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Chinese men jailed for recruiting US military personnel to spy for Beijing
LOS ANGELES, Oct 31 — Two Chinese men who admitted trying to recruit US military service members to spy for Beijing were imprisoned in California on Friday. Liren Lai and Yuance Chen were ordered to serve 30 months in a
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IGP confirms 130 Malaysians held in Pakistan over cybercrime syndicate, investigators may be sent to Rawalpindi
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — Police have confirmed that 130 Malaysians were recently detained by Pakistani authorities in Rawalpindi over their alleged involvement in a cybercrime syndicate. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail said police are working closely
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Pakatan’s Melaka chief Adly faces three challengers as he defends Bukit Katil
MELAKA, Oct 31 — Melaka Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Adly Zahari faces a four-cornered contest as he seeks to retain his Bukit Katil state seat in the 16th Melaka state election. His challengers are Ridzuan Sarif of Perikatan Nasional (PN),
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Selangor ready to host your next big championship, MB Amirudin tells the world
SHAH ALAM, Oct 31 — The Selangor government is ready to make its high-standard sports facilities available to other countries seeking to host regional or international championships, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the initiative was in
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Melaka nominations closed: 28 centres, one hour, and now the race is on
MELAKA, Oct 31 — The nomination process for the 16th Melaka state election has been completed after all 28 nomination centres across the state closed at 10 am this morning. An hour has been allocated for the submission of nomination
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Who wants a front-row seat? This Melaka voter cycled 70km all night from Gemas to catch the nominations
MELAKA, Oct 31 — A long bicycle journey from Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, to Bukit Katil did not deter 68-year-old Sitdek Ahmad Ali from being present to witness the nomination process for the Melaka State Election today. For Sitdek, cycling about
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Monaco exits global money laundering watchlist: The playground for the rich is officially less ‘grey’
PARIS, Oct 31 — Global anti-money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Friday it had removed Monaco and three other countries from its “grey list”, two years after it put the principality among its territories requiring increased
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Is your crypto safe? What the record RM26b Binance heist reveals about exchange security
LONDON, Oct 31 — Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, estimates that assets worth US$6.3 billion (RM25.7 billion) were impacted by a hacking attack against the trading platform. But how was such a theft possible, and what does it reveal
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Nearly nine in 10 Americans think their govt is corrupt, Democrats hope to turn that anger against Trump
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 — Nearly nine in 10 Americans believe government corruption is widespread — a consensus Democrats hope to capitalise on as voters make up their minds on whether to keep billionaire Donald Trump’s Republicans in power. Former president
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US$5,000 ‘dividend,’ immigration warnings and an uncertain US midterm: Trump’s final plea to his MAGA base to avoid impeachment
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 — President Donald Trump Friday insisted Republicans “have a shot” at success in the US midterms despite a feverish end to the campaign for elections that will decide control of Congress. Trump reversed course and reinstated two
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