The Malaysian Reserve

19/12/2024

Turkmenistan President accorded official welcome at Perdana Putra

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PUTRAJAYA — The President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, currently on a two-day official visit to Malaysia, was accorded a formal welcoming ceremony at the Perdana Putra Complex today. This is his inaugural visit since assuming office in March 2022. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim...

19/12/2024

High Court grants Rosmah full acquittal on RM7m charges

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THE High Court has fully acquitted Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor of all 17 money laundering charges and tax evasion involving RM7 million. Judge K Muniandy ruled that the charges were illegal and flawed, as the prosecution failed to disclose the key elements of the offences.–TMR  

19/12/2024

National craft icon Norhaiza passes away at 61

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JERTIH — National craft icon Norhaiza Noordin passed away this morning at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, due to heart complications. His eldest son, Mohammad Othman, 23, said his 61-year-old father complained of feeling unwell yesterday, prompting the family to rush...

19/12/2024

Ghibli’s timeless melodies come alive with MPO

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by AKMAR ANNUAR FEW cinematic experiences rival the emotional depth and wonder of Studio Ghibli films. Pair that with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra’s (MPO) brilliant ex*****on and the magic becomes spellbinding. Over the course of seven sold-out performances, MPO transported audiences to t...

19/12/2024

French hotel brand loved by celebs and royalty comes to Venice autumn 2025

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FRENCH hospitality brand Airelles is expanding outside its home country for the first time, opening in Venice next autumn. Airelles Venezia, on the island of Giudecca, will overlook a canal with views to St Mark’s Basilica and will have a sizeable garden with an outdoor pool, a rarity for Venice. ...

19/12/2024

Puerto Rico is a floating island of desirability among travellers

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The US territory eclipses the Mexican Caribbean and the Dominican Republic as the region’s most popular destination this holiday season by LEBAWIT LILY GIRMA WHEN winter rolls around, travellers predictably turn their attention to beaches. And this year, it’s the destination that comedian Tony H...

19/12/2024

Aladdin Musical by Sri KDU students raises funds for local charities

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by AKMAR ANNUAR UNDER the shimmering lights of Agrabah, Sri KDU Kota Damansara’s annual school production, Arabian Nights: The Aladdin Musical, transformed an ordinary school stage into a realm of enchantment, creativity and community spirit. The evening was more than just a showcase of student ...

19/12/2024

Drive to force Trudeau out gains momentum, Liberal lawmaker says

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JUSTIN Trudeau’s political crisis is deepening, with more members of his Liberal Party publicly calling for the Canadian prime minister to step aside and give a new leader a chance before an election in 2025. Jenica Atwin, a Liberal who serves as parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister, told...

19/12/2024

Robots are fuelling the next wave of solar farm development

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Adopting automation and robotics has never been in such a perfect moment as it is right now HOW Nate Beckett describes Planted Solar’s robots sounds like the start of a bad joke: What happens when you marry what looks like an industrial-sized toothpick dispenser with a similarlysized nail gun and ...

19/12/2024

KL Tower to welcome 2025 with spectacular fireworks show

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KUALA Lumpur Tower (KL Tower) is set to light up the city’s skyline on Dec 31 as it ushers in 2025 with its epic fireworks spectacle.   The celebration kicks off at 9pm with refreshments, party packs and electrifying live music by the Sky Band to set the mood for the new year’s eve festivities...

19/12/2024

High Court has granted total acquittal to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor from all 17 criminal charges involving money laundering and tax evasion amounting to RM7 million.

Judge K Muniandy, in delivering his decision this morning, allowed Rosmah’s application after finding that the charges are illegal and flawed, and that the prosecution does not disclose the elements of the offences in their charges.

Pic by MEDIA MULIA |

19/12/2024

Jollibee plans to ramp up Vietnam business amid global push

https://themalaysianreserve.com/2024/12/19/jollibee-plans-to-ramp-up-vietnam-business-amid-global-push/

JOLLIBEE Foods Corp is accelerating its Vietnam presence after opening its 200th outlet in the country, part of the Philippine firm’s push to be among the world’s five largest restaurant companies by market capitalisation. Jollibee, which opened its first restaurant in Vietnam in 2005, sees the ...

19/12/2024

Southeast Asian stocks seen offering shelter amid Trump threat

https://themalaysianreserve.com/2024/12/19/southeast-asian-stocks-seen-offering-shelter-amid-trump-threat/

GLOBAL investors are looking to Southeast Asia for some shelter as they brace for uncertainties surrounding Donald Trump’s trade policies, boosting prospects for the region’s stocks in the coming year. The US president-elect’s targeted tariff plan for China is likely to accelerate a shift in g...

19/12/2024

Bursa Malaysia opens lower on Wall Street’s decline

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BURSA Malaysia opened lower today, taking a cue from Wall Street’s overnight declines, said an analyst. At 9.12 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 2.11 points to 1,597.47 from Wednesday’s close of 1,599.58. The index opened 4.40 points lower at 1,595.18. The market breadth was neg...

19/12/2024

California declares state of emergency over bird flu

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LOS ANGELES — California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in response to an outbreak of Avian Influenza A (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, which has infected 34 people in the Golden State, Xinhua reported. According to the governor’s office, the declaration fo...

19/12/2024

Temporary turmoil caused by South Korea’s martial law

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by IFAST RESEARCH TEAM SOUTH Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (picture) unexpectedly announced martial law, marking the first “Order No. 1” issued in 44 years. Just six hours later, he delivered a live speech from the presidential office to announce the lifting of martial law, returning everythi...

19/12/2024

Honda-Nissan merger talks seen as soon as next week, Nikkei says

https://themalaysianreserve.com/2024/12/19/honda-nissan-merger-talks-seen-as-soon-as-next-week-nikkei-says/

HONDA Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. will begin negotiations on a possible merger as soon as Dec. 23, according to Japan’s Nikkei news service, bringing the two Japanese automakers a step closer together. The start of formal discussions as soon as next week would accelerate momentum toward a poten...

19/12/2024

Indonesia’s top 50 richest trump Malaysian counterparts

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The Hartono brothers lead Indonesia’s richest with a fortune of RM224b, primarily from investments in Bank Central Asia HOW do the richest in Malaysia compare to Indonesia? Well, an annual tab by a business magazine gives us some clues. The Indonesian rich outrun their Malaysian counterparts by qu...