SYDNEY: Australia’s top spy on April 24 urged greater cooperation from the big tech companies, asking them to break a long-held industry taboo by providing access to encrypted messages. Intelligence chief Mike Burgess said encrypted messaging had compromised the ability to root out threats, and said tech companies had a …

For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late April 23 as part of a larger foreign-aid package. US President Joe Biden plans to sign …

KOTA KINABALU: An argument occurred between state Works Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya and former Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal regarding the whereabouts of the RM50mil allocated for road repairs. The former was responding to a question from Shafie (Warisan-Senallang) on the RM400mil allocation for maintenance work on paved, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday wades back into the battle over abortion access in arguments pitting Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. The justices are set to hear arguments in an appeal by Idaho officials …

PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional is expected to field a Malay candidate from either Bersatu or Gerakan for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, according to sources. Sources familiar with ongoing discussions within Perikatan said that surveys conducted by election experts have indicated that a Malay candidate would have an upper hand …

(Reuters) – Tesla shares surged 10% on Wednesday after the electric-car maker eased some worries about growth with a prediction that sales would rise this year and said it would roll out more affordable models in early 2025. The news cheered up investors who were bracing for the worst after …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Alpine skiing great Marcel Hirscher is looking to make an unexpected comeback to the slopes, made even more surprising by his decision to represent his mother native’s country the Netherlands instead of Austria. Born in Austria in 1989, Hirscher has a Dutch mother and an Austrian father …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche took a risk giving up a plush career at a New York law firm to become the first attorney in history to defend a former U.S. president at a criminal trial, and felt the heat almost immediately when a judge questioned …

KUALA LUMPUR: The organising of Unity Day at school can be the best platform to boost the spirit of unity among students and improve understanding between races and religions in Malaysia, according to National Unity Deputy Minister K. Saraswathy. She said that to foster this spirit, the organisation of Unity …

ELEVEN years ago, Joanne Chew cast her ballot for the first time in a Malaysian general election. Chew, a Parsons School of Design alum, had up to that point spent most of her working life in New York and Singapore. “Prior to 2014, I had not really worked in Malaysia …