PM: Govt may consider banning ‘Man On The Run’

SEPANG: The government is willing to consider Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request for a removal and ban of the Man On The Run documentary on Netflix, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “We will consider it,” the Prime Minister said when responding to questions from the media about the official letter that Najib had submitted to the...

Police arrest suspect in arson attack at Ngeh’s house

IPOH: Police have arrested a man believed to be involved in the arson attack at Beruas MP Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham’s house in Ayer Tawar. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the suspect, in his 30s, was arrested at about 4am in Shah Alam yesterday. “We also seized two mobile phones from...

Airlines on the lookout for pilots

Aviation sector also facing shortage of other airline staff in growing industry PETALING JAYA: With new routes and increasing demand for air travel, airlines in the country are scrambling to expand and meet this challenge. But while the aviation sector is going full throttle towards pre-Covid-19 levels, there is now a manpower shortage for both pilots and...

Indian tourist killed, two others seriously hurt in fiery bus crash on NSE

MELAKA: A tourist from Chennai, India has died while two others suffered serious injuries after their bus caught fire following an accident at KM198 of the North-South Expressway here. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Arshad Abu identified the deceased as Yafarah Taj Fakrudin Hussaini, 17, who was trapped in the burning bus during the accident at 3.50am...

Israel-Palestine: Anwar urges Germany to use influence to press for ceasefire

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday urged Germany to use its influence to press for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict and to allow humanitarian access. He conveyed this stance to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during her courtesy call on him at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya. ALSO READ: Anwar conveys to Germany Malaysia's...

Russia’s Medvedev says any UK troop deployment to Ukraine would be a declaration of war

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Moscow would regard any move by Britain to deploy a military contingent to Ukraine as a declaration of war against Russia. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made the comments in response to a visit by...

No motion of no-confidence against Anwar so far, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker

PETALING JAYA: Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul says that he has not received any no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim so far. He said even though the first meeting of the third term will start next month, the Opposition could submit a motion to be included in the list. "We have yet...

US lawmakers urge SEC to fix cybersecurity after X account hack

U.S. lawmakers have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review its cyber security preparedness after the financial regulator's X account posted market material information earlier in the week due to a hack. Someone briefly accessed its X, formerly called Twitter, account on Tuesday, the agency had confirmed, and posted a fake message saying it...

Crypto firm Genesis Global Trading to pay $8 million penalty, surrender NY license

The New York Department of Financial Services said Digital Currency Group subsidiary Genesis Global trading will pay an $8 million penalty and surrender its license from the regulator after an investigation found significant failings in the company's anti-money laundering and cybersecurity programs. Genesis - a cryptocurrency market-maker and brokerage firm - failed to maintain an effective...

US appeals court upholds tribunal decisions in Apple-Masimo patent dispute

A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld two earlier decisions by a patent tribunal that favored Masimo in its intellectual property dispute with Apple over blood oxygen sensors in newer Apple Watch models. The decisions by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concern findings by the Patent and Trademark Office and come as Apple...