Pakatan Harapan is open to discussions on collaborating with Barisan Nasional in the next general election, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said PH’s collaboration with Umno as component parties in the unity government has been satisfactory. “Our relationship with Umno is good so far and it is satisfactory to collaborate again in…
A MOU signed between the Malaysian Digital Economic Corporation (MDEC) and India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has resulted in seven global Indian companies based in Malaysia giving its commitment to train and hire at least 5,000 Malaysians over a period of three years, beginning this year. They will be trained in…
Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo on Saturday, seeking to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas, but there was no indication of progress after hours of talks. “The talks in Cairo didn’t make any progress. Israel is insisting to keep eight positions along the Philadelphi corridor,” one Palestinian official close…
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging service, Telegram, was arrested as he disembarked his private jet on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport, Paris, the French channel TF1 reported on Saturday. OFMIN, a part of the national directorate of the French judicial police, had placed an arrest warrant on Durov, a French-Russian…
Umno can regain the Malay support in the 16th general election if it retains its coalition with Pakatan Harapan (PH) since PH would provide an opportunity for Umno to contest in Maay majority seats, said political analyst Dr Mazlan Ali. “I expect Umno would be able to contest in 70 Malay majority seats. This gives…
Development experts and authorities alike may deem them too young to use social networks, but in reality 10- to 15-year-olds in the US spend more time on TikTok than those aged 16-18. While many of them use multiple applications, young users divide their time differently depending on the platform. According to Qustodio’s latest report, Gen…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today dismissed claims by Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that the latter had the support to form the government post GE15. He pointed out that Muhyiddin did not have enough support because some federal lawmakers “signed two or three” statutory declarations (SDs). “Back then the position of…
Kluang Umno is confident that BN would retain the Mahkota state seat with a 10,000 majority in the by-election, said its chief Jais Sarday. The figure is twice the number of majority that the late Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain obtained in a four cornered tussle during the state polls in March 2022. “If this (BN-PH)…
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed the notion that Umno would go solo in the next general as suggested by the party’s youth chief Dr Akmal Salleh yesterday. He said this on the basis that the deciding factor is the larger pool of voters being outside Umno. “If previously we took the…
Malaysia’s lower-than-expected consumer prices in July have prompted more analysts to downgrade their inflation forecasts for the year, giving Bank Negara space to continue supporting economic growth. Analysts at Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) and RHB Bank Bhd trimmed their annual inflation projections for Malaysia to 2% and 2.1%, respectively, from 2.4% and 2.6%,…
