Author - James Lim

Negri Sembilan introduces ‘Perpatih’ rice to meet local needs

NILAI: The Negri Sembilan government on Thursday (Aug 1) introduced its own rice brand named 'Perpatih' to meet local demand and further develop the rice industry in the state, said senior exco Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias. Jalaluddin, who is also the State Agriculture, Food Security and Cost of Living Committee chairman, said the rice supply is...

30 dead, dozens missing after torrential rain in central China

BEIJING: Torrential rains in China have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more missing, state media said on Thursday (Aug 1), as the country grinds through another summer of extreme weather. Confirmation of the deaths came the same day that weather authorities said July was China's hottest month since records began six decades ago. China...

Dr Wee congratulates Malaysian shuttlers for advancing in the Olympics

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong joined Malaysians in a chorus of congratulations for the nation's badminton players over their wins on Thursday (Aug 1). Taking to Facebook, the MCA president shared his joy over the nation's Olympians. "Yet another good news from the badminton courts at the Paris 2024 Olympics. "The Malaysian men's doubles pair,...

Commercial licensing going online with i-SPKP from Aug 19, says Apad

PUTRAJAYA: All applications for any change to condition (modification) and renewal of permits must be made through the online Commercial Vehicle Licensing System (i-SPKP) with effect from Aug 19, the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) announced. In a statement on Thursday (Aug 1), the agency said it will temporarily suspend the application process at all counters...

UK PM Starmer condemns far-right for violence after Southport killings

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned far-right demonstrators after outbreaks of violence in London and elsewhere following the killing of three young girls in Southport, northwest England. "As far as the far-right is concerned, this is coordinated, this is deliberate," he told a press conference, referring to the violent clashes this week. "This is...

Vadim Krasikov, the Russian hitman sprung from German jail in prisoner swap

BERLIN (Reuters) - Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin. The brazenness of the murder, committed a few minutes'...

Olympics-Shooting-Martinez eyes LA return to where it all started

CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) - For each of the 40 years since Leonel Martinez competed in the 1984 Olympics, his memories of Los Angeles have got sweeter. His photographs faded and his exploits became an ever more distant memory as he founded a business and started a family back in his Venezuelan home of Ciudad Ojeda. What...

Thousands join funeral prayers for Ismail Haniyeh in several states

KUALA LUMPUR: Mosques in the country on Thursday (Aug 1) held funeral prayers in absentia for Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. In addition to mosques under the supervision of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi), the funeral prayers were...

Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child images charges

Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children. The 62-year-old - who resigned from the BBC in April on "medical advice", six months after he was arrested - faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and...