MILAN, Jul 7 – A five-story apartment block has collapsed near the southern Italian city of Naples, and authorities are working to find anyone who may have been trapped. Firefighters told Sky TG24 that six or seven people are believed to be buried in the rubble in the town of Torre
PETALING JAYA, Jul 7 – A Delta Airlines flight made a turn back soon after takeoff from Seattle to Beijing on Thursday night after a passenger attempted to enter the cockpit, CNN reported today. Citing two people familiar with the incident, it said three people were injured in the incident aboard Delta
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 7 – Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. “Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated,” Microsoft said
HONG KONG, Jul 7 – Hong Kong customs officials said Thursday they have seized more than $9 million worth of ivory this week in the city’s biggest haul in 30 years. Customs officers discovered 7,200kg of elephant tusks on Tuesday in a shipment from Malaysia that had been labelled as frozen fish,
PETALING JAYA, Jul 7 – The deaths of two children in Serian after getting infected with rabies could have been avoided. Their family just didn’t have RM40 to seek medical attention at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) fast enough. Monica Mazlan, six, was bitten on her heel while her brother Jackson Mazlan,
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jul 7 – Terengganu Entrepreneur Tunas Association (Patut) said the government’s move to exempt Malaysians from paying the tourism tax at three-star rated hotels downwards will be a boost to industry players, which are mostly dependent on local tourists. Its president Amir Hakimin Che Razali said the positive move
PETALING JAYA, Jul 7 – A team of investigators from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have said they believe they may have found the wreckage of the MH370 plane. The Boeing 777 jet vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people
TOKYO, Jul 7 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it has been conferred the 2017 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Integrated Biometrics Solutions for Public Safety Leadership Award. The award recognizes NEC for its technical leadership and growth performance in 2016 in Asia Pacific for the Biometrics solutions
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 7 – Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has called on all party members taking part in the Umno Divisional Delegates Meeting beginning tomorrow to close ranks to achieve the objectives of the party’s struggles. Najib, who is also the Prime Minister, wanted all delegates to grab the
Pokémon GO has been updated today with new features including a special Pikachu wearing Ash’s hat, a limited time Anniversary box, and more as Niantic and The Pokémon Company continue to celebrate the game’s one year anniversary. The latest limited time event runs from today through July 24 at 1 PM
HONG KONG, Jul 7 – China’s sole aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong for the first time Friday in a display of military might less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping. Xi’s trip marked 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain, and
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 7 – “Op Selamat 2017” conducted in conjunction with Aidilfitri has been deemed a success, showing a record drop in the number of road deaths, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. He said during the 15-day operation, fatal accidents dropped by 12% to 239 cases compared
Instagram is today adding new functionality to its Stories feature that will allow users to reply with photos and videos. Head below to learn how to use the new feature. Replies in stories allow for fun, in-the-moment conversations with your friends no matter where they are. Today’s update makes those
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 6 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was no more. He said there is no Pakatan Rakyat anymore. He told this in a press conference after attending the Penang Development Corporation Aidilfitri ‘open house’ here. Lim’s statement came a day after Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that Selangor would continue to be governed
LUSAKA, Jul 6 – President Edgar Lungu has invoked Article 31 of the Zambian Constitution to proclaim a state of public emergency in the country following recent acts of sabotage and arson. Lungu, in announcing proclamation of the emergency here Wednesday, told the media that he had also referred the matter to
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 6 – The number of microcephaly cases caused by the Zika virus in Brazil has fallen, with 322 cases confirmed by May 20 among newborns, China’s Xinhua news agency reported the Brazilian Ministry of Health as saying on Wednesday. The data shows that while new cases are
YAN, Jul 6 – Muslims in this country are urged to understand the procedure and limitations of rearing or holding a dog to avoid a confusion on the faith as well as the thinking and views among Muslims themselves. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this was because the animal is categorised
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 6 – Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has sued a newspaper publishing company and an editor over three articles on protected turtle eggs served at a dinner function in Sabah which he attended two years ago. The High Court here today set July 11 for case management. Ismail Sabri, as the plaintiff,
SHAH ALAM, Jul 6 – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) arrested nine Chinese nationals on suspicion of illegal sand dredging in Klang waters yesterday. Klang MMEA director Capt (M) Abu Zaki Mohammad said those arrested were the skipper and crew members of the vessel “Xin Zhou 1”, aged from 41 to
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 6 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was no more. He said there is no Pakatan Rakyat anymore. He told this in a press conference after attending the Penang Development Corporation Aidilfitri ‘open house’ here. Lim’s statement came a day after Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that Selangor would continue to be governed
