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Nation
Anwar, Yoon hold talks on Malaysia-South Korea ties
SEOUL: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Monday met with South Korean President Yoon Suek Yeol at the Yongsan Presidential Office, here.
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Metro News
DBKL's enforcement on signboards not influenced by anyone, says advisory board member
THE recent operation by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on business signboards was not influenced by anyone, says a Kuala Lumpur advisory board member.
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Commodities
Oil holds at 2-week high as Russia, Iran tensions support prices
SINGAPORE: Oil prices hovered near two-week highs on Monday following 6% gains last week, as geopolitical tensions heightened between western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption.
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Technology
Trump pick Lutnick's firm in talks with Tether for $2 billion bitcoin lending project, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, is in talks to deepen his financial ties with the company operating the world's largest stablecoin, Tether, by launching a $2 billion project to lend dollars to clients against bitcoin, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.
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True Or Not
QuickCheck: Was a man knocked out with a helmet for vandalising motorcycles in Penang?
CAUSING public mischief is not uncommon. We tend to hear too much of such news.
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World
Russian forces capture British man fighting with Ukraine, RIA reports
(Reuters) - Russian forces captured a British mercenary fighting with the Ukrainian army in Russia's Kursk region, which is still partially controlled by Kyiv forces, a security source told Russia's RIA state news agency.
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Social media
Growing social media app vows to shake up ‘toxic’ status quo
WeAre8, an emerging social media platform which pledges to give people control over their data, has been backed by a US billionaire as part of efforts to shake up the social network market.
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Nation
UPSI lecturer wins prestigious GESS Award for VR teaching project
PETALING JAYA: A senior lecturer from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Dr Chee Ken Nee, has been named a winner at the Global Educational Supplies and Solutions (GESS) Awards 2024 for his innovative project, the Virtual Reality Teaching Training (VIRTT).
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Markets
Foreign funds record RM165.3mil weekly net sale of Malaysian equities
KUALA LUMPUR: The outflow of foreign funds from Bursa Malaysia continued for a fifth consecutive week with net selling of RM165.3mil.
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Technology
US plans to reduce Intel's $8.5 billion federal chips grant below $8 billion - New York Times
(Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to reduce Intel Corp's preliminary $8.5 billion federal chips grant to less than $8 billion, the New York Times reported on Sunday citing unnamed sources.
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World
New Zealand citizen poisoned by tainted alcohol in Laos returns home
(Reuters) -A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, authorities said on Monday, as Laos pledged to prosecute those responsible for the incident which has killed six tourists.
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Nation
Teacher feared drowned while fishing in Sungai Pahang
KUANTAN: A 53-year-old teacher is feared to have drowned while fishing in Sungai Pahang near the Chenor jetty in Maran, here, on Sunday evening.
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Markets
FBM KLCI rises as reporting period in full swing
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI bounced higher on Monday as announcements of corporate results are expected to pick up in the final week of the reporting period.
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Forex
Ringgit opens higher against greenback as DXY retreats
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar on Monday due to a decline in the US Dollar Index (DXY) following its recent two-year high, according to an analyst.
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World
Pro-Palestinian NGOs sue Dutch govt over Israel support
The Hague (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian groups took the Dutch state to court Friday, urging a halt to arms exports to Israel and accusing the government of failing to prevent what they termed a genocide in Gaza.
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Entertainment
Singaporean actor Thomas Ong sells huge oil painting of Lee Kuan Yew for RM13,000
Ong let go of the oil painting for S$4,000 as he was moving to a smaller home.
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Cybersecurity
Opinion: Ultimate Fakebook
I have no great advice to offer, other than that if a deal seems too good to be true, then it is.
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Nation
Law on fake info, RFID inefficiencies among focus of Parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR: The need for legislation on the dissemination of fake information, inefficiencies in the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, and the standardisation of toll payments are among the issues set to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday.
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Nation
Mohd Hanis family to seek legal action after fatal collision with reversing lorry in Bangsar
PETALING JAYA: The family of a motorcyclist who was fatally struck by a lorry that reversed suddenly at Jalan Pantai Dalam, Kerinchi, is planning to take legal action over the incident.
