Starknet Foundation launches $5m grant program

The Starknet Foundation announced the launch of a $5 million grant program for 200 crypto project teams. According to the Starknet Foundation team, this initiative aims to provide 200 crypto project teams with funding of up to $25,000 in USDC to accelerate the growth of the Starknet ecosystem. The Starknet Foundation aims to support projects that have already developed a minimum...

MoonPay, BitPay partner to simplify crypto transactions

MoonPay, a web3 fintech firm, and BitPay, a crypto payments platform, have teamed up to simplify crypto transactions, aiming to make the process smoother. MoonPay announced via social media that the partnership would enable easier and faster crypto sales, streamlining how users transfer cryptocurrency to their bank account or debit card. The integration aims to simplify the digital finance landscape...

Two job scam victims in Myanmar return home after six-month ordeal

SEPANG: Two more job scam victims have returned to Malaysia after six months of being forced to work as online scammers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. For 29-year-old Sarawakian man who only wanted to be known as Lau, he said the hellish experience began at the end of last year. "I had been working in Singapore for six years...

Four monorail stations temporarily closed for cleaning and repair works, says Rapid Rail

KUALA LUMPUR: Four monorail stations - Bukit Nanas, Raja Chulan, Bukit Bintang and Imbi - will be temporarily closed for cleaning and repair works after an uprooted tree smashed onto the monorail track on Tuesday (May 7). Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Rapid Rail) in a statement on Tuesday night said the service provider would carry out...

Set up Syariah Supreme Court to streamline laws in Pahang, says Sultan Abdullah

KUANTAN: Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has proposed that the state government establish a Syariah Supreme Court to further streamline syariah laws in the state. His Royal Highness said that currently, Pahang has three levels of syariah laws, namely the Syariah Lower Court, the Syariah High Court and the Syariah Appeals Court. "Islamic...

Rising cost of living causing children in PPR housing to eat less than three meals a day

PETALING JAYA: Children of low income families in Malaysia’s capital are eating less than three meals a day as their families have been forced to cut back on spending due to rising food prices in the post-pandemic era. About 52% of the children surveyed ate less than three meals a day, compared to 45% before the...

Airport touts offer luxury ride to unsuspecting tourists, says JPJ

SEPANG: A luxury car was among the vehicles seized under special operations to get rid of airport touts by the Road Transport Department (JPJ). JPJ deputy director-general (Planning and Operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli said a luxury MPV was among the 10 cars seized during the department’s latest three-day operation against airport touts at Kuala Lumpur International...

AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid-19 vaccine globally as demand dips

NEW YORK: AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe. "As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of...

Man with 33 priors nabbed over Tawau burglary

KOTA KINABALU: A man with 33 drug and criminal offences on his record was among two suspected burglars arrested in connection with a sundry shop break-in at Sabah's east coast Tawau district. Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the two suspects, aged 39 and 19, were caught in separate operations in the district on Tuesday...

Prosecution lists seven reasons in appeal against Bung Moktar graft decision

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has listed seven reasons in its appeal petition in the RM150mil graft case involving Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Zizie Ezette Abdul Samad. In the petition filed on May 3, the prosecution contended that the High Court judge had erred in his exercise of revisionary powers when...