JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor police received a report from a local man regarding a fake Facebook account bearing the name of the wife of the Tunku Mahkota of Johor, Che’ Puan Besar Khaleeda Bustamam, yesterday. Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the 40-year-old complainant lodged a police report
TORONTO: Israeli soldiers shot and killed a child late Wednesday during a raid on the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. The child, who suffered a serious head wound from a bullet fired by the occupation forces, was taken to the Qalqilya State Hospital and subsequently passed away,
SEOUL: The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) of South Korea said Thursday it has imposed a fine of 3.6 million won (US$2,829) on OpenAI, the operator of the generative chatbot ChatGPT, for exposing the personal information of 687 South Korean users. A now-patched bug in an open-source library on ChatGPT
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Securities Commission (SC) have been taking steps to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of the Islamic finance system by raising the standards to not only halal, but also ‘halalan thoyyiban’ (lawful and good). Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said BNM and
KUALA LUMPUR: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is nearing the end of its tightening cycle after it raised Fed funds rate (FFR) by an additional 25 basis points (bps) to a range of 5.25 per cent to 5.50 per cent, the highest in 22 years, MIDF Research said. The Fed
SYDNEY: Australian authorities have euthanised 45 pilot whales following a mass stranding on a beach in Western Australia, reported German news agency (dpa). The whales were part of a larger pod of 97 animals that were stranded on Tuesday at Cheynes Beach, some 450 km southeast of Perth. Fifty-two whales
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be giving a special appreciation aid of RM300 to civil servants of Grade 56 and below, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced today. He also announced a similar aid of RM200 to retirees, including those currently receiving their pensions including pension recipients issued under
The ringgit opened on a strong note against the US dollar as well as several major Asian and non-Asian currencies today, while the greenback weakened after the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its key interest rates to a 22-year high. At 9 am, the local note rose to
KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy dilapidated clinics under the Ministry of Health (MOH) across the country have been successfully upgraded through the Bitara MADANI initiative. Deputy Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni said that at the same time, 366 more clinics are currently in the implementation phase. “We (MOH) expect to complete the upgrading works on
KUALA LUMPUR: Prominent economist Anthony Dass believes that Malaysia’s economy has “somewhat come out of the woods”, thanks to the clear governance, better confidence from domestic consumers and businesses, and improving engagement with foreign investors and the local business community by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dass said the
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