BAKU (Reuters) -Two passengers on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area...
HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam will likely experience intense heatwaves and scorching weather in 2025, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has warned. Vietnam News quoted Mai Van Khiem, the centre's director, as saying that localised heavy rains, flash floods, landslides and an increased frequency of large storms were also predicted next year. He described 2024 as a challenging...
PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants are reminded to not make unnecessary excessive or overlapping loans following salary increases under the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA). Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public Service (Cuepacs) secretary-general Abdul Rahman Mohd Nordin said the SSPA should not be an incentive or excuse for civil servants to increase loans, which will...
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) aims to focus on eradicating corruption in procurement, enforcement and grand corruption to help the country's economy, reduce leakages and return misappropriated national assets and money next year. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the MACC will also carry out a transformation of the MACC structure, namely improving...
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government now requires food and beverage premises to obtain Malaysian Halal Certification before renewing business licences with local authorities. State Committee for Islamic Development chairman Mohd Asri Mat Daud said that the Kota Bharu Municipal Council-Islamic City will be the first to lead with this requirement. "Insya-Allah, other local authorities will also implement...
KANGAR: A Thai woman was fined RM9,000 by the Sessions Court here Thursday (Dec 26) after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing 34kg of subsidised packet cooking oil without a licence. Judge Sharifah Norazlita Syed Salim Idid meted out the fine, in default five months in jail, on Salmee Changwang, 49, who is an e-hailing...
JASIN: Two Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) students were killed and two others injured when their car crashed into a guardrail on the North-South Expressway. Jasin OCPD Deputy Supt Ahmad Jamil Radzi confirmed that the deceased were identified as Nurul Syafiqah Nasruddin, 19, from Kampung Ulu Rokan, Gemencheh, Negri Sembilan, and Nurhanis Afryna Azizan, 19, from...
IPOH: A 43-year-old female teacher who was reported missing since Dec 10 was found safe and sound in Teluk Intan on Thursday afternoon (Dec 26). Ipoh police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said police managed to find the woman Nur Nazalishah Ahmad at 2pm on Thursday in Teluk Intan, thanks to information from the...
Sometimes, people get along. Sometimes, they don't. A video has gone viral on social media of a few men engaging in a bit of fisticuffs at what appears to be a jetty. Did this happen in Malaysia? VERDICT: TRUE According to Semporna police, the incident took place at Kahanga Jetty around 9am on Dec 21. "The fight was due...
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Wednesday (Dec 25) sentenced a prominent Vietnamese hill tribe activist to six months in prison for illegally entering the kingdom and staying without a visa, his lawyer told AFP. Judges in Bangkok ruled in September that Y Quynh Bdap (pic) -- who has lived in exile in Thailand since 2018 --...
