KUALA LUMPUR: The Hague Court of Appeal in the Netherlands will decide tomorrow on the Sulu claimants’ application for the recognition and enforcement of a purported arbitral award of US$14.9 billion (RM62.59 billion) issued against Malaysia in February last year. The court will also decide on whether the purported final
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman police inspector, who went viral on social media recently, was charged in separate Magistrate’s Courts in Selayang here today on charges of insulting the modesty of two men, including a police lance corporal, and criminally intimidating an elderly woman. Sheila Sharon Steven Kumar, 35, pleaded not
KUALA LUMPUR: To present a comprehensive and holistic plan in developing commercial activities at the national borders it was proposed that a special committee comprising members of four ministries be set up. Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub said, apart from KPDN, the
KUALA LUMPUR: Mastercard has launched Mastercard Strive Malaysia, in collaboration with The Asia Foundation, to support the growth of 100,000 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the digital economy. The Asia Foundation is a non-profit international development organisation. Mastercard said in a statement that the programme focuses on women-owned and
PUTRAJAYA: Sarawak was third most visited state based on domestic visitor arrivals in 2022, according to the Domestic Tourism Survey (DTS) 2022 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today. The state welcomed 15.5 million domestic visitors. DOSM said Selangor emerged as the top visited state, attracting 22 million
BY FARHANA PONIMAN GEORGE TOWN: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), scheduled to launch its maiden satellite to space from Russia tomorrow, sees huge potential in developing the nation’s space technology ecosystem with the combined efforts of the academia, industry players and regulators. Dean of USM’s School of Aerospace Engineering Prof Dr
TOKYO: The rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has dropped by 15 percentage points month-on-month to 41 per cent in June, reported Sputnik based on a poll released on Monday by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. The decrease marks the biggest decline since the establishment of Kishida’s cabinet in
KUALA LUMPUR: National mixed doubles pair, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei smashed their way to a second World Tour title after they were crowned as the Taipei Open 2023 champions, yesterday. The fourth seeds pair denied a chance for Taiwanese duo, Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Lin Xiao Min to clinch the Super 300
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia is expected to trade in cautious mode on downside bias this week, with the benchmark index moving between 1,380 and 1,400 amid external headwinds, said an analyst. SPI Asset Management managing director Stephen Innes said sentiment improved this week as the People’s Bank of China interest
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally better against the US dollar today despite the further strengthening of the greenback’s appeal as a safe haven currency following the chaos in Russia over the weekend, dealers said. At 9 am, the local unit rose to 4.6725/6790 versus the greenback compared to 4.6760/6805