KUALA LUMPUR: The collision involving national track cyclist Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom and Japanese cyclist Shinji Nakano in the keirin final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday (Aug 12) ignited the ire of Malaysian sports fans, reports Malay language daily Sinar Harian. This follows claims that Nakano caused the incident, resulting in Shah Firdaus missing...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rebounded to close firmer against the US dollar today, buoyed by a softer greenback amid declines in United States (US) Treasury yields. At 6 pm, the ringgit appreciated to 4.4710/4750 versus the greenback from yesterday's close of 4.4950/5010. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid told Bernama that the...
PARIS (Reuters) -India beat Spain 2-1 to win bronze in men's hockey at the Paris Olympics on Thursday as skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored twice to put his side in front after they fell behind in a tournament where his heroics proved decisive in all of their wins. The win gave India's their second consecutive bronze medal...
(Reuters) - Google is facing a bigger threat from Sam Altman's OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators in Washington plan to level the playing field in the internet search business. A US ruling on Monday, which found that Google built an illegal search monopoly, is being considered a big win for...
PETALING JAYA: Aniq Kasdan began his competition in the men’s 61kg by breaking the national record in the snatch category at the South Paris Arena on Wednesday. The Malaysian lifted 130kg in his third attempt to break Aznil Bidin’s snatch record of 129kg set at the 2023 World Championships in Riyadh. Aniq started the event by lifting...
National diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri secured her spot in the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals after finishing 12th out of 28 divers in the preliminaries. With only the top 18 divers advancing to the semi-finals, Dhabitah scored a total of 283.65 points after five rounds at the Paris Olympics Aquatics Centre on Wednesday (Aug 7). China’s Chen Yiwen...
PETALING JAYA: National track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang shattered the national record en route to reaching the second round of the men's sprint event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome on Wednesday. The 36-year-old came back strongly to beat German Luca Spiegel from behind in the first round of the knockout stage. Azizul earlier had romped to the 10th fastest...
PETALING JAYA: Public Private Partnership Unit (Ukas) director-general Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar (pic) has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary to the Government, says the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Earlier on Wednesday (Aug 7), Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the PMO would issue a statement to announce the replacement for the current Chief Secretary to the Government...
SEPANG: A 53-year-old Pakistani carpet seller, who is a permanent resident, pleaded not guilty to child endangerment charges in the Sepang Sessions Court on Wednesday (Aug 7). The father of the 12-year-old boy who was seen driving with his two younger siblings in a viral video last month faced a count of recklessly exposing the child...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserve rose to US$114.7bil as at July 31 compared with US$113.3bil as at July 15. “The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.5 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.0 times of the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement. The main components of the...
