PUTRAJAYA: There will be no further increase to the price of fuel in the country this year. This is despite the possibility of the global price of oil reaching US$200 (RM654) per barrel, as forecast by some analysts.
This latest decision by the Cabinet came on top of various measures announced on Monday to help the [...]

Forensics personnel getting down to work at the goldsmith shop after the robbery.
SUBANG JAYA: Two robbers, one armed with a pistol, escaped with jewellery worth about RM500,000 from a goldsmith shop in Bandar Puteri, Puchong, near here yesterday.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar said two men, wearing full-face helmets [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Anti-Corruption Agency busted a luxury car smuggling syndicate with the arrest of five people.

The agency also seized seven cars worth more than RM1.2 million, believed to be smuggled from neighbouring countries.
“We believe the syndicate gave the cars a ‘rebirth’, a process of wiping and coming up with new records [...]

Oil prices fell on Thursday as the dollar strengthened and after a five-dollar gain in response to a US government report that showed American crude reserves dipped for a fourth week running.
“Oil markets have been increasingly influenced by the dollar over the past year, as market participants have been using dollar-denominated commodities as a hedge [...]

France are banking on the experience of Patrick Vieira (left) and Thierry Henry to produce something special in Berne.
BERNE: The Netherlands are looking for a repeat dose of the same magic that crushed world champions Italy when they take on a France team beset by doubt here tomorrow.

Marco van Basten’s Dutch oozed [...]

KLAGENFURT (Aut): Croatia’s ‘little genius’ Luka Modric (pic) will be in the limelight today as he and his countrymen go up against three-time champions Germany in a match whose outcome will have a huge bearing on the outcome of Group B.

“I know I am going to be under close observation,” said the youngster, who [...]

SEEKIRCHEN (Aut): Greece promised a swift overhaul of their defensive tactics and said they would be forced to attack hard in their next European Championship game against Russia.

The European champions lost to Sweden 2-0 in their Group D opener on Tuesday, after their heavily defensive side failed to produce any real offensive threat.
“We’re [...]

Lee Chong Wei was stretched by Japan’s Sho Sasaki before winning 21-11, 20-22, 21-8 in the first round of the Singapore Open yesterday.
LEE Chong Wei, after being made to sweat a bit, booked his place in the second round of the Aviva Singapore Open at the Indoor Stadium yesterday.

The Malaysian top seed [...]