PUTRAJAYA: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has called for the Malaysia Government Call Centre (MyGCC) to record data on the number of calls and questions received from the public regarding the newly implemented targeted diesel subsidy system. Speaking to the media after the ministry's monthly assembly for June on Tuesday (June 11), he said the data will...
KUALA LUMPUR: A note pleading for help led to the rescue of a 21-year-old Indonesian maid who had been locked up on the balcony of a condominium in Petaling Jaya. Only given a pillow and a mattress, the victim suffered whenever it rained. Her anguish ended when a team from Bukit Aman CID Anti-Trafficking in Persons and...
JEDDAH: The government of Saudi Arabia is ready to consider expanding the implementation of the Mecca Route initiative to other countries interested in providing comfort to pilgrims performing the haj pilgrimage. According to Saudi Arabia's director-general of Passports, Lt General Sulaiman al Yahya, his side has also started studying requests from other countries, applying for the...
KOTA KINABALU: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil was granted an audience by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin at Istana Seri Kinabalu here Monday (June 10) to present the instrument of royal invitation to the Coronation of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia. Fahmi, who is also the chairman of the Special Committee...
AYUTTHAYA: A 36-year-old elephant named Pang Jamjuree gave birth to male and female calves in Ayutthaya province on the night of June 7, in what is believed to be the world’s first twin elephants of different sexes. An official at Royal Elephant Kraal Village in Ayutthaya’s Suan Prik sub-district said on June 8 that the male...
A professionally done portrait can cost more than RM10,000, and that does not even account for additional travel expenses or inconveniences. The hope to have a high-quality, professionally taken photo often remains out of reach for many people due to the excessive costs and logistical challenges. A professional portrait setup is rarely portable, and accessibility becomes an...
Nick Cannon, television host and polarizing procreator, has secured a US$10mil (RM47mil) insurance policy for his testicles. The father of 12 — who notably welcomed five children with five different women in 2022 — said the valuation means he can self-proclaim the title of "Most Valuable Balls." The designation even comes with its own trophy. "Haters say...
BANGKOK: Despite claiming a strong defence in its dissolution case, the Move Forward Party is eying three candidates – two MPs and an academic – to lead a new party if it is dissolved by the Constitutional Court. According to party sources, Move Forward’s core members are now pondering who should lead the party’s next incarnation...
KELANA JAYA: National football coach Kim Pan-gon (pic) has urged his Harimau Malaya players to score at least seven goals against Taiwan in their final World Cup 2026-Asian Cup 2027 second-round qualifying match at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Tuesday (June 11). In the pre-match press conference at Wisma FAM, the South Korean coach...
TOKYO: As a child actor, Kirato Wakayama was one of Japan’s most recognisable faces, tarring in historical epics, the Kamen Rider superhero series, and the 2014 live-action remake of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service. Now a young adult at 20, he is behind bars awaiting trial over his alleged role in the gruesome double...
