JAKARTA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says that he does not want to interfere with the authority of the Attorney-General (AG) over the decision to ask the court for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) to Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Prime Minister said that the AG …

KOTA KINABALU: There is no “cheap sale” of the troubled Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd (SFI) land to anyone, as claimed by Sarawak Report, says a lawyer who represents the Sabah government’s interests. Lawyer Tengku Datuk Fuad Ahmad, who acts as an advocate for the Sabah Chief Minister, the Lands …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian President Droupadi Murmu’s reference to herself as the “President of Bharat” in a dinner invitation, instead of “President of India”, sparked controversy on Tuesday, with critics saying the name of the country is being distorted. Murmu is hosting a reception for G20 leaders during the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Hartalega Holdings Bhd expects to see business recovery from the second half of 2024 (2H 2024) towards 2025 and does not foresee uptake this year as the global importation of gloves remains low. Its chief executive officer, Kuan Mun Leong said the global importation of gloves reduced significantly …

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Six soldiers were charged on Tuesday for their involvement in the killing of more than 40 people during an army crackdown on violent anti-U.N. demonstrations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week. The group, which includes a colonel and a lieutenant-colonel from …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian parliament approved the dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov as defence minister and Rustem Umerov as head of the main privatisation agency on Tuesday, clearing the way for Umerov to take over from Reznikov. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was sacking Reznikov and proposed Umerov to …

WALL Street’s main indexes were poised for a lower open on Tuesday as higher Treasury yields weighed on major growth stocks, while downbeat data on services activity in China stoked worries over demand in the world’s second largest economy. Yield on the 10-year Treasury notes climbed to 4.23%, while two-year …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected a suggestion by Armenia’s prime minister that Russia had failed to protect Armenia in its standoff with neighbouring Azerbaijan and was winding down its role in the wider South Caucasus. In an interview with the Italian paper La Repubblica published on Sunday, Nikol …

KLANG: A misunderstanding between two neighbours sparked a huge street brawl at a housing area near Jalan Tepi Sungai here. Several videos of the incident have been circulating on social media and messaging apps. One video shows a group of men getting out of a black MPV and confronting the …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – ASML will ship the first pilot tool in its next product line this year as planned, the semiconductor equipment maker’s CEO Peter Wennink said, despite some supplier hold-ups. The High NA EUV machines, which are the size of a truck and will cost more than $300 million …