BEIJING, Jul 10 – Floods and landslides have killed scores of people in China’s central Hunan province as two weeks of torrential rains forced 1.6 million to flee, authorities said Monday. Some 53,000 homes have collapsed while nearly 350,000 others were seriously or partially damaged after 11 straight days of rain, according
SIBU, Jul 10 – Sarawak has introduced ‘Sarawak Celebrates’ to enhance harmony among the local population. In this regard, ‘open houses’ organised by the government in conjunction with the four main celebrations in the state – Chinese New Year, Gawai Dayak, Aidilfitri and Christmas are no longer held separately but integrated as
KUALA KANGSAR, Jul 10 – The Kuala Lumpur 2017 (KL2017) torch run held in conjunction with the coming 29th SEA Games, continued in Kuala Kangsar district today, starting from Dataran Pavilion, here. Kuala Kangsar district officer Mior Muhammad Jamil Mior Zakaria, carrying the torch, began the run at 8.30am, flagged off by
PETALING JAYA, Jul 10 – Former prime minster Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad turns 92 today. His son Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir posted a picture of his father standing in front of a mural featuring himself on Facebook, and wished him happy 92nd birthday. “May you have long life and health, and continue to
SHAH ALAM, Jul 10 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the Selangor government should have provided free education at the state-controlled university such as Universiti Selangor (Unisel) had it been serious in implementing of the system. He said the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) led-government should have given an early
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 10 – Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) will finalise its deal with America’s popular online entertainment company Netflix to provide its video and movie content in Malaysia by end-August, says chairman Chiew Kok Hin. Non-profit MyIX is the first neutral internet exchange where local internet service providers and content providers
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 10 – Bursa Malaysia opened slightly lower today on lack of catalysts. The market players, however, anticipated it to rise tracking the positive Wall Street performance last week, said dealers. At 9.15am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood at 1,759.04, down 0.89 of-a-point from Friday’s close
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 10 – The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar today on the back of a firmer domestic economic data released by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) last Friday and the strengthening of the crude oil price, said a dealer. At 9.04am, the local note
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 10 – There was pandemonium in the area around the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) when a group of men suddenly “rioted” and threw bottles at the public who were in the vicinity. More than 20 men dressed in black, masked and waving red flags were in the area
PETALING JAYA, Jul 9 – Government agencies like the Registrar of Societies (ROS) needs to draw up, and stick to a SOP on the administrative decisions that have the political implications, Cenbet Board of Governors, Datuk Simon Lim Seng Chai said today. This is to avoid being accused of being a
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 9 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants all parties to stop treating women as objects and be more aware of society’s sensitivities. The Prime Minister said he regretted the incident of the poster advertisement by a petrol company of a woman which went viral recently, even though some
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 9 – DAP will seek a meeting with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) on its directive for the party to hold fresh re-election after it receives the letter officially. DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng said as of today, the party had not received any letter from the RoS
LOS ANGELES, Jul 9 – The first major wildfires after the end of California’s five-year drought raged across the state Saturday, as the state was gripped by a record-breaking heatwave. Around 2,300 firefighters were battling several blazes with triple-digit temperatures recorded in valleys and inland areas. A wildfire in the Sierra Nevada
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 8 – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement that opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was unjustly convicted for sodomy and the decision of the court was influenced by the government is shocking and comical. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said
KOTA BARU, Jul 8 – Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has criticised Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for dropping the moral issue as he tries to make up with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Umno vice-president said this was because former prime minister Mahathir had used the moral issue to sack Anwar as
TEMERLOH, Jul 8 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad must apologise openly to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim if he agrees to appoint Anwar as prime minister. Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Samsudin said Mahathir had to do so as he was responsible for sacking Anwar and imprisoning
KANGAR, Jul 8 – Muslims are not encouraged to keep dogs in the house, according to Perlis Mufti, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin. He also said that there was a hadith (saying) from the Prophet Muhammad that deemed a dog’s lick as “najis”, means unclean. “To avoid being licked by a dog
PETALING JAYA, Jul 8 – Another rabies victim has been warded at the paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) after developing symptoms related to the virus. The five-year-old girl is from one of the five villages categorised as a rabies-infected area in Serian, Sarawak. Her mother said the
HAMBURG, Jul 8 – US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was hoping for a “very powerful” trade deal with London “very, very quickly”. At a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 summit in Germany, Trump said
SEOUL, Jul 8 – US bombers carried out a rare live fire drill in South Korea Saturday, flying close to the DMZ in a show of force after Pyongyang’s latest missile test, the South’s defence ministry said. After the drill, the B-1B Lancers, deployed from the Anderson Air Base in Guam, flew
