PETALING JAYA: Police have detained an individual to assist in the investigation of the discovery of a local man's body in a bedroom at a private treatment centre in Pasir Puteh, Ipoh, on Tuesday (Dec 31). Ipoh District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, said his team received information regarding the 25-year-old victim...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A Ryanair flight bound for the Austrian capital Vienna had to land in the neighbouring Czech Republic late on Monday after encountering GPS problems and poor visibility, the company said. The Irish airline was responding to an Austrian media report that the flight from Riga had diverted to the Czech city of Brno...
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane. Onboard passenger plane fatalities this year jumped to 318 with the two recent crashes, data compiled by Cirium shows. That’s by far the highest death toll since...
JAKARTA (Agencies): Mount Ibu, located in Indonesia's North Maluku province, erupted earlier on December 31, prompting an aviation warning, according to the country's Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (VGDMC). The biggest eruption occurred at 5:18 am (local time), sending a column of ash up to three kilometres into the sky. The thick grey cloud drifted...
SINGAPORE: After days of searching, the remains of a woman, likely to be Makansutra food guide founder K.F. Seetoh’s sister-in-law, have been found near the villa in Italy’s Tuscany region where a deadly explosion took place just before Christmas. Seetoh’s elder brother, Seetoh Kwok Meng, 68, was also killed in the Dec 21 blast. His body...
BEIJING (SCMP): An elderly Chinese aunt has captured hearts online by parodying iconic scenes from classic Korean dramas with hilarious and exaggerated acting. The woman’s performances have sparked an outpouring of affection and pleas for her to continue bringing joy. In recent years, South Korean TV dramas have seen a massive surge in popularity in the West,...
IPOH: The recent Christmas celebration at the Housing and Local Government Ministry is a reflection of how the diversity of Malaysia's society is its strength and uniqueness, its Minister Nga Kor Ming tells PAS. On a statement by the Islamist party that the celebration attended by Muslims was not appropriate, Nga said all festivals were celebrated...
PUTRAJAYA: The number of dengue cases nationwide rose to 1,407 in Epidemiological Week 51 (ME51) from Dec 15 to Dec 21, up from 1,384 reported the previous week. In a statement on Friday (Dec 27), Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan confirmed two fatalities due to mosquito-borne disease complications were reported in EW51. He added...
MELAKA: Rembia state assemblyman Datuk Muhammad Jailani Khamis, who was previously part of the government bloc, has been moved to the opposition bloc, says Melaka State Assembly Speaker Datuk Ibrahim Durum. Ibrahim said the decision was made after reviewing several matters concerning Jailani's membership in PAS, following its secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan's announcement at a...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Mohd Affendi Awang (pic), a repeat khalwat (close proximity) offender, was brought to Dewan 'Aasim at Masjid Al Muktafi Billah Shah, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, here, at 2.30pm to undergo a public caning. The 42-year-old carpenter is set to receive six strokes of the cane under Section 31(a) of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Takzir) (Terengganu)...
