KOTA KINABALU: PETRONAS recently reached out to secondary school students in Sabah’s northernmost Pitas district to encourage them to continue pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. This was done through the national oil company’s Discover PETRONAS @ Schools (DPS) programme under its Powering Knowledge initiative. The initiative showcases …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan has made a second police report over what it called defamatory social media postings linking it to a Sabah-based drug trafficking ring busted earlier this week. Warisan Wira (youth) chief Terence Au lodged the report at Kota Kinabalu police headquarters in Kepayan here Thursday (Dec 28) …

KUALA LUMPUR: Kim Loong Resources Bhd is expecting to achieve satisfactory performance for its 2024 financial year. In a stock exchange filing, the group said it forecasts fresh fruit bunch (FFB) production in the current financial year ending Jan 31, 2024, to be 15% higher than in the previous year, …

PASIR MAS: The government has approved an immediate allocation of RM6mil to construct a temporary embankment, including the spillway structure for the Sungai Golok Integrated River Basin Development Project, to solve the problem of stagnant floodwaters in Rantau Panjang. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the temporary embankment …

The world of work has been evolving rapidly since the start of the Covid pandemic and the past 12 months have seen an onslaught of mini revolutions in the area, between hybrid working and the arrival of generative artificial intelligence tools. According to LinkedIn, these developments will continue to shape …

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will prepare for a tilt at an 11th Australian Open title by representing Serbia at the United Cup mixed team tournament while old rival Rafa Nadal and former women’s world number one Naomi Osaka return at Brisbane after time away. Djokovic enjoyed a spectacular 2023, winning …

PETALING JAYA: Tun Daim Zainuddin has hit out at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations on him and his family, saying that it is nothing short of a political witch-hunt due to the “animus” of the Prime Minister. In a statement on Thursday (Dec 28), the former finance minister broke …

DHAHRAN (SAUDI ARABIA): Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, is looking at expanding its downstream activities in Malaysia as it aims to make Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Johor the largest hub in Southeast Asia. Aramco president (downstream), Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani said the …

JOHOR BARU: Two men have lost almost one million ringgit to love and job scams here, says Johor deputy police chief Deputy Comm M. Kumar. “In the love scam case, a 69-year-old retiree got to know a woman from a foreign country through social media about a month ago. “The …

SEOUL (Reuters) – The head of the district police force that investigated South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun over allegations of illegal drug use on Thursday defended the tough questioning of him before he was found dead. Incheon Metropolitan Police chief Kim Hui-jung told a news briefing the entire process was …