PUTRAJAYA: Perikatan Nasional should respect the spirit of Malaysia Day and opt to hold its planned rally on another day, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. “The organisers could have held it on any other date but unfortunately chose Sept 16 to do so. “This is a day …

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s election commission has questioned the neutrality of the country’s caretaker government tasked with holding national elections, saying it appears to be aligned with the opponents of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The caretaker government, which took over last month on the five year expiry of …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) under the Prime Minister’s Department and related agencies will study the law on the sentencing of drug-abuse offences, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said the study will look into a different perspectives, …

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record peak on Thursday and signalled this will likely be its final move in a more-than year-long fight against stubbornly high inflation. The central bank for the 20 countries that share the euro also raised its forecasts for …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Max Verstappen hit back at Mercedes Formula One team boss Toto Wolff on Thursday after the Austrian said the Red Bull driver’s record run of 10 wins in a row was irrelevant and just for Wikipedia. Wolff made his comments after this month’s Italian Grand Prix, where …

PUTRAJAYA: A Court of Appeal three-member bench has deferred its decision to a date to be fixed later over the appeal by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who were denied leave by the High Court to commence a judicial review to challenge the Selangor state government’s action to degazette Bukit Cherakah …

PUTRAJAYA: The Royal Malaysian Police has been notified of the arrest of a Malaysian student for suspected espionage in Norway, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister added that he was briefed on the case by the Inspector-General of Police on Wednesday (Sept 13). “We are still waiting …

KUALA LUMPUR: AWC Bhd has proposed to acquire the remaining 49 per cent stake in Stream Group Sdn Bhd from Premium NXL Sdn Bhd (PNSB) for RM110 million. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, AWC said it also proposed to acquire 51 per cent equity interest in Premium Patents Sdn …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Human Rights, Election and Institutional Reform (JKPK) did not summon Attorney General Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh and his predecessor Tan Sri Idrus Harun, chairman William Leong said Thursday (Sept 14). He said instead, they had only been invited to be part …

LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has partnered with Swiss crypto firm Taurus to provide custody services for institutional clients’ cryptocurrencies and tokenised assets, Taurus said in a statement on Thursday. The partnership means Deutsche Bank will, for the first time, be able to hold a limited number of cryptocurrencies for …