JAKARTA: Two earthquakes rocked Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday (May 1), affecting three families and causing damage to three houses, along with two mosques, three schools, and a health centre. National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokeperson Abdul Muhairi, spokesperson urged residents to remain alert for aftershocks and advised them to avoid buildings showing signs of damage...
KOTA KINABALU: A vegetable seller was seriously hurt after being slashed with a sword in a robbery in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district. The 27-year-old man was returning after delivering vegetable supplies with his fiancee in the state capital Kota Kinabalu, some 40km from the district, before stopping by for a meal at a restaurant at 1.30am...
PUTRAJAYA: Former Padang Serai member of parliament N. Gobalakrishnan has failed in his bid to set aside the RM150,000 in damages awarded by the High Court to a couple who sued him for defamation. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Datuk Lee Swee Seng, Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Datuk Azhahari...
KOTA BHARU: The El Nino phenomenon hitting the country is expected to continue for the next two months, says Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. He said his ministry and the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) would monitor the weather transition. According to him, forecasts indicate this year could be the country’s hottest...
KUALA LUMPUR: Investors are continuing to take money off the table following a mixed performance on Wall Street, in response to a slightly dovish message by the US Federal Reserve. The FBM KLCI dropped one point to 1,574.97 at the open as investors digested the news of the latest Fed guidance. Overnight, the Fed stayed put on...
In 2023, Google prevented 2.28 million applications violating its security rules from getting into the Play Store. In addition, almost 200,000 app submissions were rejected or amended to ensure the correct use of sensitive permissions such as access to background location data or SMS messages. In the space of a year, 333,000 developer accounts have been...
KUALA LUMPUR: Off the back of heightened demand due to the festive period, Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd's (F&N) outperformance in the opening months of 2024 could also be pointing towards a rising preference for Asian brands, said Kenanga Research. In a results note, the research firm said it believed consumers may be opting for Asian brands...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened a tad lower against the US dollar today after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. At 9 am, the ringgit opened at 4.7705/7775 against the greenback from Tuesday’s close of 4.7700/7750. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said the Fed’s two-day Federal Open...
KUALA LUMPUR: The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Malaysia manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.0 in April from 48.4 in March, indicating a softer downturn in the country's manufacturing sector. "The latest PMI data suggests that GDP growth is running at a slightly improved rate than that seen at the end of 2023, as well...
SINGAPORE: Zhang Ruijin, an accused in the S$3 billion money laundering case who told the court to put his lover in remand after their arrest, has been sentenced to 15 months’ jail. This is the highest jail term meted out in this case so far. The 45-year-old Chinese national, who also holds a passport issued by Saint...
