KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian football, still reeling from the violent attacks on national players, suffered another blow after a video clip of players fighting during a 2024 Youth Cup match went viral. The incident occurred during a Group A match between Melaka FA and Sri Pahang FC at the Hang Tuah Stadium in Melaka on Sunday. The 44-second...
KOTA KINABALU: A man died after falling from a building on Jalan Apas in Tawau. According to Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin, the victim – whose identity had yet to be ascertained – was naked. Prior to the incident at noon on Sunday (May 12), the victim was reportedly seen wandering in front of a fast...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP): A light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear Monday after circling an Australian airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel. The pilot, Peter Schott, and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked unaided from the twin-turboprop Beechcraft Super King Air after landing at Newcastle...
KUALA LUMPUR: There has been an outpouring of support and well-wishes for acid attack victim Faisal Halim, including from Manchester United stars Andre Onana and Alejandro Garnacho. In a 26-second video posted on various platforms, Manchester United players wished Faisal Halim a speedy recovery from the attack on May 5 which left the Selangor FC winger...
HULU SELANGOR: The turnout for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election recorded 55.79% as of 4pm, according to the Election Commission (EC). The voting process at 17 polling stations is still going on in the rain and the polling stations will close at 6pm. Before this, the polling station at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Bukit Fraser which had...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two more local men have been detained in connection with the firebombing of an entertainment outlet on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng early Thursday morning (May 9). Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said both suspects, aged 25 to 28, were detained on Saturday (May 11). "The latest arrests bring the total of...
NEW YORK: AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe. "As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of...
KOTA KINABALU: A man with 33 drug and criminal offences on his record was among two suspected burglars arrested in connection with a sundry shop break-in at Sabah's east coast Tawau district. Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the two suspects, aged 39 and 19, were caught in separate operations in the district on Tuesday...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has listed seven reasons in its appeal petition in the RM150mil graft case involving Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Zizie Ezette Abdul Samad. In the petition filed on May 3, the prosecution contended that the High Court judge had erred in his exercise of revisionary powers when...
NEW YORK (Reuters): A US judge on Monday (May 6) formally ended the US government's criminal case against Goldman Sachs related to the Wall Street bank's work for the Malaysian fund 1MDB after it met its obligations and paid US$2.9bil (RM13.7bil) in penalties. Chief Judge Margo Brodie of the federal court in Brooklyn dismissed a bribery...
