JOHOR BAHARU, June 20 (Bernama ) — Johor police have crippled a 2014 World Cup gambling syndicate with bettings worth RM1.05 million, state police chief Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said Friday. He said Op Soga, which was launched last June 13, had conducted 105 raids and inspections on 311 …

FORTALEZA Brazil (Reuters) – Germany striker Miroslav Klose came off the bench to score a record-equalling 15th World Cup goal and salvage a 2-2 draw against Ghana in a pulsating Group G game on Saturday. Klose, with his first touch of the game, poked home at the back post from a corner in the …

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Najib Tun RazakKUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Friday a social media report that Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin would resign from the Cabinet is a political provocation by certain quarters. …

THE World Cup 2014 has finally arrived. Here are some pictures for today, 21st June 2014. World Cup 2014: Today in pictures (20 June 2014)

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Another European football heavyweight fell to Latin American opposition on Friday as Costa Rica shocked Italy 1-0, putting the four-times champions’ qualification in doubt, but France thumped Switzerland 5-2 in an imperious World Cup display. After yet another upset …

KUALA TERENGGANU, June 20 (Bernama) — Terengganu SME Corporation will visit 200 houses in the Bukit Besi vicinity in Dungun in conjunction with the ‘ziarah kasih’ programme to visit the homes of target groups. Its director Muhammad Ibrahim said the two-day programme, starting next …

Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd container operations scored another world’s first in container terminal productivity, notching an impressive 793 moves in one hour, using nine twin-lift cranes to unload containers from China Shipping container vessel, CSCL Le Havre(9572 TEU vessel)Pic: Courtesy of W …

World Cup 2014: Today in pictures It has been over a week of intense football – a dazzling display of skills, goals plus the electrifying atmosphere at stadiums throughout the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Some of the goals have been plain spectacular. Beyond that, the beautiful game has something …

NATAL Brazil (Reuters) – A desperate rearguard action from 10-man Greece held Japan to a 0-0 draw that suited neither side in a match which ended with boos ringing around the Dunas arena and sent Colombia into the last 16 of the World Cup on Thursday. Both sides were looking to get their campa …

Mounting evidence indicates that the Steam Summer Sale could start on June 19 (a day later here), with hype videos emerging to help gamers prepare their wallets for a fortnight of deep discounts. Set to the tune of the homophonic Sail, a 2012 hit for Awolnation, Awolgaben – Sale is an exaggera …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) — The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is confident of achieving the target of increasing aquaculture production to 50 per cent by 2020. Its minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said the world fishing industry had now focused on aquaculture acti …

NO doubt, many will be talking about Spain’s defeat at the hands of Chile. The reigning World Champions are out of 2014 World Cup in Brazil! Now the Spaniards will deem the Maracana Stadium as cursed for them. Goals from Eduardo Vargas and Charles Aranguiz were enough to sink the Spanish Armada. Net …

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s new king, Felipe VI, was sworn in on Thursday in a low-key ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household. Felipe became king after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated earlier this month following a series …

PUTRAJAYA, June 19 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today launched the Expatriate Services Division (ESD), aimed at streamlining and enhancing the immigration’s delivery service for expatriates. The ESD would act as a one-stop-centre for expatriates to submit all exp …

Croatia’s forward Mario Mandzukic (R) controls the in front of Cameroon’s defender Nicolas Nkoulou during the Group A football match between Cameroon and Croatia at The Amazonia Arena in Manaus. ] Mario Mandzukic (L) of Croatia vies with Dany Nounkeu of Cameroon during the FIFA World Cup …