KUALA TERENGGANU, April 22 — A former Terengganu Islamic Religion and Malay Customs Council (Maidam) member and his wife pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to abuse of power and submitting false claims related to the distribution of zakat worth almost RM20,000, from 2019 to 2021. Datuk Mohamad Zahari Harun, 64, and … Read more
KOTA KINABALU, March 23 — Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) has started rationing electricity by 128 megawatts (MW) for Sabah and Labuan grids today and tomorrow due to an emergency shutdown of an independent power station (IPP). SESB in a statement on its Facebook, said this will result in a shortage of power with only … Read more
AUSTIN, March 17 — For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google’s Gemini chatbot cranked out images of Black and Asian Nazi soldiers was seen as a warning about the power artificial intelligence can give tech titans. Google CEO Sundar Pichai last month slammed as “completely unacceptable” errors by … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Maxis has announced that it is collaborating with Nokia to enhance its network security and reliability, as well as building a part of its 5G core ecosystem to meet its future connectivity needs. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Maxis and Nokia was signed during MWC 2024 at the Malaysia … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Malaysian Army (TDM) has confirmed receiving a report on the alleged abuse of power and the use of force by a senior officer in Sarawak against another personnel. The TDM headquarters in a statement today informed that a police report had been lodged by the victim last Sunday following … Read more
PARIS, March 3 — The athletes’ village for the Paris Olympics, which is set to be inaugurated Thursday, contains a host of innovations intended to make it a model of low-carbon construction. Faced with concerns about the vast emissions caused by the Games — from the construction work, the air miles and catering — Paris … Read more
PARIS, March 2 ― The Eiffel Tower, attacked by rust and well behind on its maintenance schedule, has taken centre stage in a power struggle between the Paris mayor and her main rival, the French minister of culture. A five-day strike at the Eiffel Tower this month drew attention to the monument’s bad state of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has filed an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s restoration of four abuse of power charges against him. When contacted by Malay Mail, Muhyiddin’s lawyer Chetan Jethwani confirmed that the appeal was submitted to the Federal Court yesterday. The High Court had in … Read more
NAKA (Japan), Feb 22 — With its tangle of pipes and pumps leading to a metal pot the size of a five-storey building, Japan’s JT-60SA machine looks to the untrained eye like a contraption from 1970s sci-fi. But inside it is a doughnut-shaped vessel where experiments done at millions of degrees could help unlock a … Read more
KUCHING, Feb 22 — The Sarawak Education Department has been given the authority to approve projects which are directly funded by the Sarawak government. The move is to shorten the bureaucratic process for the implementation of projects as prior to the agreement, the authority to approve projects, even though funded by the state government, lies … Read more
