KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the week marginally higher today due to late buying, particularly in telecommunications and banking stocks, a dealer said. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) improved 0.25 per cent or 3.64 points to 1,456.38 from Thursday’s close of 1,452.74. The benchmark index …

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s High Constitutional Court on Friday declared incumbent President Andry Rajoelina as the winner of last month’s election, effectively handing him a third term. Rajoelina got 58.96% of the votes cast, the court said after dismissing various challenges lodged against the provisional results announced by the electoral …

PETALING JAYA: A review of the death sentence on former police officer Sirul Azhar Umar, who was convicted of the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuja Shaaribu in 2006, should be filed by the government through the Attorney General, says Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. The senior lawyer said that provisions …

WASHINGTON: A Russian man pleaded guilty on Nov 30 to involvement in developing the Trickbot malware used to extort businesses, including hospitals during the Covid pandemic, the US Justice Department said. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was extradited from South Korea to the United States in 2021 to face charges of conspiracy …

KUALA LUMPUR / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Dart fans are in for a big treat when the inaugural PDD Malaysia Cup 2023 kicks off at the Maju Junction Mall on Dec 16. The two-day event will feature 11 state teams, along with Malaysian uniformed bodies and three invited guest nations from …

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – A Russia court extended the detention of Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on Friday as she awaits trial for failing to register as a “foreign agent”. The court in the city of Kazan prolonged her detention until Feb. 5. No date has been set for the trial. …

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here dismissed on Friday (Dec 1) an appeal by two individuals who were seeking to obtain leave to commence a judicial review application to challenge the Attorney General’s discretion in deciding not to prosecute two preachers Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu and Firdaus Wong Wan Hung …

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has detected attempts by certain quarters trying to “hijack” its trademark design for a hardcore poor housing programme for commercial purposes. State Rural Development Minister Datuk Jahid Jahim said a search on social media found that this was done by “third parties” on the state’s …

MEXICO CITY: An expensive private high school in Mexico said on Nov 29 it has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot attendant at his housing complex. It was the latest in a decade-long string of beatings of working-class Mexicans by wealthy …

KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Singapore has extended a US$100 million (US$1=RM4.66) sustainability-linked Islamic revolving credit facility (RCF-i) to AET, a global owner and operator of maritime transportation assets and specialised services. This landmark transaction marks the first of such facility in the shipping industry in Southeast Asia, demonstrating both Maybank and …