Month: November 2024

Bitcoin has more than doubled this year on hopes of a cryptocurrency-friendly regime under the incoming Donald Trump administration. (EPA Images pic) SINGAPORE: Bitcoin rose to a record high above US$94,000 as a report that Donald Trump’s social media company was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt added…

BINTULU, Nov 20 — A 66-year-old school van driver perished in a collision with a worker transport van at Mile 15, Jalan Bintulu-Miri here last night. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in a statement said the school van driver was pronounced dead by the paramedics at the scene after…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The prosecution today withdrew the charge against the late Tun Daim Zainuddin for failure to comply with a notice to declare his assets, citing his death. According to Free Malaysia Today, deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin told the Sessions Court that the charge…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The government is planning to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance (Sabah Cap.123) to update and align its provisions to the National Registration Department’s (JPN) current administrative system, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. He said the proposed amendments…

KUCHING, Nov 20 — The carcass of a whale was found at Pulau Seduku near Kampung Bakong, Sri Aman. According to a TikTok video by user Real Stella, such a spectacle was the first time ever in the area. In the video, a man in a voiceover said the whale’s…

TAWAU, Nov 20 — The prosecution in the trial of 13 Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu students, charged with the murder of Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan, will prove that the accused assaulted the Biotechnology programme student at the same college prior to his death. Deputy public prosecutor Nur Nisla…

A Ukrainian military Telegram channel posted an image of US-supplied ATACMS missiles fired from an undisclosed location. (Lachen Pyshe Telegram/AP pic) KYIV: Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of president Joe Biden on the war’s…

Speculation grew over Pep Guardiola’s future as City faced uncertainty amid a hearing for 115 breaches of Premier League financial rules. (EPA Images pic) MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola is set to extend his stay in charge of Manchester City by signing a one-year extension to his contract, the Athletic reported on Tuesday….

Spain’s Rafael Nadal waves to the crowd after his loss to Netherlands’ Botic Van De Zandschulp at the Davis Cup quarterfinal in Malaga. (EPA Images pic) MALAGA: Rafael Nadal could not conjure the old magic as the 22-times Grand Slam champion lost a Davis Cup singles for the first time…

Werder Bremen, who last won the German title in 2004, have more than 600,000 followers on the social media platform. (EPA Images pic) BERLIN: German club Werder Bremen have joined fellow Bundesliga side St Pauli in leaving social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, citing an “incredible” increase in “hate…