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Perikatan seeks talks with Perlis MB Abu Bakar snookered by two-term Bersatu suspension
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) leadership is aiming to broker a resolution to the political crisis in Perlis, seeking direct talks with Menteri Besar Abu Bakar Hamzah following his two-term suspension from Bersatu. PN secretary-general Datuk Seri
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Is Long John Silver’s leaving Singapore? Just 10 outlets left after latest closure
SINGAPORE, Oct 24 — Could Long John Silver’s be sailing away from our sunny island? That’s a concern on some fans’ minds as a number of the popular fast food chain’s outlets shutter in Singapore. The latest to join the
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Gucci and Volvo Cars get hammered as oil and AI worries rattle markets
NEW YORK, Oct 24 — Oil prices rose to their highest levels since late April on Friday, with benchmark crude contract Brent North Sea climbing above US$116 (RM474) a barrel as the Middle East conflict raged on. Global markets were
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Hitler’s mountain retreat in Bavarian Alps ‘completely ablaze’, German police detain suspect
BERLIN, Oct 24 — German police said Saturday they had detained a suspect following a fire at Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, known as the Eagle’s Nest, in the state of Bavaria. “A suspicious person was taken into temporary custody,” police
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Pentagon puts China-funded Confucius Institutes on US security threat list
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 — The US Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded cultural centres on American university campuses, a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. Washington considers the centres to be propaganda tools
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Le Pen congress, student protests and 70,000 police: France on edge
PARIS, Oct 24 — France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago. Protests by high
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One dead, 500 hurt as Champi batters Taiwan, then turns towards Shanghai
TAIPEI, Oct 24 — Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of households in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi’s fierce winds battered the island as the storm moves towards China and Japan. More than 5,000 people
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19 reports lodged nationwide against man impersonating Selangor Raja Muda’s bodyguard
SHAH ALAM, Oct 23 — An individual suspected of impersonating the personal bodyguard to the Raja Muda of Selangor to deceive members of the public has been found to have 19 police reports lodged against him nationwide. Selangor police chief
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Trump given December deadline to testify in US$10b BBC defamation suit
MIAMI, Oct 23 — A US judge yesterday issued President Donald Trump a December 11 deadline to testify under oath in his US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami gave the order in response to
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Lim Guan Eng demands govt reveal cost, tender process and approval behind ‘national embarrassment’ TuJu app
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today called on the federal government to disclose how much the TuJu road navigation app cost, whether it was awarded through an open tender, and who approved it. The DAP
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