PETALING JAYA: Former police Special Action Unit (UTK) personnel Azilah Hadri is awaiting a Royal Pardon in a bid to escape the gallows for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006. In an article on Monday (Nov 13), Utusan Malaysia cited a source saying that Azilah has been …

Impending storms expected during the northeast monsoon is causing much anxiety to Selangor folk who suffered in the December 2021 floods. For residents of Taman Sri Muda in Shah Alam where 14,000 people were displaced, the ordeal remains fresh in their minds. To this day, flash floods occur, in the …

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan eased to a more than one-week low against the dollar on Monday, as investors await a summit between the top leaders from the world’s two largest economies later this week for more clues on the Sino-U.S. relations. U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has opened up a wide lead over his closest rival in a new opinion poll, despite controversy over his decision to pick the outgoing leader Joko Widodo’s son as his running mate. An Oct. 27- Nov 1 survey of 1,220 people released …

PETALING JAYA: WWF-Malaysia says the decline in the wild boar and, in the long run, Sambar deer populations must be addressed urgently. In a statement on Monday (Nov 13), it said the prey augmentation approach is needed to establish a healthier ecosystem that reduces the need for tigers to venture …

(Reuters) – England’s managing director Rob Key said his decision to prioritise test cricket over one-day internationals played a role in the side’s dismal World Cup campaign, adding that coach Matthew Mott has his “full backing”. Defending champions England, led by captain Jos Buttler, suffered six defeats in their first …

FRANKFURT: A concrete skeleton looming over Hamburg’s harbour was supposed to be the crown jewel of a historic revitalisation project, but on a rainy day last week, cranes and forklifts stood still as uncertainty deepened around the fate of its developer’s finances. Instead of serving as a modern sentinel for …

THE Selangor government’s proposal to establish a Greater Klang Valley authority to oversee the administration of four local councils has received mixed reactions from the local community. During the tabling of Selangor’s 2024 Budget last Friday (Nov 10), Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the state government would …

Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE AND C.ARUNO MALAYSIAN film director Chong Keat Aun could not hold back his emotions when describing the challenges he faced in completing Snow in Midsummer, Sin Chew Daily reported. He spoke of the difficulties he faced in getting funding and even actors to star in the …

MUMBAI: Financial technology and data provider LSEG said it had resolved a technical incident that affected its Indian foreign exchange trading platform earlier in the day and was investigating what had happened. “Due to a technical incident that impacted some of LSEG’s client authentication services, some customers experienced issues accessing …