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[ad_1] (Sep 8): Asian stocks looked set for modest gains on Tuesday after European stocks rose, showing resistance to the technology-driven downdraft in the US. Futures were highest in Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. Europe’s Stoxx 600 rose on Monday with broad gains led by automakers, while contracts in the …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has appointed Wong Kee Poh, CEO of RHB Bank (Cambodia) PLC, and Piyanat Aranyakasemsuke, CEO of RHB Bank Thailand effective September 1. He said on Monday that Wong and Piyanat will lead and boost the group’s business and commercial banking operations in Cambodia and …

[ad_1] Najib Razak faces 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering for alleged 1MDB funds in the amount of RM2.28 billion deposited into his AmBank accounts. KUALA LUMPUR: The defense in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial today objected to the prosecution’s attempt to tender the witness statement of the …

[ad_1] MELAKA: The Melaka Health Department has filed a police report on fake agents who have allegedly taken people’s contact information from Covid-19 contact tracing log books. The chairman of the state health and anti-drug committee, Rahmad Mariman, said the imitators showed authority cards to the owners of the facilities …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) will monitor the implementation of the Periodic Travel Arrangement (PCA) scheme for cross-border travel between Malaysia and Singapore, as well as reassess its implementation and risk of infection from time to time. His minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Adham Baba, said that all …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 580 people were found to be in breach of COVID-19 Recovery Motion Control Order (RMCO) regulations in Malaysia on Sunday (September 6) by participating in pub and nightclub activities. Another 118 people also did not practice proper physical distancing, Chief Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob …

[ad_1] SEPANG: Airports operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) have shown signs of a gradual recovery at an average of 42 percent since the Covid-19 pandemic, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri, Dr. Wee Ka Siong (pix). In March, during the first Movement Control Order (MCO), international arrivals at airports …

[ad_1] JOHOR BARU: Johor wants Putrajaya to speed up the full reopening of Malaysia’s border with Singapore, says Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad. Hasni said he recently met with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to discuss the matter, adding that Muhyiddin had asked Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYAA total of 873 people were arrested today for disobeying the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), including 580 related to nightclub and pub-related crimes, Chief Minister (Defense) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said (pix). It said in a statement today that of that number, 797 were issued compounds, …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Police arrested 873 people who violated the recovery movement control order (MCO), most of whom were caught for participating in pub and disco activities. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that 580 people were arrested in pubs and nightclubs on Sunday (September 6) by the task …