JOHOR BARU: Ops Payung will be carried out if the flood situation in Johor affects candidates sitting for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) exams, says state education, information and communication committee chairman Norliza Noh. She added that some 48,276 candidates would sit for the …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse. Epstein’s refusal to answer questions in Giuffre’s lawsuit against his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell was disclosed …

PETALING JAYA: The government has blacklisted a company that brought in 171 Bangladeshi nationals into the country with promises of jobs in Johor but failed to find them employment. In a joint statement, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Human Resources Minister Steven Sim said that the company …

PETALING JAYA: Employers that treat their foreign workers well should have nothing to fear in the proposal to penalise companies that exploit them, says Plantations and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. Johari said it is pertinent for the government to act swiftly in addressing the prolonged issue of …

WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Japan’s death toll from the New Year’s Day earthquake reached 110 on Saturday as a search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings entered a sixth day, with more than 200 still missing after the deadliest quake in nearly eight years. The quake of magnitude 7.6 …

Civil liberties advocates are mounting a new challenge to the use by police of Google search data for help solving criminal cases, as the practice draws greater scrutiny nationwide. After a Pennsylvania woman was raped in 2016, police submitted a search warrant to Alphabet’s Google for information about users who …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia opener David Warner said he hoped to be remembered as an entertainer after retiring from cricket’s longest format at his home ground in the wake of a third test victory over Pakistan on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who retires as Australia’s fifth most prolific run-scorer of all …

KOTA KINABALU: The government aims to improve Malaysia’s trade balance for the cocoa industry, starting with Sabah, says Datuk Chan Foong Hin. The Plantation and Commodities Deputy Minister said that the state has always been a main producer of cocoa beans. He said 3,444ha of land had been allocated for …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno is granted autonomy to decide on who it will work with in the coming state election, says the party’s state information chief Datuk Suhaimi Nasir. As such, he said no outside parties or individuals had the right to ask Sabah Umno chief Datuk Seri Bung Moktar …

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The government, through the Rural and Regional Development Ministry will shorten the procurement period to repair the slope at the Orang Asli settlement in Sungai Ruil, Tanah Rata near here, which was affected by the landslide on Oct 12 last year. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad …