ALOR STAR, May 27 – It’s the first day of Ramadan, and the price of chicken here has increased to RM8.50 per kg, up from the previous RM7.80. A survey at the Alor Star Market found that most traders had no choice but to raise the price saying it was due to
PUTRAJAYA, May 27 – The public is advised to stop using seven cosmetic products detected to contain scheduled poisons and to immediately seek advice from health professionals if they experience any discomfort from using these products. In a statement today, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the products involved
LONDON, May 27 – British Airways has canceled all flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports as a global IT failure caused severe disruption for travellers. The airline says it has suffered a “major IT systems failure”. BA says terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick have become extremely congested and it is cancelling all
PUTRAJAYA, May 27 – Ten individuals including two district police chiefs who were remanded to assist in corruption cases involving the collection of money from illegal gambling centre and massage parlour operators around Malacca were released on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail. The police personnel included two district police chiefs serving
COLOMBO, May 27 – Flooding and landslides killed at least 100 people and left another 102 missing in Sri Lanka as the monsoon set in Friday, dumping record rainfall in many parts of the island, authorities said.The official Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported that over 60,000 people were driven out of
KOTA KINABALU, May 27 – Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah (Harapan Rakyat) opposes the use of the abbreviation ”Harapan” for any political organisation apart from the party in this country as it could confuse the people in Sabah. Its president, Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, however, said the party would not oppose the
KHOST, May 27 – A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP a public bus station was hit by the bombing, but local police
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 – Lego Malaysia today created history when it becomes the first company in Asia to produce four new mini builds featuring the wonders of Malaysian culture. Lego Malaysia Senior Marketing Manager Jacob Leighton Rennison said it was a historic moment for them as they had never developed
After a painful first-quarter miss, Snap, the parent company of the popular social app Snapchat, is looking to avoid the same fate in the second. According to Digiday, Snap is working to drive new and increased business ahead of the end of its second quarter. To do so, the company is said to
COLOMBO, May 27 – Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in Sri Lanka Saturday as the monsoon-related death toll reached 100 and authorities warned of more flooding in low-lying areas. A ship carrying medical supplies docked in Colombo, sent by India to help deal with the worst flooding in the island’s
LONDON, May 27 – British police said they arrested two more people during raids on Saturday in connection with the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a Manchester pop concert. The arrests of the two men, aged 20 and 22, bring to 11 the number of suspects held in Britain over
SINGAPORE, May 27 – The Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) today seized 5,000 cartons of smuggled cigarettes from a Malaysia-registered truck at the Tuas Checkpoint. In a statement here, the ICA said its officers had noticed anomalies in the scanned images of the truck which was conveying a consignment declared as
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 – The High Court here today set Aug 1 to hear the application for a judicial review filed by Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and Muhammad Zahid Md Arip to challenge the decision to classify the Auditor-General’s report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) as
TAORMINA, May 26 – US President Donald Trump said Friday the “problem” of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be “solved”, as he met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7 summit. “It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem,” he said in the Sicilian town of
MANCHESTER, May 26 – British police investigating the Manchester Arena bombing made a new arrest Friday while continuing to search addresses associated with the attacker who killed 22 people. Seven other men are in custody in connection with Monday’s blast, all are being held on suspicion of offenses violating the Terrorism Act.
MIRI, May 26 – Former Bukit Aman (federal police) Criminal Investigation Department Special Task Force On Organised Crime (STAFOC) assistant director I (Intelligence), ACP Lim Meng Seah has been appointed as the new Miri police chief. Lim, 54, from Taiping, Perak, is taking over from ACP Khoo Leng Huat who goes on
WASHINGTON, May 26 – Donald Trump’s administration is pledging a Supreme Court showdown over his travel ban after a federal appeals ruled that the ban “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination”. Citing the president’s duty to protect the country from terrorism, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 – As many as 61% of the 12,926 sexual crime cases reported over the past three years involved children, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim. She said this situation was serious as the children would grow up with negative psychological effects. “The
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 – The I.Seoul.U Concert in Kuala Lumpur received overwhelming response with more than five thousand fans featuring 3 acts from the biggest K-pop company, SM Entertainment, including Yesung from Super Junior, Red Velvet and NCT127 which happened at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on the 23rd of May. The
ALOR STAR, May 26 – The Kedah government today provided about 1,000 water tanks with a capacity of 900 litres to residents who faced frequent water disruptions in the state. State Housing and Local Government, Water Resources, Water Supply and Energy Committee chairman Datuk Badrol Hisham Hashim said the approach was also
