KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit reached an 18-month high today, driven by concerns of a potential recession in the United States, said an analyst. At 6 pm, the ringgit strengthened to 4.3805/3850 against the US dollar, marking its best performance since Feb 14, 2023. On Friday (Aug 16), the ringgit closed at 4.4295/4350 against the greenback. Bank Muamalat Malaysia...
LONDON (Reuters) - British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after a luxury yacht was struck by a violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, a person familiar with the rescue operation said. (Reporting by Paul Sandle and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate Holton)
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager drowned while swimming in a river along the Ranau-Sandakan road, on Monday (Aug 19) evening. The 13-year-old identified as Nerlyne Christine Januai was reported to be having an outing with some relatives and friends when the incident occurred around 4pm. According to the Sabah Fire and Rescue operations room, the victim was last...
JOHOR BARU: A man has testified in the High Court that his son's myokymia was a result of the Sungai Kim Kim toxic waste pollution in March 2019, and was not a pre-existing health condition. Idham Wazir A Wahab, 53, said according to the health report, his son, Irfan Wafiy, 17, was diagnosed with asthma at...
PETALING JAYA: Rozaid Abdul Rahman (pic), the media and strategic communications director for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has passed away. He started working with the Prime Minister on May 23, 2023. Rozaid, 59, was suffering from a heart condition and was recuperating at his house in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya until his death at 7pm on Sunday (Aug...
JAKARTA: A senior aide to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has denied an allegation that the outgoing president had resorted to using law enforcement agencies to intimidate politicians within and outside of his government into supporting his agendas. Coordinator of President Jokowi's special aides Ari Dwipayana said in a press statement published on Saturday (Aug 17) that...
ISLAMABAD: (Bernama-dpa) Pakistani authorities are continuing their search operation on Sunday (Aug 18) to rescue three Russian climbers who went missing on Gasherbrum IV - the 17th highest mountain on earth, reported German news agency (dpa). A five-member team of Russian climbers led by Sergei Nilov, who survived a tragic accident last summer, was on a...
BANGKOK: Two people were killed and two injured when a jet ski collided with a long-tail boat on Saturday (Aug 17) night in the Chao Phraya River. The accident occurred between Rama III and the Phra Pradaeng shore, near the Bang Kra Jao Pier. Rescuers found a damaged jet ski, and two injured women, identified as a...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming weeks. Paetongtarn, 37, becomes Thailand's youngest prime minister just days after ally Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by the Constitutional Court, a judiciary...
KUALA NERANG: Receding water levels at Pedu Lake have exposed an old cemetery in Kampung Mong Gajah. This has allowed approximately 300 next-of-kin from the village, as well as local residents, to visit the graves and hold prayers for those interred there. According to Ismail Md Daud, 62, his late grandfather is among those buried in the...
