Новости за 09.05.2024

DINAMIKJAYA Motors Sdn Bhd, the sole distributor of Kia brand in Malaysia, has officially brought the EV9 to local shores.

PARIS: German sports carmaker Porsche on Thursday confirmed it had recalled several thousand of its electric Taycan model because of risks their batteries could catch fire.

KUALA LUMPUR: KL City FC have found themselves in a tough group after the Asean Clubs Championship football draw was made in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.

WASHINGTON: A U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday it has “significant safety concerns” over Ford Motor’s recall of more than 42,000 SUVs over concerns fuel leaks could lead to an engine fire.

The public sector salary review announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on May 1 includes an increment of more that 13 per cent, effective Dec 1.

It would be very difficult for voters to take legal action to force those who come up with an election manifesto to fulfil all the promises in it because the document has no legal force. In 2013, the Court of Appeal held that an election manifesto is not legally enforceable.

This is important because they had assumed office for the sole purpose of serving the people. They should not be lazy or self-serving.

After three decades selling homemade buns on the streets of the Chinese city of Xian, 67-year-old Hu Dexi would have liked to slow down.

The former construction industry consultant, who was her family’s main breadwinner, has not worked since.

The Malaysian music industry is on a high: they’re raving over a record RM303.89 million in revenue last year, an astounding 57 per cent spike over the pandemic years. Driven by digital sales, comprising 53 per cent, and copyright management, comprising 70 per cent, the industry’s future is bright on revenues derived seemingly from “non-artiste” sources. We have to ask: how much of that hefty bounty actually streams into the pockets of our local artistes, scrounging for a gig and a living, unless they’re major household names? Читать дальше...

SIBU: One person was killed and two others injured when a trailer crashed into the back of another trailer in an accident on Jalan Stapang-Sibu, about 50 kilometres from here this afternoon.

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Miami music producer in a legal fight with Warner Music over a song by rapper Flo Rida, resolving a dispute over the time limit for claiming monetary damages in copyright cases.

KUALA LUMPUR: Media Prima Berhad (MPB) organised a Yasin recitation and prayer ceremony for its staff members who will be performing the haj pilgrimage

KANGAR: It is not impossible that non-Malay voters, especially the Indian community, in Kuala Kubu Baharu will vote for Perikatan Nasional in Saturday’s by-election.

KUALA KUBU BAHARU: PKR deputy information chief Datuk R. Ramanan has expressed confidence that Indian voters in the state constituency would come out to vote on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The introduction of new categories in the 2024 Super Schools Rugby (SSR) competition is set to boost the development of the sport in Malaysia.

KOTA KINABALU: Football supporters in this country as well as netizens are asked to stop feeding the rumour mill with wild speculations about safety issues in the sport and take responsibility to ensure that football stays a healthy sport in this country.

TAIPEI: Taiwanese defence and coast guard officials said on Thursday dozens of Chinese warplanes and ships had been detected around the island, less than two weeks before self-ruled Taiwan’s inauguration for a new president.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang have maintained their 40-gold target for the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA) to be held in Sarawak from Aug 17-25.

CAIRO/GAZA: As Israeli forces mass on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinians fear another “Nakba“, when 700,000 of them were permanently driven from their homes at the creation of Israel in 1948.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor government strongly condemns and views seriously the recent incidents of violence against three football players.

KUALA LUMPUR: Turkish Aerospace Malaysia,  which started operating as a design centre in the country in 2021, has moved to a new office in Cyberjaya.

KUALA LUMPUR: Faisal Halim's serious injuries from an acid attack have cast doubt on his football career.

PANAMA CITY: Panamanian lawyer Ramon Fonseca, one of the heads of the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca which was at the epicentre of the global "Panama Papers" scandal, died while awaiting sentencing in his money-laundering trial, his lawyer said on Thursday.

KUANTAN: Three men impersonating as police officers robbed a 24-year-old investment trainer before abandoning the victim at a cemetery in Bukit Ubi here hours later.