PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is expected to meet with the MIC President Datuk Seri G. Palanivel and Deputy President Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam next week to discuss problems faced by the party. Zahid said the leaders were also expected to announce the
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29 – Facebook said Wednesday that profit soared on the wings of mobile ad revenue but stressed it is more concerned with investing in the future than making quick cash. While earnings figures surpassed market forecasts, Facebook executives strived to temper expectations, while stressing they plan to continue aggressively
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called for external auditors to look into government spending so there would be more credibility in the public’s eye. “I read in the newspaper someone suggesting that the government should have an external auditor so that there would be
BEIRUT, Jan 29 – The Islamic State group released a message late yesterday purportedly by Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, extending the deadline for Jordan’s release of an Iraqi would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaeda. The audio was released as Jordan had offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group
SYDNEY, Jan 29 – One of two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a Sydney cafe in December was killed by ricocheting fragments of police bullets, an inquest into the deadly stand-off heard Thursday. Barrister and mother-of-three Katrina Dawson, 38, died along with cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34, and Iranian-born
NEW YORK, Jan 29 – Fast-food giant McDonald’s replaced president and chief executive Donald Thompson yesterday, after the company turned in another poor quarter of sales and earnings last week. The firm behind the world-famous Big Mac had been under pressure from investors to take swift action after seeing the business weaken
SINGAPORE, Jan 29 – Websites that provide, facilitate, advertise or promote remote gambling services will be blocked from Monday when the Remote Gambling Act (RGA) comes into effect, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Wednesday. In a statement, MHA said payment transactions related to unlawful remote gambling activities will also
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – The Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025, which will be tabled this March, will be the key towards transforming and improving the quality of higher education in the country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said the blueprint was presented at the weekly Cabinet meeting Wednesday. “God
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should step in and resolve the on-going MIC crisis which could have negative repercussions on Barisan Nasional, political analysts said. UiTM Associate Professor Shaharuddin Baharuddin said problems arising in the Indian-based party would not be settled unless Najib, who is also
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Several areas in Petaling will experience water supply disruption from Feb 6 (Friday) until Feb 7 (Saturday). According to a statement by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) here today, this was due to work to instal two units of Pressure Reducing Valve(PRV) zone systems in
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have helped Apple sell an astounding 74.5 million iPhones during the first quarter of the company’s fiscal 2015 year. That’s more iPhones than they’ve ever sold during a single quarter, up from the previous record of 51 million iPhone sales reported during the same time last year, and above
SEREMBAN, Jan 29 – The Negeri Sembilan government is satisfied with the Federal Court’s decision to give the state government and four others the green light to appeal against a Court of Appeal’s landmark decision declaring invalid the state Syariah enactment that criminalises cross-dressing by Muslim men. “It’s good because it
Google is gearing up to sell wireless service directly to customers as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), by acquiring excess network capacity from Sprint and T-Mobile and reselling it to customers under its own brand. This is the same approach used by Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, Pure Talk, Republic Wireless
KOTA BHARU, Jan 29 – The health of PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat who is being treated at the intensive care unit of Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian here was reported to be improving today and is expected to return home soon. His son, Nik
Apple has issued iOS 8.1.3, and update for its mobile devices that fixes a number of bugs, and makes it so that iOS requires less free storage space on your hardware (this update itself comes in at 247 MB) to actually perform an update. Especially with iOS 8’s launch, users without
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – The Transport Ministry will release the interim report on the investigation into the MH370 incident on March 7, one year after the Malaysia Airlines plane went missing on March 8, last year. Its deputy minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi said the content of the report would be
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Users worldwide were unable to log on to two of the world’s largest social networks, Facebook and Instagram, for close to an hour today (Jan 27). Netizens around the globe reacted in surprise, shock and panic on Twitter after Facebook and Instagram went offline at 2.25pm. Services
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 27 – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will thoroughly relook the local plan for Cameron Highlands to ensure the highlands’ sustainability is not affected in the long run. He said the Urban and Rural Planning Department would undertake the task, which is expected to ready
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 27 – Microsoft on Monday reported that its quarterly profit dipped as revenue increased with help from sales of Surface tablets, Xbox One consoles and cloud services. Profit fell 10 percent from a year ago to $5.9 billion while revenue hit $26.5 billion in the quarter ended on December
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Several roads around the city will be closed gradually beginning from Sunday (Feb 1) to make way for the Nike We Run KL 2015 event and the Thaipusam chariot procession. Kuala Lumpur Traffic Police chief ACP Mohd Nadzri Hussain in a media statement on Monday said
