KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) has entered into a passenger charter and ancillary agreement with AirAsia Bhd (AAB) to operate charter flights to transport the Malaysian Battalion (MALBATT) 850 forces to Beirut, Lebanon and vice versa for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s peacekeeping mission from Oct 1, …
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India probing iPhone hacking complaints by opposition politicians, says minister
NEW DELHI: India’s cybersecurity agency is investigating complaints of mobile phone hacking by senior opposition politicians who reported receiving warning messages from Apple, Information Technology Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said. Vaishnaw was quoted in the Indian Express newspaper as saying on Thursday that CERT-In, the computer emergency response team based in …
Baca Lagi »Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing overwhelmed as Afghans face expulsion
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s northwestern border crossing was flooded with thousands of people looking to cross into Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after the government’s deadline expired for undocumented foreigners to leave or face expulsion. Pakistani authorities had begun rounding up undocumented foreigners, most of them Afghans, hours before …
Baca Lagi »Health Ministry given two months to address PAC report and reply
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will have two months to get back to the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on addressing the shortcomings in managing the Covid-19 outbreak. “The PAC will be issuing a letter to the Health Ministry and give the ministry two months to answer the five recommendations …
Baca Lagi »Overly-tinted windows will not land you in jail, Dewan Rakyat told
KUALA LUMPUR: It is untrue that drivers will be jailed for window tints that are too dark, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. Loke said that drivers found violating window tints only have to pay a fine between RM100 to RM250, and added that no cases have been brought to court. …
Baca Lagi »4-5% GDP growth still attainable for 2023 despite lower 3Q growth — economist
KUALA LUMPUR: Interpacific Asset Management viewed the four to five per cent gross domestic product (GDP) target as remaining intact buoyed by the much better progress from the global front, especially in China, which could continue giving domino effect to Malaysia despite the slightly lower third-quarter (3Q) economic growth forecast …
Baca Lagi »Don’t indoctrinate children with hatred, says MCA Youth sec-gen
PETALING JAYA: It is wrong to indoctrinate children with hatred, says MCA Youth secretary-general Saw Yee Fung. “To indoctrinate children with hatred and aggression is to distort vengeance and carnage as justified and contravenes the entire noble mission of education,” said Saw in a press release on Thursday (Nov 2) …
Baca Lagi »Italy’s antitrust probes Intesa’s customer shift to mobile service Isybank
ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust authority said on Thursday it had opened a probe into the transfer of thousands of Intesa Sanpaolo customers to the bank’s mobile-only service Isybank. The national competition watchdog is looking in particular into how Intesa informed customers of its decision, it said, adding it had received …
Baca Lagi »Football: Soccer-Australia take World Cup glow into romp through Olympic qualifiers
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian women’s soccer team emerged from Olympic qualifiers against Iran, Philippines and Taiwan with three wins, three clean sheets and a highlight reel of 13 goals. Another encouraging metric was the 97,000 fans who flocked to the games in Perth, months after the Matildas drew massive …
Baca Lagi »Oil rises 1% after Fed keeps rates unchanged
OIL gained 1% on Thursday to snap its three-day decline, as risk appetite returned to financial markets after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept benchmark interest rates on hold. Brent crude futures rose 82 cents, or 1%, to $85.45 a barrel by 0657 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
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