Новости за 05.07.2024

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Stuart Ramalingam, the chief executive officer of the Malaysian Football League (MFL), which has been embroiled in the controversial punishment of Selangor FC, is said to be leaving his post.

DUBAI: Polls opened in Iran today for a run-off presidential election that will test the clerical rulers’ popularity amid voter apathy at a time of regional tensions and a standoff with the West over Teheran’s nuclear programme.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Boeing Company (Boeing) has pledged that all of its narrow-body B737 MAX aircraft from its factory in Renton, Washington will be safe as the company takes its safety challenges head-on with a series of measures to strengthen the quality control on its bestselling aircraft.

KUALA LUMPUR: Southern Cable Group Bhd has secured a RM99.6 million contract extension from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to supply underground cables and conductors of various sizes.

LONDON: Former United Kingdom Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger suspended by the party following a drawn-out anti-Semitism scandal, won re-election to Parliament today as an independent candidate.

NIBONG TEBAL: Police’s investigation into a man, detained in connection with alleged lewd behaviour against a female journalist during the Sungai Bakap by-election campaign, is in its final stage.

KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor claimed today that the High Court had already ruled that luxury goods worth US$346 million seized from her residence were not proceeds of unlawful activity.

KUALA LUMPUR: South Malaysia Industries Bhd (SMI) has gone to court to compel Kenanga Investment Bhd to provide further details of selling shareholders which led to the entry of a new substantial shareholder, Leong Seng Wui-controlled Target 1 Sdn Bhd.

IPOH: The Immigration Department deported 63 illegal immigrants, who had been held at its depot in Langkap, to their respective countries yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry has submitted a report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) regarding issues highlighted in the Auditor General's Report and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which were presented in Parliament yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Oil and gas company Keyfield International Bhd's stock reached RM2.69 a share today, its highest level since listing on April 2024, after announcing two new contracts.

LONDON: British leader Rishi Sunak conceded defeat Friday to Keir Starmer’s main opposition Labour party in the UK general election, saying, “I take responsibility for the loss.”

KUALA LUMPUR: U Mobile and EDOTCO Group will speed up the deployment of the 5G network under the government's dual network model.

KUALA LUMPUR: A new strategic direction to revitalise Malaysia’s mall industry has been unveiled in readying for Visit Malaysia Year 2026 (VMY2026).

LONDON: Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain’s new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

LANGKAWI: The Visit Kedah Year 2025 (VK 2025) campaign is set for launch at the Malaysia Tourism Centre (Matic) on July 19.

KUALA LUMPUR: Aspiring women golfers in Southeast Asia have an exciting opportunity to play in an LPGA Tour event.

HAMBURG: Kylian Mbappe is relishing another encounter with boyhood hero Cristiano Ronaldo, whose posters he used to stick on his bedroom wall, when France take on Portugal in the European Championship quarter-final on Friday.