KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Malaysia's top court on Tuesday reinstated a corruption conviction and six-year jail sentence imposed on a former chairman of the state palm-oil plantation body, national news agency Bernama reported.
In March 2024, an appeals court had overturned a guilty verdict against Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad on nine counts of bribery for illegally receiving about 3 million ringgit ($765,000) linked to the purchase of a hotel... (continue reading...)
SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Australian government has called a meeting with gaming platform Roblox over reports of child grooming and exposure to graphic content on the platform, while a regulator said it will test whether Roblox had delivered on child-safety commitments.
Communications Minister Anika Wells said she wrote to the U.S.-listed tech firm expressing "grave concern" about reports that children were being approached by predators and... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - An earthquake hit Russia's southern Krasnodar region, officials said on Tuesday.
The mayor of the port city of Novorossiysk, Andrei Kravchenko, said that the earthquake did not cause any damage to the city's infrastructure.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said that the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8.
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
By Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL, Feb 10 (Reuters) - South Korean authorities said on Tuesday that e-commerce giant Coupang needs to fix vulnerabilities in its security systems that they blamed for causing a massive data leak at the company.
Announcing the first findings of a government-led probe into the incident, the Science Ministry blamed the leak on a former Coupang engineer, who it said was aware of vulnerabilities in the... (continue reading...)
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered has appointed Peter Burrill as interim group chief financial officer on Tuesday, replacing Diego De Giorgi, who steps down with immediate effect to pursue an external opportunity.
Burrill, who joined Standard Chartered in 2017 and is currently group-head of central finance and the deputy chief financial officer, will be based in London and report to Group CEO Bill Winters.
De Giorgi joined... (continue reading...)
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