KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 – Singapore and Philippines opened their SEA Games athletics campaign on a golden note with Guillame Soh Rui Yong and Mary Joy Tabal winning their respective SEA Games men’s and women’s marathon events held at Putrajaya route on Saturday (Aug 19). Soh, 25 year-old defending champion, completed
TURKU, Aug 19 – Finnish police arrested five people in a Turku apartment overnight in their investigation into a stabbing rampage that left two people dead, they said Saturday. Police shot and wounded a knife-wielding suspect on Friday, arresting him minutes after an afternoon stabbing spree at a Turku market square. Police
HAGERSTOWN, Aug 19 – US President Donald Trump assembled his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat Friday to forge a way ahead in Afghanistan, almost 16 years after the war began. Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small
LANGKAWI, Aug 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pix) today launched the Langkawi Digital carnival 2017, an initiative to serve as a platform for the development of a digital economy in Kedah. Towards this end, various applications will be developed, including Mycribbooking for tourism and Cashless School. State Science,
LANGKAWI, Aug 19 – Langkawi will retain its duty-free status so long as the present government remains in power, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak. “I give you the commitment that we will retain the duty-free status of Langkawi … in fact, we will bring more projects to the island,”
TASEK GELUGOR, Aug 19 – The Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) should emerge from its comfort zone and be a strong opposition to win back the support of the people in the state, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Umno vice-president, who is also assuming duties of deputy
NASA on Friday launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space Station can communicate with Earth. The US$408 million (RM1.7 billion) Boeing-made Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) soared into space atop an Atlas V rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 – The ringgit will likely trade higher against the US dollar between 4.2700 and 4.2800 next week on improved sentiment towards the local unit, a dealer said. The dealer said the sentiment would be fuelled by a recovery in global oil prices, better-than-expected second quarter of 2017 (2Q17)
JOHOR BARU, Aug 19 – The Tourism and Culture Ministry fully supports the idea of making Johor the country’s southern fashion hub. Its Deputy Minister Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said it was for Johor to be the nation’s leading fashion hub, being near Singapore. “Johor can be a pioneer in the fashion
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 – Bursa Malaysia is expected to trade sideways next week, with the benchmark index moving between 1,760 and 1,780 points due to mixed market sentiment from both local and external factors. Affin Hwang Investment Bank Vice-President and Head of Retail Research Datuk Dr Nazri Khan Adam Khan said
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 19 – Traffic offenders with summonses for offences under the automated enforcement system (AES) issued since last April 15 are advised to pay their compound fines to avoid legal action. Road Transport Department (RTD) director-general Datuk Seri Nadzri Siron said prior to this, no traffic offenders with summonses for AES offences
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today lashed out at the opposition for belittling the government’s effort in the implementation of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line project. He said the project was introduced with the aim to enable the people living in urban areas to enjoy a more
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 19 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng hold a press conference today urged Barisan National (BN) should declare that they would demolish all illegal structures and hawkers in Penang to allow the people to decide who is right and has no shame. He said Gerakan President Datuk Seri
BARCELONA, Aug 19 – Spanish police Friday released the names of three Moroccans suspected of deadly terror attacks and who were shot dead overnight by security forces in the seaside resort of Cambrils. Catalonia’s regional police identified them as Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24. Police said they
BARCELONA, Aug 18 – A fourth suspect was arrested Friday over twin attacks in Spain that saw vehicles plough into pedestrians in Barcelona and the nearby seaside town of Cambrils, killing 14 and injuring over 100, police said. “A fourth person has been detained in relation with the events that have taken
BANDAR BARU, Aug 18 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today urged the people, particularly Umno members, never to let Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to be alone in facing up to the accusations levelled by the opposition political parties. Ahmad Zahid, who is an Umno vice-president also performing the duties of the
PADANG TERAP, Aug 18 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid wants the district education office and the school in which a female teacher was beaten by a Form Two student last Friday, to take stern action to ensure that such an incident will not recur. He said such an act should not have happened in
BARCELONA, Aug 18 – As Spanish police on Friday hunted for the driver who rammed a van into pedestrians on an avenue crowded with tourists in Barcelona, world leaders have condemned the attack, expressing outrage and solidarity with the victims. Spain The Spanish royal family issued an unusually strongly-worded statement: “They
ROME, Aug 18 – A man who was one of two Italians killed in the Barcelona attack died in front of his wife and two young children who narrowly escaped harm when a van ploughed into tourists. The death of Bruno Gulotta, 35, was announced by his employer, computer company Tom’s Hardware,
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 – Philippines will now host the 30th SEA Games after all. The country will now proceed with the hosting job as confirmed by Philippines Olympic Commitee president Jose Cojuangco during the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) council meeting held on the eve of the 29th SEA Games Kuala
