Update Najib’s trial Day 45: RM1.13 bln transferred to Najib’s accounts between 2011 and 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — An ex-banker who handled Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s accounts at AmBank told the High Court here today that RM1.13 billion was transferred into the former premier’s accounts between 2011 and 2013. Joanna Yu Ging Ping, 48, who was formerly an AmBank relationship manager said Najib received US$369.99…

Morocco keen on exporting citrus fruits to Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Moroccan Ambassador to Malaysia Mohamed Reda Benkhaldoun during a special interview with Bernama in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the coronation of King Mohammed VI of Morocco recently. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Morocco is looking forward to market its citrus…

No-deal Brexit now ‘assumed’ by government, says UK official

LONDON, July 29 (NNN-PETRA) — The new British government is now “working on the assumption” of a no-deal Brexit, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove has said. Writing in the Sunday Times, he said that while the aim was still to leave with a deal, the government needed…

Najib’s trial Day 45: Witness says Najib admitted RM42 mln from SRC went into his accounts

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  A lawyer told the High Court here today that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in a defamation suit against former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik admitted that RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd went into his personal bank accounts. Ranjit Singh who…

Malaysia all set for installation of new King

By Noor Shamsiah Mohamed KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysians are all ready to witness tomorrow yet another historic ceremony that usually takes place every five years – the installation of its new King or the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Pahang will be installed as the…

When a password could be gateway to corporate disasters

Panel members of a round table session on Dealing with Destructive Cyber Crime giving their take on cybersecurity. From left: Writer and Emcee/Moderator Freida Liu, VP of Cybersecurity Dimension Data Mark Thomas, Director of Cyber Security, Advanced Threat Solutions (ATS) Kerry Singleton, Intelligence Services Manager Zachary Flom and Head of…

With the sum of all good far outweighing the bad, world peace is possible: Prem Rawat

BBC Radio Wales and Magic FM Presenter Tom Price interviews Peace Ambassador Prem Rawat in Manchester. Photo courtesy of TimelessToday. MANCHESTER, July 29 (NNN) — The sum of all that is good in the world far outweighs the “craziness” that happens in the world, says Peace Ambassador and author, Prem…

EU ‘change of pace’ incomplete says Italian Premier Conte

ROME, July 26 (NNN-ANSA) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Fridaythat the European Union is still some way from accomplishing the reform it needs.   “The change of pace of the EU remains incomplete, but it isincreasingly necessary,” Conte told the XIII Conference of Italian Ambassadors at the foreign…

N.Korea marks armistice anniversary with warning of ‘merciless’ fight against invasion

On Thursday, North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the East Sea from near the eastern coastal town of Wonsan. Photo courtesy of Yonhap. SEOUL, July 26 (NNN-YONHAP) — North Korea threatened a “merciless” response to any enemy attacks Friday ahead of the 66th anniversary of the signing of the…

Wiesel Institute: New mass grave in Popricani, additional argument that Holocaust existed in Romania

BUCHAREST, July 26 (NNN-AGERPRES) — The unearthing by a team with the Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania (INSHR) of a new mass grave in the Vulturi forest of the Popricani commune in the northeastern County of Iasi is an additional argument that the…