MUMBAI/CHENNAI: Ever since Donald Trump’s tariff salvo on India this week, garment maker Pearl Global – whose U.S. client list includes Gap and Kohl’s – has been receiving midnight panic calls with an ultimatum: share the tariff hit or move production out of India. To calm U.S. customers’ nerves, Pearl Global has offered to shift…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar today called on all civil servants to proudly display the Jalur Gemilang at their homes and workplaces in conjunction with the National Month celebration. “Show your patriotism and embrace the spirit of MERDEKA!” he said in a post on Facebook. Through a…
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WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will host the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia for an “an official peace signing ceremony” at the White House on Friday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the U.S. will also be signing bilateral economic agreements with the two countries. – Reuters
SEREMBAN: The Negeri Sembilan Road Transport Department (JPJ) has seized 10 luxury vehicles, including a Porsche Taycan, Toyota Alphard and Mini Cooper Countryman, following the owners’ failure to renew their road tax and insurance from January until early this month. State JPJ director Hanif Yusabra Yusof said some of the cars, worth hundreds of thousands…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to undertake a bold re-framing of its economic strategy as the region navigates a complex polycrisis, said Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong. He said the region is no stranger to a changing world order, and it has to create a middle…
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SYDNEY: An Australian woman who murdered three of her in-laws with a meal of toxic mushrooms also allegedly tried to murder her husband using poisoned pasta, a chicken curry and a sandwich wrap, evidence showed on Friday after a judge allowed its disclosure. A jury last month found Erin Patterson lured her mother-in-law Gail Patterson,…
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JOHOR BAHRU: As the nation celebrates the spirit of independence, one elderly man in Johor has taken his patriotism to extraordinary heights. M. Kandapan, 65, has adorned his home and vehicle with over 3,000 pieces of the Jalur Gemilang, each one carefully placed as a testament to his unwavering love for the country. This initiative…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 14 rumah setinggan dan empat premis kedai termasuk Mydin Mart dan Pasaraya Karnival musnah dalam kebakaran di Pantai Dalam, di sini malam tadi. Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Pantai Wan Mohd Shahrir Azizi Wan Said berkata Pusat Gerakan Operasi Kuala Lumpur menerima panggilan kecemasan melalui talian MERS999 pada 11.11 malam. Dalam kenyataan…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Rukun Negara kekal sebagai tunjang penting dalam membentuk masyarakat Malaysia yang bersatu, harmoni dan berpegang kepada nilai sejagat, khususnya dalam kalangan generasi muda yang bakal meneruskan kesinambungan kepimpinan negara. Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional (JPNIN) Zulkifli Hashim berkata lima prinsip Rukun Negara bukan sekadar slogan atau hafalan upacara rasmi, sebaliknya…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Bhd have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate high-value investments in Malaysia. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) targets global investments in semiconductors, speciality chemicals, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electric vehicles, digital sectors, and green technology. MIDA CEO Datuk Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Persatuan Insurans Hayat Malaysia (LIAM) melancarkan kempen derma darah dan kesedaran kesihatan dengan menyasarkan penyertaan lebih 5,000 penderma di 40 lokasi seluruh negara, diselaraskan bersempena sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia. Ia dilancarkan oleh Pengarah Jabatan LINK (Laman Informasi Nasihat dan Khidmat) dan Pejabat-Pejabat Kawasan Bank Negara Malaysia Thomas Tan Koon Peng di…
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THE Indian Super League clubs met with the governing body Thursday, attempting to revive the country’s premier football competition as it teetered on the brink of collapse over a dispute between the federation and its commercial partner. The ISL is usually played between September and April. But a rights agreement between the All India Football…
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ALOR SETAR: Seorang anggota polis berpangkat Koperal maut selepas dirempuh kenderaan dinaiki penjenayah yang sedang melakukan jenayah pecah rumah di Taman Golf, dekat sini, hari Khamis (Ogos 7). Ketua Polis Kedah CP Adzli Abu Shah berkata mangsa yang berusia 35 tahun itu, maut di tempat kejadian selepas kenderaan utiliti sukan jenis Lexus yang dinaiki empat…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Acara perniagaan akan berperanan penting untuk membantu Malaysia mencapai sasaran ketibaan 35.6 juta pelancong dan terimaan pelancongan sebanyak RM147 bilion pada Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2026 serta sumbangan 16 peratus kepada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar daripada sektor pelancongan sepanjang tempoh Rancangan Malaysia Ke-13 (RMK13). Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata…
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IPOH: Mayat wanita dalam keadaan reput ditemukan di sebuah rumah di Taman Klebang Jaya, Chemor di sini, petang Rabu (Ogos 7). Ketua Polis Daerah Ipoh ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad berkata mayat itu ditemui oleh seorang lelaki yang merupakan ejen syarikat penapis air dan penyaman udara kira-kira pukul 4.25 petang. “Pengadu memaklumkan terdapat mayat…
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MOSCOW: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim hari ini berkenan berangkat melawat Tochka Kipeniya, sebuah pusat teknologi dan inovasi di Moscow, sebagai sebahagian daripada lawatan negara di Rusia. Ketibaan Seri Paduka Baginda disambut Penasihat kepada Presiden Persekutuan Rusia Dimitry Peskov dan Naib Presiden Kanan Institut Sains dan Teknologi Skolkovo (Skoltech) Alexey Ponomarev. Mengiringi Seri Paduka Baginda,…
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U.S. President Donald Trump is using tariffs as a foreign policy tool by imposing secondary duties on Indian goods because of India’s purchase of Russian oil, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday. “President Trump is using tariffs as an instrument of foreign policy, and he is putting secondary…
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s rapid data centre expansion could significantly drive up national greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new analysis by environmental watchdog RimbaWatch. In its report “Climate Impacts of Malaysia’s Data Centre Expansion”, the group estimated that 14 new data centres — including three completed between 2023 and November 2024, two under expansion, five…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum that requires universities to collect admissions data to prove they are not engaged in efforts to shape their student bodies along racial lines, according to the White House. But the largest higher education policy and lobbying organization in the U.S. said the wording of the memo…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The third week of the Dewan Rakyat session has been dominated by debate on the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK13) as government and opposition Members of Parliament discussed various aspects of national policy, implementation, and the country’s development direction for the next five years. The debate was focused on the three main pillars of…
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TOKYO: Japan’s top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa “strongly” urged the United States to revise the presidential order on the levies at his meetings with top U.S. officials in Washington, the Japanese government said on Friday. Japan has been seeking clarification, as a lack of written confirmation of the deal it struck with the U.S. last…
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MOSCOW/KYIV/WASHINGTON: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, the Kremlin said on Thursday, as the U.S. president seeks a breakthrough to end the Ukraine war after voicing mounting frustration with his Russian counterpart and threatening him with new sanctions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Europe must be involved in the peace…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Rukun Negara continues to be a key foundation in fostering unity and harmony in Malaysian society, especially among the youth who will lead the nation in the future, said National Unity and Integration Department (JPNIN) director-general Zulkifli Hashim. He said the five principles of Rukun Negara are not merely slogans or ceremonial…
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APPLE has been sued by a Texas company that accused the iPhone maker of stealing its technology to create its lucrative mobile wallet Apple Pay. In a complaint made public on Thursday, Fintiv said Apple Pay’s key features were based on technology developed by CorFire, which Fintiv bought in 2014, and now used in hundreds…
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KUALA LUMPUR: A fire broke out in Pantai Dalam late last night, destroying 14 squatter houses and four commercial premises. The affected businesses included Mydin Mart and Pasaraya Karnival, according to Pantai Fire and Rescue Station chief Wan Mohd Shahrir Azizi Wan Said. No injuries were reported in the incident. The Kuala Lumpur Operations Centre…
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court order that barred U.S. government agents from making immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles based on tactics that critics have called racial profiling. In an emergency filing, the Justice Department asked the high court to halt a judge’s order that…
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WASHINGTON: The FBI has agreed to help track down Democratic Texas lawmakers who fled the state to thwart Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts, Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn said on Thursday, but it was unclear whether federal agents would take action. The FBI has not deployed any resources yet, a source familiar with internal…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened firmer against the US dollar on Friday, extending gains, after United States (US) economic data reinforced expectations of an imminent interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s next policy meeting, an economist said. At 8 am, the local note rose to 4.2205/2405 against the greenback from Thursday’s close of 4.2340/2385.…
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WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed tariffs on imports of one-kilo gold bars, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing a letter from Customs Border Protection. The letter – dated July 31 – said one-kilo and 100 ounce gold bars should be classified under a customs code subject to levels, according to the newspaper, which…
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CHICAGO: Two people died on Thursday after a helicopter they were on board crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River, shutting the waterway to traffic near Alton, Illinois, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Preliminary information indicated the MD 369 helicopter hit power lines before the crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The…
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CHEMOR: The decomposed body of a woman was found in a house in Taman Klebang Jaya this evening. Ipoh district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad confirmed the discovery. The body was found by a man who works as an agent for a water filter and air conditioning company. The discovery was made…
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WASHINGTON: Friends and family of an Alabama social worker detained by U.S. immigration authorities are pushing for her release days after she was pulled over for an alleged speeding violation, a case that reflects the broad sweep of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Giovanna Hernandez, 24, was stopped by local police while driving on Tuesday…
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MOSCOW: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today visited Tochka Kipeniya, a technology and innovation centre in Moscow, as part of his state visit to Russia. Upon arrival, His Majesty was received by Dimitry Peskov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and Alexey Ponomarev, Senior Vice-President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, calling him “highly conflicted” due to his ties to Chinese firms and raising doubts about plans to turn around the struggling American chip icon. Reuters reported exclusively in April that Tan invested at least $200 million in hundreds of…
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WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on large banks and their regulators on Thursday, signing an executive order requiring the banking industry to ensure it is not refusing financial services to anyone based on political or religious beliefs, a practice frequently described as “debanking.” The order directed regulators to review all banks they…
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SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE (France): A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday. Firefighters will remain deployed in the area in the coming days to secure the site and prevent flare-ups, they added in a statement. Residents…
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration is aiming to construct the largest federal migrant detention facility in the United States on a military base in Texas, the Pentagon said on Thursday, the latest move to use military resources to make good on his immigration agenda. Trump has stepped up arrests of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, cracked…
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SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI launched on Thursday its GPT-5 artificial intelligence model, the highly anticipated latest installment of a technology that has helped transform global business and culture. OpenAI’s GPT models are the AI technology that powers the popular ChatGPT chatbot, and GPT-5 will be available to all 700 million ChatGPT users, OpenAI said. The big…
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ALOR SETAR: A police corporal was killed after being struck by an SUV driven by fleeing robbers in Taman Golf today. Kedah police chief CP Adzli Abu Shah confirmed Corporal Mohd Hafizul Izham Mazlan, 35, died at the scene. The incident occurred after police responded to a house burglary tip-off at 3.30 pm. A CID…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Business events will play a vital role in helping Malaysia reach its tourism targets under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasised that business delegates are high-value travellers who contribute significantly to the economy. “More importantly, business travellers bring with them ideas, investments, and influence,” he…
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WASHINGTON: The FBI is firing another round of employees, including former Acting Director Brian Driscoll, in its latest moves against officials who worked on issues that drew President Donald Trump’s ire, four people briefed on the matter said on Thursday. Driscoll, who temporarily served as the bureau’s director early this year before FBI Director Kash…
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WASHINGTON: The federal judiciary’s information technology systems have been targeted by “recent escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature,“ the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said in a statement on Thursday. The statement follows a Politico report late on Wednesday that the judiciary’s electronic case filing system had been compromised in a sweeping…
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EVERY year, during the UPU system’s kemaskini period, those of us in civil society and NGOs serving OKUs brace ourselves for the flood of panicked pleas from disabled students desperate to pursue higher education yet denied their rightful course choices because of arbitrary and discriminatory restrictions imposed on them. Despite repeated assurances from the Ministry…
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted new construction at an immigration detention facility in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” while a lawsuit over its environmental impact plays out. At a hearing in Miami, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams blocked new construction at the site in the Florida Everglades through August 12 but did not suspend…
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SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador’s Congress on Thursday passed a swath of tax breaks offered to firms in exchange for investments of more than $2 billion in the country, meant to boost the small Central American nation’s economy. Firms will be offered exemptions on taxes on investment income, real estate transfers, municipal taxes and tariffs and…
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AMMAN: A Jordanian official told Reuters on Thursday that Arabs “will only support what Palestinians agree and decide on” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wanted to hand over Gaza to Arab forces that would govern it. “Security in Gaza must be done through legitimate Palestinian institutions,“ the source said. Netanyahu did not…
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PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country’s leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before it is mandated to hand power to a democratically elected successor, but a top gang leader threatened to topple the precarious government. Saint-Cyr was inaugurated at a ceremony at the capital’s Villa d’Acceuil, the temporary seat…
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PARIS: France’s constitutional court on Thursday blocked the re-introduction of a pesticide accused of harming bees, in the latest twist in a fierce political battle in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer. The court said the re-authorisation of acetamiprid, part of the neonicotinoid group of pesticides banned in France, as proposed under a farming bill…
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JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave. “We intend to,“ Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Bill Hemmer when asked if Israel…
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BALING: A Year Six pupil from a school near here was found drowned after falling into a sand quarry while fishing with two friends in Taman Mesra Ria, Kupang, near here, today. Baling Fire and Rescue Station chief Assistant Fire Superintendent Zulkhairi Mat Tanjil, said the victim, Muhammad Farish Syazwi Mohamad Sukri, 12, was believed…
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