KOTA KINABALU: A fisherman literally clung to empty jerrycans to stay afloat for over 24 hours after his boat capsized off Labuan. Ramlee Mahroff, 46, drifted some 68km from Labuan to near Pulau Tiga off Sabah’s southwestern Kuala Penyu district. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) eventually found and rescued him. He went fishing in Tanjung Aru...
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Fraud Portal (NFP), a technology-based platform to detect, verify and track fraudulent activities reported to the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) has been launched. Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan said the NFP will be able to boost the country's strategy to combat online fraud by changing the NSRC process which was...
SABAK BERNAM: The salaries of more than 21,000 Selangor civil servants will adjusted in phases in line with the announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Aug 16, says state Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. "The rate and method will be the same as those announced by the Prime Minister and we will...
BANGKOK: Newly appointed Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pic) on Monday (Aug 19) expressed her resolve to work closely with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to advance Malaysia-Thailand bilateral relations. In a post on X, Paetongtarn thanked Anwar for his congratulatory message on her appointment and highlighted the long-standing friendship between the two nations...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have launched a manhunt for seven suspects involved in an armed robbery near the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) on Monday (Aug 19). Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said that at 4.30am, a 41-year-old man claimed he suffered head and hand injuries when attacked with sticks and a machete by the...
JOHOR BARU: Johor has declared Sunday (Aug 25) a special holiday to enable its people to cheer for the Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) football club in the FA Cup final match. Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has urged the Southern Tigers fans to go to Bukit Jalil National Stadium to support the team, which will...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for an end to the continuous political squabbling over race and territories and urged finding a solution for the sake of national unity to develop the country. The Prime Minister said that if such matters can be achieved with the help of all parties, the country would see better...
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Monday (Aug 19), his first trip to the war-torn country since its conflict with Russia and about a month after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Details of the trip will be shared later in the day, the foreign ministry...
Taiwanese actor Hsuan Feng, better known as Cookie Feng, recently revealed that he fainted from heat stroke after trying to save money by not using the air conditioner. In a recent interview, Feng said his apartment would get really hot during the summer as it's located on the top floor. One day, the 30-year-old decided to skip...
TOKYO: The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday (Aug 19) it will send a probe inside a battered reactor this week for a trial removal of radioactive debris. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) aims to retrieve a tiny sample of the estimated 880 tonnes of radioactive debris that is believed to...
