Google today announced the launch of new desktop application for Google Drive users, called Drive File Stream, which is now available to G Suite customers. The app will serve as a replacement for the Google Drive desktop app that will be shut down for good next year – a far
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will be asking the video game “Fights of Gods” platform provider to disable download for Malaysian users within 24 hours, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. “Failing which, further action will be taken,” he said
KUALA SELANGOR, Sept 8 – The driver of a Toyota Hilux who was alleged to have rammed into four Malaysian cycling athletes and their chief coach yesterday was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with reckless driving to an extent that it resulted in a road accident. Anuar Wahab, 46,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today chaired a meeting of the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council at Menara Dato’ Onn here. Najib, who is Umno president and BN chairman, arrived for the meeting at 3.30pm and was greeted by the leaders of the BN component parties.
IPOH, Sept 8 – All the opinions garnered from the Perak Festival of Ideas programme will be channeled to the federal government for consideration in the preparation of the 2018 Budget. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said those opinions and ideas should be taken into account as they came
CHUKAI, Sept 8 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi came to Terengganu to open the Kemaman Umno Division delegates meeting today, and liked what he saw. The Umno vice-president who is discharging the duties of the deputy president was delighted to see Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – The Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim) today advised social media users against circulating negative perceptions and allegations about the Rohingya refugees in Malaysia to the extent of raising public hatred towards them. Abim secretary-general Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz said it would be more noble for the people
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V today performed Friday prayers at the Kampung Baru Jamek Mosque, here. The King, wearing a white robe and cap, was greeted on arrival by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, who also read the sermon
BUDAPEST, Sept 8 – After days of fierce rhetoric, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that his government “respected” an EU court’s rejection of Hungary’s challenge to a migrant relocation plan, but vowed to fight on against the measure. “Hungary is a European Union member, so the bloc’s treaties must
MEXICO CITY, Sept 8 – A rare and powerful 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday, killing at least two people as seismologists warned of a tsunami of more than three meters (10 feet). The quake hit offshore in the Pacific about 120km southwest of the town of Tres Picos in far
TAPA, Sept 8 – Britain backed Friday moves to expel North Korean workers from the European Union as part of fresh sanctions to punish Pyongyang after its latest nuclear test. Foreign minister Boris Johnson told AFP there was a “wide measure of agreement” among his EU counterparts to forge ahead with new
CYBERJAYA, Sept 8 – Malaysia is hosting the inaugural Asean Makerthon 2017 and Internet of Things (IoT) Information Sharing Workshop beginning today until Sept 10, at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) former headquarters in Cyberjaya. MCMC said the event was a regional initiative in line with the objectives of
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and Grab recently signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in three potential areas including utilising Grab for Work (GFW), Grab’s corporate transport management solution for TM’s employees and customers. With the collaboration, both companies will explore opportunities towards implementation of GFW,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – Malaysia is set to become the world’s 24th biggest economic power by 2050, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak. In his blog, Najibrazak.com, the prime minister said there were several factors which influenced a country’s economy, including its gross domestic product (GDP) performance and foreign
HONG KONG, Sept 8 – The jailing of Hong Kong’s best-known democracy activists has pushed a new wave of young leaders to take the helm as they seek to keep the movement’s message alive. Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who carved out international reputations with their campaigning, were both sent to prison
LOS ANGELES, Sept 8 – A federal court in California dealt a new blow Thursday to the Trump administration’s travel ban, ruling that some refugees must be allowed into the country. It is the latest twist of the legal wrangling touched off by President Donald Trump’s ban, first announced in January with
BANGKOK, Sept 8 – A convoy believed to be carrying Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was last spotted heading through a military checkpoint close to the border with Cambodia, the junta’s deputy leader said Friday. Thailand’s first female prime minister, whose government was toppled by the military in 2014, pulled
CAIRO, Sept 8 – The Egyptian naval forces saved Thursday eight Egyptians and nine Malaysians after their tourist motorboat broke down and almost drowned off the northern Red Sea coast due to bad weather, the Egyptian military spokesman said in a statement, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. The forces responded to
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has received more than 2,000 orders for its 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and 9th Asean Para Games commemorative coins, almost quadrupling that of the previous sale. The central bank had also introduced a new computer-aided balloting process for the oversubscribed coins, witnessed
SYDNEY, Sept 8 – Australia’s ruling and opposition parties vowed Friday to work together to introduce laws against hate speech ahead of a contentious postal vote on gay marriage. Same-sex marriage advocates have opposed the voluntary postal ballot that opens next week, arguing it could turn ugly and expose gay people and
