PETALING JAYA – The Malaysian High Court will deliver its verdict in Ex-PM Najib Razak’s 1MDB corruption scandal on Tuesday (July 28), 16 months after the investigation began in the multi-billion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scam. Najib is currently facing three cases with the involvement of plundering the fund that help Pakatan Harapan defeat his long-ruling coalition from power in …

North Korea is jumping on the return of a defector from the South to point the finger at Seoul for the presence of coronavirus in the country after months of denying it had any cases. Pyongyang placed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong, claiming it had found a suspected Covid-19 infection in a defector who had returned across …

In need of democracy, about 350 youth from the Phuket Liberation Group held a protest against the government in this province of the southern island. The demonstrators started gathering about 5.30pm at Saphan Hin Park. They kept aloft posters and banners with messages like “Sovereign power belongs to the people,” “Dissolve parliament. Get out” and “Can’t we express democratic opinions?” …

A large number of visitors have flocked to this northeastern province’s Khao Yai National Park for a long holiday from Saturday to Tuesday causing heavy traffic along the road to the park. From Saturday, vehicles carrying tourists from various parts of the country can be seen converging in a large number in the district of Pak Chong before heading to …

The 159th Diponegoro University (Undip) Semarang graduation held on 27-30 July 2020 is different from the usual graduation ceremony The graduation program was held virtual by presenting three robot displays which replaced the physical presence of graduates who could not attend the graduation ceremony due to a number of Covid-19 pandemic policies in an effort to prevent transmission of the …

Five students of the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya created a body detection system in anticipation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) called TT-Techno Temperature. They are Instrumentation Engineering Department Students who are members of the Instone team. This idea was lifted from the weaknesses of traditional body temperature measurements that still use humans as …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to deliver the state of the nation address (SONA) today amid health crisis amid COVID-19 cases and econimic slowdown griping the the entire country. HAPPENING NOW: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his 5th State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa Complex. | https://t.co/1kzGrOh5YK#WeRiseAsOne#DuterteSONA2020 pic.twitter.com/zjChyb3gu4— Presidential Comm (@pcoogov) July 27, 2020 …

MANILA – More than 80,000 people in the country has now been positive with the COVID-19, the Department of Health announced on Sunday after 2,110 additional new cases were recorded by the agency. The DOH the positive cases has already reached 80,448. Over 60% or 1,345 of the new cases came from the National Capital Region,  Cebu, on the other …

Security was tight outside the US consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu as workers inside were ready to depart, the day after China ordered it to close in response to a US request that China shut down its consulate in Houston. Tit-for – tat consulate closures have led to a rapid deterioration in relations between the two largest economies …

KUALA LUMPUR – PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today, that PKR is ready for snap elections if one is called soon. Anwar said that all matters of the general election, the decision will be entirely to the prime minister. However he reiterated that the party is ready. Their machinerary even for Negri Sembilan is now ready for use. …