Category: News

LABUAN, Nov 8 — The owner of a pickup truck had the shock of his life today when he found a small python coiled up on the vehicle’s dashboard at Kampung Sungai Labu here. It is not known how the reptile managed to make its way into the vehicle, but…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is currently looking into identifying assets, ownership and financial sources obtained by the founders of e-commerce platform FashionValet Sdn Bhd (FashionValet). Its chief commissioner, Tan Sri Azam Baki said the commission’s investigation will also focus on the way investment funds…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The six Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt) members who were injured in an explosion near Saida Stadium, Lebanon, yesterday are safe at Camp Marakah with other members. A statement issued by the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) Headquarters stated that they were in the first convoy of Malbatt…

Eleven purchasers of retail units in the now-abandoned Empire Remix 1 project in Subang Jaya, Selangor, are suing property owner Projek Muara Sdn Bhd and developer True Renaissance Development Sdn Bhd over their failure to complete the project. KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has rejected a property owner’s application to…

Industry experts have predicted that Malaysia, aiming for US$100 billion in semiconductor investments, could benefit from supply chain realignment. BANGKOK: Companies have been moving factories from China to Southeast Asia, anticipating Donald Trump would slap high tariffs on Beijing if he regained the White House, a move set to accelerate…

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki also catapulted an 8km-high ash tower yesterday. (AP pic) EAST FLORES: A volcano in eastern Indonesia belched a huge ash tower more than 8km into the sky today, after officials widened an exclusion zone for locals. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703m twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island…

Cartier owner Richemont saw its global sales fall 1% to €10.1 billion. (AFP pic) ZURICH: Cartier owner Richemont posted today a 20% drop in net profit for the first half of the year as sales sank in China, whose economic slowdown has hit the luxury sector. Richemont said its profit…

Russian ambassador to Malaysia Naiyl Latypov emphasised that BRICS offers a platform to build a more equitable international system. KUALA LUMPUR: BRICS’s mission is to challenge the current global economic framework dominated by the few powerful nations that dictate the rules of international trade, says Russian ambassador to Malaysia Naiyl…

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) can set conditions to prevent an imbalance in the ecosystem as the nation develops its second 5G network, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said. This statement follows telecommunications provider U Mobile’s announcement of its readiness to collaborate with strategic partners…

BINTULU, Nov 8 — Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on the fourth-floor car park of a hotel here around 11pm last night. The victim was found covered in blood and medical personnel later declared him dead at the scene. Bintulu police…