Новости за 16.01.2025

KUALA LUMPUR: A company director posing as a Datuk has been remanded for five days over allegations of soliciting and accepting a RM1 million bribe.

MELBOURNE: Eva Lys’s bags were packed and her flight booked. But now the German is into the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time after making the most of her second chance at the Australian Open.

Arsenal’s 18-year-old left back Myles Lewis-Skelly was thrown into the deep end against Tottenham Hotspur, one of the Premier League’s most goal-hungry teams, but the teenager passed with flying colours in an uplifting derby victory.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is welcoming new defence collaborations with India, focusing on cutting-edge areas such as the Future Force Development Programme, military satellite development and artificial intelligence (AI).

PUTRAJAYA: Drama unfolded in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial when the former prime minister reacted strongly to the prosecution’s assertion that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was his “baby”.

KOTA BARU: Fifteen illegal immigrants who are waiting to onboard express buses here, were arrested for entering the country illegally in an operation here yesterday.

SIBU: A man was discovered dead in a drain near a house which was destroyed in a fire at Jalan Kok Tiong, Sungai Bidut here last night.

PETALING JAYA: THE United States (US) government’s potential restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports will not affect existing data centres in Malaysia, according to Deputy Investment, Trade, and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong.

MUMBAI, Jan 16 - India's Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, 54, was in surgery on Thursday for six stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in the financial capital of Mumbai, media said.

KUANTAN: Parents can rest assured that the RM150 Early Schooling Aid (BAP) for the 2024/2025 academic session will be fully disbursed without deductions.

KUALA LUMPUR: BUSINESS sentiment among Japanese companies in Malaysia has improved for the fourth consecutive year, even as competition intensifies, according to the Financial Year 2024 Survey by the Japan External Trade Organisation Kuala Lumpur (Jetro).

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction sector remains poised for another strong year following a remarkable performance in 2024, where domestic contract awards hit the highest value since 2016, Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (HLIB Research) said.

SINGAPORE: A 21-year-old Malaysian man is under investigation in Singapore for attempting to smuggle drugs worth over S$169,000 (S$1=RM3.29) into the country, including over 4.6kg of cannabis, on Tuesday, authorities said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended in red at midday due to profit-taking in selected heavyweights.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pensioner Aminah Ahmad succeeded in her class action suit that sought the government and the Public Service Department (PSD) to expedite pension adjustments based on a 2016 PSD circular.

JAN 16: PROPERTY developer China Vanke told some investors on Wednesday that it had no plans to extend its bonds amid a market sell-off, financial news outlet REDD reported, citing two persons briefed by the company on the matter.