President Donald Trump’s administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the US Agency for International Development and shut the agency, even as Trump promised that the US would provide assistance to Myanmar following a devastating earthquake. Humanitarian aid experts expressed alarm at the new cuts to an agency whose…
The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as US President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans to quit some, such as…
Controversial Indian Muslim convert preacher Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu, 41 has been remanded for two days, until tomorrow. The two-day remand order given by Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor in Kangar. This is over his Facebook posting on the relocation of Sri Pathrakaliamman temple issue in Kuala Lumpur. He alleged insulted the Hindu faith and threatened…
Controversial Indian Muslim convert preacher Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu has been arrested by the police over a Facebook posting related to the relocation of the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman temple in Kuala Lumpur. This was confirmed by Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The controversial independent preacher has been detained at the Padang Besar police…
More cyberattacks, ransomware and hacking activities are expected to emerge in line with the increasingly reliance on computers and online connectivity, said an information communication technology security specialist. Referring to hacking and subsequent ransomware of the Malaysian Airport Berhad Holdings (MAHB) networks which reportedly caused disruption to the country’s main airport at the Kuala Lumpur…
Malaysia’s national breakfast dish nasi lemak is among a dozen of words from Malaysia that has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary. These words lack direct translation but are used widely by English speakers. “Sometimes, they do this with enough frequency that the borrowed word eventually becomes part of the vocabulary of their variety…
Race and religion which makes up two thirds of 3R issues are likely to dominate Ayer Kuning by-election, analysts predict. Professor Datuk Dr Sivamurugan Pandian pointed out that PN may drum up support for the construction of the proposed new mosque on Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, while MIC’s M Saravanan will highlight the…
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President Donald Trump discussed in a phone call efforts for reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, Emirati state news agency WAM reported yesterday, as Israel resumed its military offensive in the enclave last week. The Israeli military resumed fighting in Gaza on March 18,…
In thanking the federal government for resolving the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman temple controversy, Kota Kemuning state assemblyman Preakas Sampunathan urged the government to establish a governing body to oversee non-Muslim places of worship and religious institutions. This is so that controversies such as the one involving the temple in Jalan Masjid India does not recur….
Deputy Minister of Investment Trade and Industry Liew Chin Tong confirmed that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would be establishing National Geonomics Command Centre (NGCC). He pointed out that the NGCC is vital since economics and geopolitics are interconnected. “Economics has never just been about economics. There are many intersections between economics and international…
