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KUALA LUMPUR: The election of a Deputy Speaker for the Dewan Rakyat to replace Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said that was scheduled for today has been postponed again, the fourth time it has been deferred. The motion on the deferment was…

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia rebounded to open higher today, tracking the strong gains on Wall Street in anticipation of the earnings season, a dealer said. At 9.10am, the key index rose 1.48 points to 1,419.92 from Friday’s close of…

JOHOR BARU: A businesswoman lost more than RM1mil in a Macau scam after answering a call from the “Inland Revenue Board”. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the 50-year-old victim lodged a report on Saturday,…

PETALING JAYA: Do expectations meet reality? It may not yet be the case for Ng Tze Yong and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, says former badminton great Datuk Rashid Sidek. Rashid has no doubts about the players’ potential but he feels…

BATU PAHAT: An 11-year-old girl was found dead in a house in Yong Peng near here with wounds on her forehead and bruises on the neck. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the deceased’s 34-year-old mother had been…

KUALA LUMPUR: Registration of cannabidiol (CBD) products is likely to begin next year with a framework on the registration of cannabis products for medicinal use expected to be released sometime this year, says Khairy Jamaluddin. “I target…

KUALA LUMPUR: The results on the placement of 2,611 special one-off Grade 41 Education Service Officers appointed via Contract of Service (CoS) can be viewed on the education ministry’s website from 3pm today. In a Facebook post, education…

PETALING JAYA: Umno’s Tajuddin Abdul Rahman says he will accept whatever decision the government makes on his nomination as Malaysia’s ambassador to Indonesia. According to a Utusan Malaysia report, Tajuddin said he has met with Prime…

Ivana Trump – Donald Trump's first wife and mother of his three eldest children – has died at the age of 73, the former president announced. Ivana "passed away at her home in New York City", Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth…

SINGAPORE: Data centres are a hot ticket in the Asia-Pacific region, where investors are pouring billions of dollars into the industry. But the facilities’ voracious appetite for electricity is posing a major hurdle for developers, who face…