PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 – The Federal Court has allowed Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to appeal against a lower court ruling that previously rejected his bid to defend himself in a RM100 million defamation suit by citing Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II conviction. Khairy’s lawyer Tan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 – The Bukit Aman Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) seized eight packets of syabu or methamphetamine weighing 37.3kg valued at RM4 million that was smuggled into the country through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) cargo terminal, yesterday. Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director, Datuk Seri Noor Rashid
CANADA, Oct 20 – The need to protect wild baby salmon was key in the delay in a study by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) on whether to approve the Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG’s proposed US$11 billion (RM36 billion) export terminal, reported The Globe and Mail. The Canadian newspaper reported that
GEORGETOWN, Oct 20 – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri cannot run and hide from her responsibility over the Datuk Ibrahim Ali Bible-burning controversy, DAP said. Secretary-general Lim Guan Eng took the embattled de facto law minister to task today for saying she had only read out the decision
BUSAN, Oct 20 – The main challenge in growing the digital economy is no longer the infrastructure, but the development of a country’s workforce and its capability to maximise that infrastructure, said Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He made this point when addressing delegates from 52
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 – A 13-year-old boy with dyslexia has filed a suit against the director of the Malaysian Examinations Board and the government for negligence in the handling of this year’s Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) examination papers, some of which he had to resit. K. Mangala Bhavani filed the
AFRICAN, Oct 20 – It’s been 42 days since the last new case. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts. The milestone came at about 11 a.m. local time, or 6 a.m., E.T. The
SHAH ALAM, Oct 20 – Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali has urged the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) to clarify the advise of the Attorney-General’s office about revealing the water agreement to the public. According to Azmin, revealing the agreement to the public should be allowed because it did not
As promised, Apple has released its iOS 8.1 update, which brings back the much-missed Camera Roll, enables Apple Pay on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices and adds support for sending text messages from your Mac. With iOS 8.1, you can test the iCloud Photo Library beta. You can find the 117MB download
JAKARTA, Oct 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Sunday afternoon to attend the swearing-in of Joko Widodo as Indonesia’s new president here tomorrow. The special aircraft carrying Najib, who was also accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, landed at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport here at
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 19 – Two fishermen feared drowned after a boat is believed to have sunk in the waters near Pantai Jerejak, here, just now. Small boat carrying two men believed to have sunk after a leak while fishing around 2.50pm yesterday. Region Marine Police Commander (1) Penang, Assistant
HONG KONG, Oct 19 – Assault by the police on Friday cleared “dismantle” the temple of Mong Kok, to reproduce the assembly area at night, adjourned incense. At 9 pm, the center is located in the Outer Banks Nathan street, nickname “Hobbit” rallies people, remove wooden tables, for the fruit and
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 – Education is a basic human right in shaping the future and producing holistic individuals with the right values, competency and skills, said the Education Ministry’s secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad. Emphasising that education was vital in shaping the future of a society, she said it was imperative
BANGI, Oct 19 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today laid down the methods the federal government needed to employ to ensure success in the 14th General Election. The Umno vice-president said he had been observing the methods carried out by the parties outside Barisan Nasional (BN) and realised that
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 – “Amazing, different, fantastic”, these are among compliments of foreign tourists met at Malaysia Unesco Day 2014 celebration at Dataran Merdeka here, Sunday. Tourists were seen streaming to the area as early as 10 am to witness the country’s unique heritage, cultural performances, traditional games and sample popular
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 – Datuk Seri Najib Razak today called on non-government organisations (NGOs) to follow the example of the MyNadi Foundation which spent just six per cent of its funding on administration costs. The prime minister said the foundation, set up to raise the living standards of the Indian community,
UNITED KINGDOM, Oct 19 – A huge Ebola scare was launched at a UK hospital this weekend after a man who returned from Africa arrived at A&E complaining of a fever. Doctors launched a full-scare alert after the unidentified man turned up at Colchester Hospital feeling unwell. The man – believed to be
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 19 – Last minute shoppers are enjoying massive discounts as traders engage themselves in a price war to attract customers with just two more days to go before Hindus celebrate Deepavali. Traders have also extended their business hours, some even up to midnight, for the benefit of customers to
BERLIN, Oct 19 – Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency has concluded that pro-Russian rebels are to blame for the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukraine in July, Der Spiegel weekly reported today, the first European agency to say so. The crash over pro-Russian rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 – In order to be more effective, the public sector must periodically review and refine approaches to governance, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He emphasised that effective governance arrangements and practices were important in enabling a strong, sustainable and accountable public service. It would also position
