PETALING JAYA: Saliran Group Bhd’s managing director, Liaw Choon Wei, has been redesignated as the company’s executive chairman. Read full story Date: 5 January, 2026 8:06 pm Source: thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended lower against the greenback on Monday, as markets shifted toward safe-haven currencies amid rising geopolitical uncertainty after the US attack on Venezuela over the weekend, an analyst said.
OSLO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Any security guarantees offered to Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war with Russia must be real, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys
Jan 5 (Reuters) – Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela captured in a U.S. military raid, faces criminal charges in Manhattan, where federal prosecutors have targeted him for years. Read
(Adds missing word in paragraph 12) Read full story Date: 5 January, 2026 8:06 pm Source: thestar.com.my
ANKARA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister will stress the “strategic priority” of maintaining security in the Black Sea at a summit on Ukraine in Paris this week, a
LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that Greenland belonged to Denmark and that the NATO alliance could discuss strengthening its protection if necessary.
KOTA KINABALU: Hazem Mubarak Musa, the assemblyman for Sungai Manila, has been appointed as the chairman of the state-owned companies, Sawit Kinabalu and Borneo Samudera. Read full story Date: 5
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has begun an investigation into 26 companies suspected of involvement in the procurement of army projects. Read full story Date: 5 January, 2026
KUALA LUMPUR: Police busted 97 online scam cases and seized more than RM5mil, in a series of integrated operations conducted in the capital throughout last year. Read full story Date:
