MANCHESTER UNITEDS cautious pre-season optimism has completely disappeared before August concluded following another disappointing result. Manager Ruben Amorim now faces intense scrutiny after accumulating just one point from two Premier League matches this campaign. The Portuguese coach has managed only 28 points from 29 top-flight matches since replacing Erik ten Hag. A narrow 1-0 home defeat against Arsenal followed by a 1-1 draw at Fulham already raised concerns about the teams direction. ..

KYIV: Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined President Donald Trump's peace efforts. At least 23 people were killed in the capital, Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram. As of 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) rescue efforts were still underway. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump was not happy about this news, but he was also not ..

MCLAREN FORMULA ONE driver Lando Norris has dismissed the concept of momentum despite winning three of the last four races ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. The British driver stated he expects the second half of the season to be tricky and challenging despite his recent success. Norris returns to Zandvoort, where he won last year, trailing Australian teammate Oscar Piastri by nine points as McLaren chase a record-equalling fifth consecutive one-two victory. I never say I have good momentum or ..

WASHINGTON : Discussions with the White House to allow American AI chip company Nvidia to sell a less advanced version of its next-generation advanced GPU chip to China will take time, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday. When asked about White House talks on Blackwell chip sales to China in a Fox Business Network interview with The Claman Countdown, Huang said the discussions had started. The conversation will take a while, but ... President Trump understands that having the world build ..

THE U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of air-launched cruise missiles and related equipment to Ukraine for an estimated $825 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The potential sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles includes GPS guidance kits and electronic warfare defenses for the weapons, which have a range of several hundred miles according to one of the manufacturers. Kyiv came under massive attack from Russia on Thursday, and Ukrainian President ..

GAP on Thursday reported comparable sales below Wall Street estimates as customers pulled back on discretionary spending, and it said U.S. tariffs would squeeze its margins in the current quarter. Shares of the company were down about 2% in extended trading. Inflationary prices and uncertainty arising from the Trump administration's trade policy have curbed consumer spending, challenging CEO Richard Dickson's turnaround efforts to revitalize its brands. For the quarter ended August 2, Gap's ..

WASHINGTON: Nels Nordquist, a top economic aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, is leaving the White House to take a senior role at the International Labor Organization in Geneva, five sources familiar with the plans said. Nordquist had served as deputy director for international economics at the National Economic Council, giving him a key role in overseeing U.S. sanctions policy and serving as the liaison or sherpa to the Group of Seven advanced economies and the Group of 20 major economies. ..

SEGAMAT : Daerah ini sekali lagi dilanda gempa bumi lemah malam ini, menjadikannya kejadian ketiga dalam tempoh beberapa hari di kawasan berkenaan. Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia) memaklumkan gempa bumi bermagnitud 2.5 pada skala Ritcher itu, berlaku pada jam 7.56 malam dengan pusat gempa dikesan pada kedudukan 2.6 darjah utara dan 102.8 darjah timur. Pusat gempa terletak kira-kira 13 kilometer utara dari Segamat, Johor pada kedalaman 10 kilometer. Gegaran turut dirasai di Johor. ..

BUSAN : Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Tenaga APEC ke-15 di Korea Selatan menjadi platform kepada Malaysia untuk bersiap-sedia menghadapi cabaran tenaga selain merapatkan hubungan dengan ekonomi anggota untuk memajukan transformasi tenaga negara. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof berkata penyertaan pakar industri tenaga dan perkongsian hasil laporan tenaga semasa APEC EMM-15 memberi gambaran jelas dan menyeluruh tentang situasi semasa di negara anggota APEC. Ini amat penting untuk ..

BUSAN : Malaysia telah menjalankan beberapa mesyuarat dua hala dengan anggota Kerjasama Ekonomi Asia-Pasifik (APEC) sempena Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri Tenaga (EMM) APEC ke-15 di sini. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof berkata pertemuan tersebut membuahkan hasil melalui pertukaran maklumat dan penerokaan kerjasama masa depan dalam pelbagai bidang tenaga. Kita juga bertemu dengan peserta industri dari Amerika Syarikat dan Korea Selatan yang menawarkan kepakaran dan teknologi ..

KUALA LUMPUR : Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC), menerusi Pusat Sebaran Maklumat Negara (NADI), akan menyokong inisiatif Heard the News? Read With Me, dengan memperluas jangkauannya ke seluruh negara, termasuk ke kawasan luar bandar dan kawasan kurang menerima liputan. Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Komunikasi Datuk Seri Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa berkata dengan lebih 1,099 pusat NADI di seluruh negara, inisiatif itu akan memberi manfaat kepada komuniti yang paling terpencil, dari ..

KUALA LUMPUR : Mesyuarat Kedua Penggal Keempat Parlimen Ke-15 yang bermula 21 Julai lepas ditangguhkan hari ini, menyaksikan 19 rang undang-undang serta Rancangan Malaysia Ke-13 (RMK13) diluluskan. Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Johari Abdul berkata turut diluluskan usul Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2/2025 dan usul Laporan Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (SUHAKAM) 2023, selain tiga penerangan menteri dan empat penerangan Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas dibentangkan. Dewan Rakyat meluluskan ..

IPOH : Rang Undang-Undang Perolehan Kerajaan 2025 yang diluluskan di Dewan Rakyat hari ini merupakan usaha kerajaan memastikan perbelanjaan negara diurus dengan lebih baik. Setiausaha Politik kepada Menteri Kewangan Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim menyatakan RUU ini akan menghadkan hutang negara kepada 60% daripada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar. Ini pun satu lagi langkah reformasi untuk kita pastikan sebarang urusan yang melibatkan perolehan kerajaan itu, dilaksanakan mengikut undang-undang secara ..

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Ruben Amorim declared that something has to change following his teams humiliating League Cup elimination by fourth-tier Grimsby Town. United suffered their worst result since Alex Fergusons retirement after losing a penalty shoot-out 12-11 following a 2-2 draw in regular time. Amorim appeared completely disconsolate despite significant board backing that included 200 million spent on attacking talents Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko. (I have) no more ..

KUALA LUMPUR : Rang Undang-Undang Perolehan Kerajaan 2025 yang diluluskan Dewan Rakyat hari ini merupakan permulaan kepada langkah reformasi pentadbiran kewangan dan tatakelola yang baik. Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan kejayaan RUU itu diluluskan bukanlah penamat kepada perjuangan reformasi Kerajaan MADANI. Alhamdulillah. Dengan sokongan 125 undian, RUU Perolehan Kerajaan 2025 telah diluluskan di Dewan Rakyat hari ini. Ini bukan penamat perjuangan reformasi kita, katanya ..

KUALA LUMPUR: Port Dickson MP and Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has been appointed as a member of the Dewan Rakyat Committee of Selection, replacing Datuk Seri Mohd Rafizi Ramli (PH-Pandan) for the 15th Parliament term. The motion, tabled by Deputy Minister in the Prime Ministers Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M. Kulasegaran under Standing Order 76 of the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders, was passed by a majority voice vote. The Committee of Selection is ..

KABUL : The Taliban government has announced it will resume pension payments for Afghanistans nearly 150,000 retired military and civil servants after a four-year suspension. They will be the last public sector workers to receive any payments, after the cash-strapped authorities announced an end to the public pension scheme last year. When youre jobless sitting at home and have nothing, youre worried about food, said 71-year-old Abdul Sabir outside the pension department in the capital Kabul. ..

KLANG: Five men were charged in the Sessions Court here today for allegedly smuggling 19 Myanmar nationals at an apartment in Hulu Langat earlier this month. Muhammad Azalmie Ahmad Razali, 25; Muhammad Irwan Syapawi Che Hamid, 34; Mazlan Derahman, 39; Hazif Yusof, 46; and Mohamad Yusof Zulkipli, 29, nodded in acknowledgment as the charges were read before Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail. No pleas were recorded as the case falls under the High Courts jurisdiction. They, along with another individual who ..

MALAYSIA showcased its doubles strength at the World Championships in Paris as eight national pairs marched into the last 16 on Wednesday, marking one of the countrys strongest collective performances on the global stage. Leading the charge were mens doubles world No. 2 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, who cruised past Scotlands Christopher and Matthew Grimley 21-15, 21-17 after a first-round bye. ALSO READ : Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin reach World Badminton Championships third round Their next test will ..

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The HEMAT values - an acronym for Hijrah Tata Kelola (Governance Reform), Empati Rakyat (Empathy for the People), Minda Pekin (Progressive Mindset), Apresiasi Inovasi (Appreciation of Innovation), and Telus Tadbiran (Transparent Administration) - have proven effective in enhancing self-management and work performance among civil servants. Director- General of Public Service (KPPA) Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said findings from a recent survey conducted during the MADANI ..

WASHINGTON : The Trump administration confirmed it had terminated the head of Americas top public health agency after she refused to resign during a confrontation with vaccine-sceptic Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. The escalating dispute over Kennedys comprehensive overhaul of United States vaccine policy also prompted five other senior officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to announce their resignations according to a union representing some agency workers. Susan ..

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor has become the first in the Asia-Pacific region to use the high-tech Pothole Pro JCB machine to speed up road repairs, in support of the state governments Zero Pothole initiative. State Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communication Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said two units, costing RM1.6 million each, were acquired by contractor Safwa Global Venture (M) Sdn Bhd using technology from the United Kingdom. These machines, the first of their kind in ..

KUALA LUMPUR: The passing of the Government Procurement Bill 2025 through a bloc vote today once again demonstrated that the government commands a majority in the Dewan Rakyat. Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the opposition should accept that they remain short of numbers, adding that their decision to stage a walkout after the vote was announced by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul was nothing more than an attempt to spin their defeat. We saw how, after losing the vote, ..

PUTRAJAYA: Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia (MyIPO) memperkenalkan Pakej Pengurangan Fi Cap Dagangan sempena sambutan Hari Kebangsaan Hari Malaysia 2025. Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali menyatakan kempen bertemakan Lindungi Jenama Lokal, Tembusi Pasaran Global ini berlangsung selama empat bulan mulai 1 September hingga 31 Disember 2025. Beliau menjelaskan pakej ini menawarkan pengurangan fi sebanyak 300 ringgit dengan bayaran hanya 650 ringgit ..

KOTA KINABALU : The Coroners Court here has confirmed that the inquest to investigate the cause of death of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir will proceed as scheduled in September. However, the inquest, beginning on Sept 3, will be heard before a new Coroner - Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, who replaces Azreena Aziz. Azreena, who also serves as Sabah State Court Director, announced this during todays proceedings. Azreena said she recused herself from hearing the case as she ..

KUALA LUMPUR : The release of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, under a programme implemented by the Ministry of Health (MOH), has shown promising results in curbing dengue transmission nationwide, with preliminary data indicating case reductions of up to 100 per cent in several participating localities, the Dewan Negara was told today. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni said that, based on six years of evaluations, 20 of the 45 release localities44.4 per cent of those that ..

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia aims to be listed among the 12 most competitive countries in the world by 2030, in line with the target under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), said Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong. He said the ranking is based on the World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) published by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), which covers 330 indicators across four major areas: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and ..

JOHOR BAHRU: Seorang pegawai perubatan mengalami kerugian sebanyak RM2.6 juta setelah menjadi mangsa penipuan pelaburan tidak wujud yang ditawarkan melalui iklan di media sosial. Ketua Polis Johor Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad menyatakan lelaki tempatan berusia 45 tahun itu mula berminat selepas melihat iklan pelaburan tersebut pada 25 Mei lalu. Mangsa kemudian menekan pautan WhatsApp yang tertera dan berhubung terus dengan suspek penipu tersebut. Beliau berkata mangsa telah dijanjikan pulangan ..

KAJANG: Sebanyak 626 banduan lelaki dan wanita di seluruh negara dilepaskan secara berlesen sempena sambutan Hari Kebangsaan tahun ini. Timbalan Komisioner Jeneral Penjara (Kemasyarakatan) Ahmad Faudzi Awang menyatakan pemilihan dilakukan oleh jawatankuasa khas di bawah Komisioner Penjara. Hanya yang benar-benar layak diberi peluang kembali ke pangkuan keluarga, majikan atau ditempatkan di rumah perantaraan, katanya. Beliau menekankan pemilihan dibuat berdasarkan syarat ketat termasuk tempoh ..

KUALA LUMPUR : The High Court has ordered Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff to pay RM400,000 in damages to Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh, who won a defamation suit against the Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturer in May. The ruling follows Judicial Commissioner Avinder Singh Gills decision to dismiss Kamarul Zamans application to stay the damages payment, finding that no special circumstances warranted a suspension. With todays ruling, he is required to pay the damages, Hannahs lawyer, Sangeet Kaur Deo, told ..

SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Thursday that the U.S. and South Korea agreed to discuss nuclear fuel reprocessing following a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung this week. We operate 26 nuclear power plants, buying and bringing in fuel for them every time... We have been feeling the necessity of being able to reprocess it and to make our own fuel through concentrates, Cho said in a live televised interview. In order to do ..

PETALING JAYA : Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming has called on all parties to approach the governments proposed Urban Renewal Bill with compassion and empathy for the plight of residents living in dilapidated flats nationwide. Nga said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had reminded stakeholders not to misinterpret or distort the purpose of the Bill, which aims to address the needs of people living in ageing housing schemes. This Bill is not new. In fact, the guidelines ..

THE Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC) has set a target of two gold medals from the total of six events the national squad will participate in at the Thailand SEA Games in December. MTBC secretary-general, Maradona Chok said the target was after big names such as Muhammad Rafiq Ismail, Natasha Mohamed Roslan and Sin Li Jane confirmed leading the national challenge alongside the reserve players. For the mens players, Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Syazirol Shamsudin, Tun Hakim Tun Hasnul Azam, ..

MADRID: Irish budget airline Ryanair plans to cut the number of flights to and from regional airports in Spain in reaction to a fee increase by state- controlled airport operator Aena, Europa Press reported on Wednesday, citing senior executive Eddie Wilson. The airline will officially announce next Wednesday a reduction of its capacity to and from regional airports by about one million passenger seats during the coming winter, said Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair DAC, the largest of five ..

HARRY KANE scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to rescue Bayern Munich from embarrassment in their 3-2 German Cup first-round victory against third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden. The England captain headed home a Josip Stanisic cross in the fourth minute of added time to break the hearts of the courageous lower-league opponents. Bayern had appeared comfortable after establishing a two-goal lead through Kanes 16th-minute penalty and Michael Olises 51st-minute strike. Kanes successful spot-kick marked ..

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Ruben Amorim described his side as completely lost during a humiliating League Cup exit to fourth-tier Grimsby Town on Wednesday. League Two side Grimsby won a marathon penalty shootout 12-11 after a 2-2 draw at Blundell Park. After a woeful first half United trailed 2-0 to goals from Charles Vernam and Tyrell Warren. Bryan Mbeumo had sparked a late rally from the Red Devils with his first goal for the club before Harry Maguires header forced a shootout. But after ..

KUALA LUMPUR : Bullying cases have emerged as the hot topic of late due to incidents resulting in the deaths of students, from secondary schools right up to universities. On Tuesday, the Education Ministry disclosed that bullying cases in schools have continued to rise, with 7,681 incidents throughout last year, up from the 6,528 cases in 2023. In a written reply to Klang MP Ganabatirau Veraman, the ministry said the data was obtained from its student self-discipline system which tracks student ..

SELANGOR FC returned to winning ways after capitalising on home advantage to defeat Terengganu FC 5-2 in a Super League match at the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Stadium on Wednesday (August 27) night. The Red Giants squad managed to kill the game early, leading 4-0 at halftime, with Brazilian import striker Chrigor Moraes scoring a hat-trick in the 17th minute, 36th minute, and well into added time of the first half. Alvin Fortes had made his contribution to the onslaught for Katsuhito ..

YOUTUBE and Fox said on Wednesday they have reached a short-term agreement that will keep Fox News, Fox Sports and other Fox channels available to YouTube TV subscribers. The extension buys time for the parties to reach a new distribution agreement. Negotiations continue as the college football season prepares to kick off, with an anticipated matchup of top-ranked Texas traveling Saturday to play the national champion Ohio State. Fox is airing the game, and YouTube TV subscribersriskedmissing ..