SUNGAI PETANI, Jul 4 – Users of social media must scrutinise the validity of information received before disseminating it so that others will not capitalise on the concern shown by members of the public who want to offer aid, said Tanjung Dawai State Assemblyman Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain. Tajul Urus,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 4 – The High Court today extended further the period of the interim injunction granted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to prevent Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua Kiam Wee from continuing to slander him in a video clip uploaded on Facebook. Counsel Gobind Singh Deo,
TOKYO, Jul 4 – A typhoon slammed into Japan on Tuesday, grounding dozens of flights, injuring at least three people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings on fears of landslides and floods. Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in Nagasaki on the southwestern main island of Kyushu, packing winds of up to
PETALING JAYA, Jul 4 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India has applied to a special court in Mumbai for permission to lawfully seize some properties of controversial preacher Zakir Naik in Malaysia. “We have moved the court seeking issuance of Letters Rogatory (LR) to attach some properties of Naik, which
YOTSUKAIDO, Jul 4 – A 67-year-old former policeman with the world’s biggest Hello Kitty collection has become the envy of little girls everywhere with a quarter of a million dollars worth of moon-faced memorabilia. Masao Gunji, who spent his working life on the trail of hardened criminals, now spends his retirement
MUNICH, Jul 3 – Up to 18 people were feared dead after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck in southern Germany on Monday, police said. There was “only a glimmer of hope” that some of them would be found alive outside the
SINGAPORE, Jul 3 – “Suing my own brother and sister in court will further besmirch my parents’ names. At the end of the day, we are brothers and sister, and we are all our parents’ children,” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his ministerial statement on “Alleged Abuse of
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 3 – The KL 2017 Torch Run in view with the 29th SEA Games and ninth Para Asean Games this year has reached Penang island. Six swimmers led by Insp. Adni Shaari brought the torch and swam across the 3.5km channel from Pulau Jerejak. They started 6.30am and
LANGKAWI, Jul 3 – Langkawi is the first district in Kedah and the third in the country to implement the “Address For All” project which will determine residential addresses through the smart technology system. Langkawi District Officer Isahak Murat said today, the project, a joint-venture between Pos Malaysia Bhd, the Malaysian
PADANG RENGAS, Jul 3 – The Aidilfitri celebration in this country is one way foreign tourists get to view Malaysian culture, said Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz. At the same time, he said, it also fostered harmonious relations between the diverse races in the country, thus
TOKYO, Jul 3 – A chastened Japanese Prime Minister vowed Monday to win back public support after his party suffered a historic drubbing in local elections that media chalked up to growing arrogance and analysts said threatened his continued hold on power. The Sunday polls, in which Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic
BEIJING, Jul 3 – Chinese President Xi Jinping told US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that bilateral relations were “affected by some negative factors”, state media said following a series of US actions that angered Beijing. Xi said in a phone call that Sino-US relations “have achieved important results” since the
SINGAPORE, Jul 3 – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was set to face questions at a special sitting of parliament on Monday over whether he had abused his power in a dispute with his brother and sister over what to do with their late father’s house. The bad blood between
KULAI, Jul 3 – An illegal factory store believed to have been used to store illegal fireworks caught fire this evening, resulting in loud sounds of explosions and firework-sparks in the Saleng Industrial area, Senai, near here. Bandar Baru Kulai Fire and Rescue station chief Solleh Nasir said that the department
PETALING JAYA, Jul 2 – Kim Han Sol, the son of Kim Jong Nam, had pleaded with the Malaysian authorities not to turn over his father’s body to North Korea following his assassination in February. The body of Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was repatriated
TOKYO, Jul 2 – Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative party was set for a major defeat in the Tokyo assembly election Sunday, exit polls showed, as he struggles with a series of setbacks and scandals that have driven down his popularity at the national level. Former TV anchorwoman Yuriko
KOTA KINABALU, Jul 2 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Salleh Tun Said Keruak says the government has already entrusted the National Security Council (NSC) with monitoring any cyber security threat in the country. He said NSC which was represented by numerous agencies from various ministries was entrusted with
DÜSSELDORF, Jul 2 – Geraint Thomas admitted he won’t know where to ride in the peloton on Sunday as he wears the coveted Tour de France yellow jersey for the first time. The 31-year-old Briton was a surprise winner of Saturday’s first stage time-trial in Dusseldorf and will look to hold onto
CYBERJAYA, Jul 2 – Rubik’s Cube fans usually like to test their speed in finishing the game, but one 24-year-old enthusiast prefers to create mosaic patterns based on the concept. The idea came to Nur Zakirah Zahran following her interest in the game eight years ago, initially to test her mental prowess.
WASHINGTON, Jul 2 – President Donald Trump defended his aggressive use of Twitter on Saturday just hours after firing off his latest volley in his escalating feud with US media. Following an early morning Twitter tirade at CNN, NBC and a morning show host he taunted as “dumb as a rock”, the
