PETALING JAYA: An immediate amendment to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) is needed to place responsibility and liability on the government as well as the agencies responsible for the protection and security of the data collected, says Lawyers for Liberty (LFL). In response to the launch of the …

JEFFERSON CITY: A decade-old cold case centered on a Navy veteran who disappeared without a trace in rural Missouri is hot again after an amateur sleuth and YouTube creator’s help led police to unidentified human remains. Donnie Erwin, a 59-year-old Camdenton resident, went missing on Dec 29, 2013, after he …

WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia have trimmed their squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals, cutting it down to 23 from the 28 who have been preparing in Ghana this week, the country’s football association said on Thursday. They submitted a final squad list to the African confederation before …

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose on Thursday, adding to solid gains in the previous session on persisting concerns over Middle Eastern supply following disruptions at a field in Libya and heightened tension around the Israel-Gaza war. Brent crude rose 38 cents, or 0.5%, to $78.63 a barrel by 0440 GMT, while …

KUALA LUMPUR: It is not a problem for those wearing glasses to carry out the electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) process of uploading a selfie while holding the identification card for the Central Database (Padu) registration, says Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday …

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is shaking up the way it handles relations with South Korea, enacting changes to policy and government organisations that would effectively treat the South as a separate, enemy state. The moves, which break with decades of policy, could have North Korea’s foreign ministry taking over …

KOTA KINABALU: The coast guards have seized four boats ferrying fishermen allegedly involved in fish bombing activities off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district. The fishermen, however, managed to give the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) the slip during an operation dubbed Ops Pluto Timur at Tanjung Tabu-Tabu in the evening …

PETALING JAYA: LBS Bina Group Bhd has aimed to secure RM1.8 billion in property sales for 2024 based on a positive outlook for the property market. The group concluded 2023 with RM1.70 billion in property sales, missing its initial target of RM2 billion. This year, the property developer planned to …

(Reuters) – Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness. Healthcare facilities in New York, California, Illinois and Massachusetts have made masks mandatory among patients and providers. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin …

SpaceX was accused by the US labour board of illegally firing eight employees over an internal letter sharply critical of chief executive officer Elon Musk. A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against SpaceX Wednesday (Jan 3), alleging that the company illegally interrogated, surveilled and …