IPOH: A total of 199 individuals were nabbed in a crackdown on illegal street racing during an operation dubbed Ops Bersepadu Samseng mounted by the police at Jalan Kuala Kangsar-Ipoh near Klebang Ria and Klebang Putra early Sunday (June 23). Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri …

BATU GAJAH: The Perak government is intensifying its promotion to attract more tourists from China following the mutual visa-free exemption policy between China and Malaysia. State tourism, industry, investment and corridor development committee chairman Loh Sze Yee said the state government, in collaboration with Tourism Malaysia, had also discussed the …

IPOH: Residents of Kampung Batu in Menglembu near here have been living without proper road access and water facilities for the past six years. The Perak government had approved land plots to some 80 households in 2018, as prior to this the residents were squatting in the area. However, only …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (Parti KDM) is eyeing all seats with a Kadazandusun Murut majority in the coming Sabah elections. Speaking at the party’s Karamazan Kokotuan celebration in Matunggong, Kota Marudu on Saturday (June 22), its president Datuk Peter Anthony also announced it will contest all three state …

BERLIN: Starting a YouTube Premium subscription can be far cheaper if you do it from a foreign country, sometimes even costing just a fraction of the price. In wealthier Western countries like Germany and the US, Google charges €13 or US$14 (RM17.90 in Malaysia) a month for a subscription, while …

PETALING JAYA: Some of the senior doubles shuttlers should be embarrassed for being left behind by their juniors, says national coaching director Rexy Mainaky. And Rexy has called on the back-up shuttlers to step up as the competition among the pairs in the national men’s doubles department continued to heat …

KUALA LUMPUR: Scammers impersonating National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) personnel have already duped 60 people this year, resulting in RM7.6mil worth of losses, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf. The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director said the victims would receive calls from someone claiming to be …

ZURICH: Fake or real? It is increasingly difficult to tell whether it’s a human or an AI-generated voice that is speaking – at least consciously. Researchers have observed that our brains reacts differently to deepfake voices than to natural ones, even though we may not be fully aware of this. …

KUALA LUMPUR: More efforts should be made to properly equip the police force to successfully tackle the threat of cybercrimes, especially scams, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. While lauding the government’s plan to beef up the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and the Penal Code, the Alliance for a Safe …

PETALING JAYA: Brendan Gan (pic) has opened fire – and his next target are his old teammates. The Kuala Lumpur midfielder scored a goal in their convincing 3-0 win against Negri Sembilan in the Super League at the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi on Friday, and that has inspired …