wall. “Mexico must be respected, Mr Trump,” said a giant banner carried by protesters in Mexico
SINGAPORE, Feb 13 – New Silkroutes Group Limited (“NSG” or the “Group”), an investment holding company with core capabilities in energy trading and healthcare management, said today its wholly-owned International Energy Group Pte Ltd (“IEG”) has achieved its biggest quarterly revenue and net profit since the oil and gas subsidiary
BANGKOK, Feb 13 – The police have detained four suspected couriers in connection with the seizure of nearly one million methamphetamine pills from a house in southern Thailand. The suspects — two men and two women — were picked up at the house in Phattalung. According to a source in Narcotics Suppression
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 13 – Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob will have his day in court over a defamation lawsuit against Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd. A five-man bench led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin reinstated the lawsuit and ordered the case to be sent back to the Kuala
Apple is now a member of the Wireless Power Consortium. As spotted by 9to5mac, the website has recently been updated to feature Apple as one of the 213 members. This update fuels recent rumors that Apple is going to add wireless charging in the next iPhone. While wireless charging is nothing new, Apple has been very
MALACCA, Feb 13 – Two DAP Malacca assemblymen who announced yesterday that they were leaving the party, today submitted their resignation notices to Malacca State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Datuk Othman Mohamad. Lim Jak Wong (Bachang) and Chin Choon Seong (Kesidang) handed their letters personally to Malacca DUN Secretary Mohd Yusof Abu
SYDNEY, Feb 13 – Love may be in the air but Saint Valentine’s Day is also peak time for scamming lonely hearts for money, an Australian government body warned today. Romance scams cost victims more money than any other form of cheating, with those aged over 45 more likely to be stung,
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 13 – Penang Gerakan Acting Youth Chief Jason Loo took the opportunity during the Valentine’s Day festival to give roses to the owners of traditional Kopitiam and hawkers in George Town, to appreciate their efforts in preserving the living stories of Penang. He said most Malaysian youths spend
AMSTERDAM, Feb 13 – As data encryption is more widely adopted to protect sensitive applications and information, Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced the launch of two new solutions that give enterprises unparalleled speed, performance and security when encrypting data across the cloud, enterprise
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 13 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) had warned consumers as early as 1980s – three decades ago – and went on to publish a book titled Halal Haram on the subject of halal products in 2006 but the warning has fallen on deaf ears. One of the products that CAP
