SANTA ROSA, Oct 11 – Firefighters battled wildfires in California’s wine region on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 15 and thousands were left homeless in neighbourhoods reduced to ashes. “The homes are gone, they are like dust,” said Jack Dixon, a personal trainer who lives in Santa Rosa, a city
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – Police confirmed the explosion at the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station construction site in Bandar Malaysia this evening was from an old unexploded bomb from the Second World War. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Amar Singh Ishar Singh confirmed the matter when contacted here last night. “From
TOKYO, Oct 10 – Japanese truck maker Hino Motors Ltd plans to build a 3,000-trucks-a-year factory in Moscow, likely investing tens of billions of yen, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The plant, Hino’s first in Russia, will begin production in 2019, the paper said, without citing its source. A
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Nationwide as at Sept this year, 259,882 of 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) units have been approved for construction, of which, 141,661 are in various stages of development. PR1MA Corporation Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias said 8,475 PR1MA units had been completed with 934 keys
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak says DAP leader Lim Kit Siang has very cleverly outmanoeuvred PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from the top post and used Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to camouflage his political intentions. “That is why
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – The DAP will continue to rule and make use of anyone, including former Umno leaders as well as friends in the opposition camp for its political survival, says Umno Information chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa. He said Lim Kit Siang’s ability to tackle political figures such
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) will ship 5,000 kg of frozen durian to Qinzhou in Guangxi, China in conjunction with the first Nanning Durian Festival 2017 from Nov 3 to 5. FAMA chairman Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin said the delivery of the fruit in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – The fresh re-election of DAP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) will be held on Nov 12 at the Ideal Convention Centre Shah Alam, Selangor. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng told a special media conference here Monday that the date had been agreed to by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) Department. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – AirAsia X announces Jeju, South Korea as its latest destination today, setting its course to commence 4 times weekly exclusive direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to the idyllic island on 12 December 2017 with promotional all-in fares from RM199 one-way. Therefore, the special promo of all-in fares
CHICAGO, Oct 9 – Galen Rupp became the first American man in 15 years to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday while Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba, a three-time Olympic champion, captured the women’s crown. It was only the fourth career start at the 42.16km distance for Rupp, who was second in April’s Boston
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 8 – The police department has sent several proposals to the government for consideration in Budget 2018 which will be tabled soon, to enhance its capabilities to fight crime in the country. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the proposal, among others, sought to improve the
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 – Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali is ignorant of the law for blaming the federal government over the demolition of three houses and two shophouses in Subang on Wednesday. Noh, who is also Selangor Umno
IPOH, Oct 8 – Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir did not say that Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng wanted to create conflict between religions. Zambry only said that it was shallow of Guan Eng to allege that Umno was anti-religion just because of the ties
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 – US President Donald Trump said Saturday that diplomatic efforts with North Korea have consistently failed, adding that “only one thing will work”. Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un, trading insults amid rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. “Presidents
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 – Shoppers at MidValley Megamall here were asked to evacuate today evening after a fire broke out on this evening, involving a convenience store at the lower ground floor at around 7pm. There were no reports of casualties and an emergency announcement was made on the PA system
LUMUT, Oct 7 – Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir today slammed Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for attempting to create conflict between religions in this country. “He (Lim Guan Eng) loves to make provocation because he is angry with Umno. The DAP also has ties with political
KEPALA BATAS, Oct 7 –The Registrar of Societies (RoS) Department agrees with the appointment of an independent body by the DAP to conduct the party’s re-election of the Central Executive Committee (CEC). Its director-general, Datuk Mohammad Razin Abdullah said the DAP had appointed the United States-based independent audit firm, Grant Thornton,
OSLO, Oct 6 – Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. More than 70 years since atomic bombs were used on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and
PASIR MAS, Oct 6 – Fifty former PAS members from Tendong state constituency today submitted their application forms to join Umno, claiming that PAS had gone haywire and drifted away from its original cause, especially after the death of its longest-serving spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. The group’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 – The High Court today fixed Nov 20 to hear the Malaysian Government’s application to strike out the suit by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his acquittal and release from prison on his sodomy conviction. Senior federal counsel Nadia Hanim Mohd Tajuddin, representing the government, told reporters that
