FAM tetap bida tuan rumah pusingan ketiga Piala Asia
Kuala Lumpur: Di sebalik peningkatan mendadak kes Covid-19 di dalam negara ketika ini, Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) tetap akan meneruskan usaha membida sebagai tuan rumah pusingan ketiga Kelayakan Piala Asia 2023 pada pertengahan tahun ini. Presiden FAM, Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin berkata, pihaknya sudah menghantar permohonan rasmi kepada Konfederasi Bolasepak Asia (AFC). “Betul meningkat (Covid-19) […]
Supermax expands remediation payments scope
KUALA LUMPUR: Supermax Corp Bhd has expanded the scope of remediation payment under its Foreign Worker Management Policy which had been effective since November 2021. In a statement filed with Bursa Malaysia on Feb 8, the company said it has been expanded to include former direct hire and contract workers who have left the company […]
Cabaran Aruwin di Olimpik musim sejuk berakhir
KUALA LUMPUR: Perjuangan atlet ski alpine negara, Aruwin Salehhuddin di Sukan Olimpik Musim Sejuk Beijing 2022 berakhir hari ini, selepas dia gagal menamatkan aksi dalam saingan Run 1 bagi acara slalom wanita. Pada aksi di Pusat Alpine Skiing Nasional Yanging, Aruwin, 17, yang membuat penampilan sulung di temasya kali ini bermula baik sebelum dia terjatuh […]
Court grants Mareva injunction to freeze Najib’s assets
KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and one of its subsidiaries have obtained an injunction from the High Court here to stop former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak from disposing of or reducing the value of any of his assets in Malaysia up to US$681 million. Based on documents obtained by the media, […]
Menara TM put on sale, price undisclosed
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 ― Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s headquarters building Menara TM has been put on the market for an undisclosed price today. An advertisement sighted on StarBiz today said Menara TM’s sale is being conducted via expression of interest and the closing date for the sale’s first stage is at 12pm on March 18. Realtors WTW […]
Israel hits missile targets in Syria
JERUSALEM: Israel launched strikes against targets in Syria early Wednesday, hitting anti-aircraft batteries in response to a missile fired from Syria, the military said. Sirens were sounded in the northern Israeli Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm after the Syrian missile launch but it exploded in mid-air, the Israel Defense Forces tweeted. “In response to the […]
Covid booster shot compulsory for umrah pilgrims, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The new standard operating procedure (SOP) which makes it mandatory for Malaysian umrah pilgrims to take the Covid-19 vaccine booster is based on a request by the Saudi Arabian government, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad. “The booster dose is a requirement by the Saudi government […]
Johnson & Johnson temporarily halts Covid-19 vaccine output
NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson has temporarily suspended production at a key plant manufacturing the Covid-19 vaccine, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The facility in the Dutch city of Leiden halted output late last year, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the decision. J&J, without confirming or denying the report, said […]
N.Korea boasts of ‘shaking the world’ by testing missiles that can strike US
SEOUL, Feb 8 — North Korea boasted today that it is one of only a handful of countries in the world to field nuclear weapons and advanced missiles and the only one standing up to the United States by “shaking the world” with missile tests. International tension has been rising over a recent series of […]
