AMSTERDAM, Sept 29 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 – GTO), leader in digital security today announces that after 10 years of dedicated and exemplary service, Jacques Tierny, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, has decided to leave on December 31, 2017 to pursue other activities. On October 16, 2017,
BANGKOK, Sept 29 – About 1.8 million tourists from Thailand visited Malaysia in 2016, representing a growth of 32.5 per cent over the corresponding period in 2015, according to Tourism Malaysia Thailand. The trend of strong growth in tourist arrivals from Thailand is expected to continue this year, said its director,
KALYNIVKA, Sept 28 – Ukrainian authorities evacuated more than 30,000 people Wednesday from the central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors said was a possible act of “sabotage”. It was the second major incident affecting a large Ukrainian weapons storage site this
PORT KLANG, Sept 27 – A Malaysian condom company is hoping to spice up sex lives with a contraceptive that tastes like the country’s ultimate comfort food – a chili-infused rice dish known as nasi lemak. Industry giant Karex, which claims to be the world’s biggest condom maker, already offers an array
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 – In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service. The spat is the latest in Silicon Valley in which competitive tensions
WELLINGTON, Sept 27 – Villagers fleeing a volcanic eruption in Vanuatu face food and water shortages in overcrowded evacuation camps, aid workers and reports said Wednesday. About 7,000 people on the island of Ambae – in the Pacific archipelago’s north – have left their homes after the Manaro Voui volcano rained rocks
MEXICO CITY, Sept 27 – A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return Tuesday to their badly damaged homes, much less their normal lives. After a week of eerie quiet in Mexico City, the capital’s notorious traffic jams were visible again
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 – Public Investment Bank Bhd (PIVB) has reinforced its “overweight” view on the oil and gas (O&G) sector after the overnight benchmark Brent crude oil price closed at US$58.44 per barrel, hitting its highest levels since July 2015. In a note today, the research house said the
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 – Lack of fresh catalysts weighed on Bursa Malaysia which turned mixed at mid-morning. At 11.05 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.35 points lower at 1,764.24 from Tuesday’s close of 1,765.59. The index opened 2.03 points better at 1,767.62. Market breadth was positive
MUAR, Sept 27 – The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, today has demanded that the owner of a Muslim-only launderette to apologise publicly and cease its discriminatory practice, or risk being shut down, The Star reported. A photo of the Muar launderette began making its rounds on social media over
BANGKOK, Sept 27 – Thailand’s top court will deliver a verdict Wednesday on whether ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra is guilty of negligence – but the fugitive politician will almost certainly be a no-show, having yet to publicly emerge since she fled the kingdom last month. Yingluck, whose elected government was toppled in
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 – The ringgit continued yesterday’s downtrend to opened lower against the US dollar this morning as the greenback strengthened on the possibility of another interest rate hike before the year-end, dealers said. At 9am, the local unit depreciated to 4.2150/2190 from 4.2050/2080 recorded at 6pm yesterday. The US
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 – DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang’s past actions show that DAP is the de facto leader of the opposition, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. With the majority seats that DAP had compared to the others in the opposition pact, Salleh
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 – Twitter announced Tuesday a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters – double the existing limit – in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network. San Francisco-based Twitter said the new limit, a major shift for the messaging platform
Apple today said that it is working on a fix for iPhone 8 users experiencing crackling sounds from their device’s earpiece. Since the iPhone 8 was released last week, some users have reported a “static” and “crackling sound,” but that shouldn’t be the case for much longer… In a statement to
BEIJING, Sept 26 – The Home Ministry is leaving it to the police to act on the organising of the Feel Beer Festival 2017, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “That comes under police’s powers … I have instructed that it be stopped,” said Ahmad Zahid, who is
LONDON, Sept 26 – The BBC launched a new Korean language radio and online service on Tuesday that will be available to listeners in North Korea if the signal is not blocked. The service, a part of the BBC’s biggest global expansion since the 1940s, will have a dedicated team of journalists
BANGKOK, Sept 26 – Thailand’s junta chief said Tuesday he knows where fugitive ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to, but will not reveal her location until after a court delivers its verdict in her negligence trial this week. The comments were the first admission from the military regime that it had located
BEIJING, Sept 26 – Interpol opened its general assembly in Beijing on Tuesday as China seeks greater international help to repatriate alleged criminals – despite accusations it is using the international police organisation for political gain. Some 1,000 public security officials and political leaders will discuss terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime at
BEIJING, Sept 26 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had a meeting with Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs, Communist Party of China, Meng Jianzhu in the capital, today. Ahmad Zahid met Meng for about an hour at the Political and Legal Affairs office, here. Also
