PETALING JAYA: After an epic duel with Germany which they won in extra time, Spain remain the only team to have won all their five games in the tournament. Meanwhile, Les Bleus are having the blues, having not scored a single goal in open play. Even then, French Totem Kylian Mbappe will remian a red flag to...
IPOH: The Perak state government will ensure that non-radioactive rare earth element (NR-REE) products remain the property of the state government, and not managed by any government-linked companies (GLCs) such as Petronas, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. The Mentri Besar said that the matter is a concern for all state governments in the country because they...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) on Monday said it would add three energy-efficient liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels to its North American operations. The addition of the vessels, which brings the total number in Petronas' fleet in North America to six, comes ahead of the start-up of LNG Canada's gas-export facility...
Late last year, my family and I went on an adventure to the Arctic Circle, specifically Kiruna and Abisko in Sweden. The trip was for us to experience a “white Christmas”, see the northern lights (my wife’s life-long dream) and celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Packing for a family of six for a winter holiday was...
KUALA LUMPUR: A whistleblower incentive programme and the use of advanced data analytics are among efforts that should be considered to curb cases of malfeasance by officials in ministries, departments, agencies and government-linked companies, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Integrity Institute of Malaysia member said since traditional checks and balances have failed to produce...
VIENTIANE: A freight train launched as part of the Asean Express, an international rail freight system connecting Malaysia to Thailand, Laos and China, arrived at the Thanaleng Dry Port in Vientiane on Friday (July 5), marking a significant step in boosting trade among these countries. The cargo wagons departed Malaysia’s Selangor state on June 27 and...
JAKARTA: A landslide at a small gold mine in Indonesia has left at least eight dead and dozens more missing, Kompas newspaper reported on Monday (July 8), citing the search and rescue agency. Heavy rain triggered a landslide (pic) that hit the site in the Gorontalo province on the island of Sulawesi, the National Disaster Mitigation...
PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...
KOTA KINABALU: A four-metre-long python was captured Sunday night (July 8) after it slithered into a cat's pen at a house in Taman Pulatan in Manggatal. Kota Kinabalu Civil Defence Force officer Captain Aizex Junior said they received a distress call from the house owner at 7.14pm. "On arrival, the owner of the house informed that the...
Bitcoin is under pressure again on concerns about possible sales of the token by creditors of the failed Mt. Gox exchange, which has begun returning a roughly $8 billion hoard of the largest digital asset. The original cryptocurrency slid about 5% to trade at $54,400 as of 9:25 a.m. Monday in Singapore, some $19,000 below March’s...
