KOTA BAHARU, March 10- The one-hour period for nominations in the Chempaka state by-election closed at 10 am Tuesday. The nominations were accepted at the nomination centre at the Dewan Bitara of the Mara Junior Science College here. Five people, one of them from PAS, were seen entering the nomination centre to
MELBOURNE, March 10 – An AirAsia X flight 223 from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur has made an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport due to technical issue. Australian-based newsportal ABC reported that the plane landed safely in Melbourne Airport at 2pm (Australian time). It is learnt that the pilot decided to turn
Apple proudly proclaims that the Apple Watch has an all-day battery life. But what does that mean? Well, hopefully your workout doesn’t last longer than 30 minutes. Apple defines the Apple Watch battery life here. According to the page, the “all-day battery life is based on 18 hours with the following use:
GEORGE TOWN, March 10 – Some 40 factory workers were seriously hurt after their bus crashed into a under-construction flyover in Bayan Lepas earlier today. In the 6am accident, the workers were strewn on the road as the bus roof ripped off, upon flipping over near the Robert Bosch factory at
Apple introduced the radical new MacBook today. For better or worse, it only sports one port. The tiny USB Type-C port handles everything from data transport to recharging the notebook. That’s right, the new MacBook is the first portable Mac in generations to not utilize MagSafe. Instead Apple is using a
Apple’s iOS 8.2 update is now official, bringing support for the upcoming Apple Watch. Version 8.2 will include the Apple Watch companion app and will offer a number of other new features in addition to support for communicating with Apple’s wearable. 8.2 brings developer support for Apple Watch apps to the iPhone,
Here are the cables and accessories you’ll need for the MacBook. Apple just announced its latest MacBook. It’s tiny. It makes the Macbook Air look like a Dell Inspiron circa 2002. But hopefully you’re not one of those jerks that actually uses the ports on the side of your computer. This MacBook
At its event in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center, Apple today confirmed a long-running rumor that resurfaced back in January: The next major iteration of the MacBook will be a 12-inch Retina laptop that’s thinner and lighter than Apple’s previous trend-setting design. The laptop Apple revealed on-stage today mostly lines up
At today’s special Apple Event in Cupertino, the company showed us a whole lot of video – if there was a new feature or product, there was pretty much a video describing rapturously how it came about, or how it’ll change your life. Today’s Apple keynote is over, and it offered up some concrete new
Though today’s Apple event is largely focused on the reveal of the new Apple Watch, the company also announced an update to its Apple TV platform to kick off the day – something that had been rumored could be among today’s news. Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed earlier reports that HBO’s new standalone
“Oh, Apple’s making a luxury watch thing, of course it hired the CEO of Burberry to pitch it.” That’s the common line of thinking when it comes to how Apple will change its retail operations to sell the watch. But I think that’s shortsighted, and ignores several realities about Apple then and now —
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Over 65 maritime assets will be on display at Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2015 from March 17-21. Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief, Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said they include Russian assets, Admiral Panteleyev (destroyer), Pechenega (tanker) and SB-522 (rescue tug boat). “This
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – The Transport Ministry will study the interim report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 on March 8 last year. Its minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, said action would be taken if there were found to be any weaknesses, including human negligence, on
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah is confident the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be implemented next month will help to strengthen the national economy. He said every Malaysian must join in making the initiative successful, like other nations, which did so to
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament, Nurul Izzah Anwar appears to insist on reading the speech of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also her father, for the debate on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat tomorrow. Met by reporters after the opening
GEORGETOWN, March 9 – A non-government organisation (NGO) in Penang has slammed a Facebook page administrator for stirring up racial and political sentiments by claiming that a charity adoption event held last week in George Town was an event for Muslims to touch dogs. Save Our Strays (SOS) Penang said the allegation
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Strong winds and choppy sea in the waters of Condore, Reef North and Layang-Layang are expected to begin Tuesday until Friday (March 13). The Malaysian Meteorological Department issued the warning following a strong North-Easterly wind with speeds of 40-50 kilometres per hour and waves as high
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah today called on the people to be wary of the propaganda of the militant groups so that they will not be misled by the abuse of the concept of ‘jihad’ or holy war in the name of
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 – Family members of passengers and crew of MH370 are still waiting for answers, one year after the flight vanished while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Although the government had declared MH370 an accident under international aviation regulations and all 239 passengers and crew were deemed to
SHAH ALAM, March 9 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said today it would investigate the accounts of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) if there is any indication of irregularities and wrongdoing involving the strategic investment fund. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed said the commission would await the
