KUALA LUMPUR: Those involved in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) scandal must be brought to justice immediately, says Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman. Read full storyContinue Reading
Singapore celebrates National Day on Tuesday (Aug 9) with a parade at the Marina Bay floating platform – a roaring return to live performances on a grand scale after two years of pandemic restrictions.Continue Reading
A leaked conversation of a parent trashing a teacher for riding a bike and saying her son will think studying is useless for becoming rich goes viral. Comments by the mother like: ‘my son has had a BMW to sit in since his birth’, criticised as snobbish, rude and out of touch with reality. Read full storyContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as traders eyed the latest progress in last-ditch talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, which would clear the way to boost its crude exports in a tight market. Read full storyContinue Reading
A 28-year-old lost HK$82,000 and a 20-year-old lost HK$57,814 after depositing money into bank accounts held by scammers. So far this year 1,625 cases of online employment scams, resulting in losses of HK$211.6mil, have been reported. Read full storyContinue Reading
SYDNEY (Reuters) – James Marape was sworn in as the prime minister of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday after lawmakers in the new parliament returned him unopposed to the post. Read full storyContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was only carrying out its responsibilities as a parliamentary committee in publishing a report on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project scandal, says its chairman Wong Kah Woh. Read full storyContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government said on Tuesday it had no plans to relax its stamp duty on property, responding to media reports that it could consider waiving the extra stamp duty that mainland Chinese have to pay to buy property in the city. Read full storyContinue Reading
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd let go of 9,241 employees in the three months to June, according to the company’s latest filing. Read full storyContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: People taking Covid-19 self-tests have been urged to report their results on MySejahtera. Read full storyContinue Reading