KUALA LUMPUR: Local creative industry heavyweights are calling for continuous government funding and better payment rates for TV productions ahead of the upcoming national budget.
BENGALURU: HSBC is planning sweeping job cuts across its UK wealth management business, including a sharp reduction in financial advisers and specialist staff, as part of a broader push to integrate AI, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
KUANTAN: Police detained 12 foreigners yesterday, a day after the Immigration Department raided a shuttered resort in Sungai Lembing that had been turned into a call centre.
SINGAPORE: Max Verstappen’s resurgence in Malaysia will be put to the test just 350 kilometres south at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, where the Red Bull driver may need to overcome the elements and his own poor record at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
KUALA LUMPUR: The two Special Branch policemen allegedly assaulted by Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency (MCBA) director-general Datuk Seri Suhaily Mohd Zain at KLIA have denied claims that they were acting as “ulat” or involved in “counter setting”.
MELAKA: Following the dissolution of the Melaka state assembly, the state administration enters a transition phase governed by constitutional protocols and election regulations.
JEDDAH: Early strikes secured hosts Saudi Arabia the 27th Gulf Cup with a 2-0 win over the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, ending a 22-year wait to lift the trophy again.
SINGAPORE: George Russell is set to start from the back of the grid in Singapore this weekend in another big blow to the unlucky Mercedes driver’s rapidly fading Formula One world title hopes.