WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. – With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White
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Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270
Read moreDonald Trump or Joe Biden? What will change for ASEAN after the US election?
There is growing consensus in Southeast Asia that US-China and South China Sea tensions and the impact of the trade war will not go away after November Trump’s failure to appoint an ASEAN envoy is
Read moreJanuary or March 2021 not right time for Sarawak state election, state PKR Women tells Wan Junaidi
KUCHING, Nov 3 — Sarawak PKR Women today slammed Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar for saying that the best time to hold the Sarawak election would be January or
Read moreMPs told to put aside political differences, unite to curb COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The first day of the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament sitting begins today with Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun advising all members of Parliament (MP) to
Read moreWhat’s open and what’s closed during Klang Valley CMCO
PETALING JAYA: A shutdown of public activities has been ordered under the conditional MCO which comes into force from Oct 14-27. This is a partial list of what activities are permitted and what is not.
Read moreConditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, KL and Putrajaya from Oct 14-27
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): The government has agreed to enforce Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya effective from 12.01am on Oct 14 to Oct 27, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster)
Read moreTrump and wife test positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, United States: US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Oct 2) that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for Covid-19 and were going into quarantine, upending the race for the White House.
Read moreMalaysia’s Covid-19 cases breach 11,000 mark after 115 new infections reported
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): The health ministry reported 115 new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia as of noon today, raising the total number of cases to 11,034. The number of active cases increased to 1,011, breaching
Read moreThree key takeaways from Sabah Election 2020
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 27 — Most analysts had predicted that the Sabah state election would be a tight race, with the Warisan Plus government having a slight advantage. The fact that Parti Warisan Sabah ended
Read moreRaub durian dispute: Farmers will make a handsome profit at a proposed fixed price for Musang King, says state firm
KUALA LUMPUR: Durian farmers in Raub, who are currently embroiled in a land dispute with a state-backed consortium, could make a handsome profit based on its proposed purchase price of RM30 per kg for Grade A
Read moreThree dead, one critical from carbon monoxide poisoning after sleeping in car with engine on in Penang
SEBERANG PERAI, Sept 17 — Three college students who fell asleep in their car with the engine running died from carbon monoxide poisoning early this morning while one more is in critical condition. The four
Read moreBail revoked for prominent Thai activists, says lawyer
BANGKOK, Sept 3 — A Thai court ruled today that two prominent activists should be jailed for breaching bail conditions by repeatedly joining youth-led anti-government protests calling for reforms to the kingdom’s monarchy. Anon Numpa
Read morePM Muhyiddin hopes Malaysia, Singapore finalise SOP on worker movement soon
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hopes the standard operating procedure (SOP) on movements of workers between Malaysia and Singapore is finalised soon. The matter was among the issues discussed
Read moreHealth experts call for RMCO extension in light of new Covid-19 clusters, latest super-spreader virus strain
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Health experts and a former Cabinet member have expressed their belief that the ongoing recovery movement control order (RMCO) will likely be extended past its initial expiry date on August
Read more3 nabbed for alleged bribery in RM27 million Pahang logging project
KUALA LUMPUR: Three men have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over a bribery case amounting to RM3 million, relating to a RM27 million logging project in Pahang, five years ago. According to
Read moreTikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided
Read moreSingapore records 313 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
The remaining case is a student’s pass holder who arrived from Indonesia on July 19. The one community case is linked to a previous case. She is a family member of a 13-year-old boy who
Read moreVictoria declares ‘state of disaster’, Melbourne under curfew
MELBOURNE: Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in its second-biggest city, including an overnight curfew and a ban on weddings for the first time during the pandemic. Despite
Read more1MDB: Swiss banker found guilty in RM2.968 billion transfer
A FORMER Coutts & Co. banker was found guilty of failing to flag money-laundering concerns related to a US$700 million (RM2.968 billion) transfer into an account controlled by Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho
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