KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reminded public-funded organisations not to operate like private entities in the implementation of their programmes and operations. The Prime Minister said this is to ensure there are no "excesses" that lean towards business interests, board members, or management. At the same time, the Prime Minister supported recommendations in the Auditor-General's...
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad is denying Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's claims of "saving Umno", which was the reason why he stepped down as prime minister in 2020. The former premier said he stepped down because his party, Bersatu, had lost confidence in his leadership when they rejected his advice. "Usually, when followers no...
KOTA KINABALU: A 10,000-litre tanker carrying diesel was destroyed when it caught fire in Lahad Datu district on Monday (Aug 12). No one was hurt, said the Fire and Rescue Department. According to the department, they received a call at 4:07pm alerting them to an incident on a road near Taman Palm Height. “A team of 16 from...
The boss of a charity organisation in China has been accused of seeking sexual favours from a desperate mother in exchange for donations to help her seriously ill child. A female charity worker, surnamed Zheng, who helped set up the 9958 Project under the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children, publicly accused Lei Ke, the regional...
VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian civil defense teams worked through the night removing the remains of passengers on a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. At least 21 bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning, Sao Paulo state government said, with two victims identified on site. All the...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft busters picked up a government department enforcement officer for suspicion of accepting RM120,000 in bribes to shield cigarette smuggling operations and releasing seized contraband. The suspect, a man in his 30s, was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Saturday (Aug 10) at 4pm during an operation in Sabah’s interior Keningau. “Initial investigations...
(Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will hold a news conference on Thursday afternoon at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, his first public appearance since his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Trump did not say whether the 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) session would...
TOKYO: A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday (Aug 8), triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Nine people were injured, most of them slightly, but there were no reports of serious damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centred in...
PETALING JAYA: Despite the unease among certain party members, Umno veteran Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz is insistent on staying with Muafakat Nasional, saying that the entity is merely an NGO and not a political party. Nazri also thanked Umno supreme council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zakarshi for urging him to leave Muafakat. “Thanks for the advice...
KANGAR: MPs have been warned from commenting on issues on social media despite being absent from Dewan Rakyat debates on those issues. Speaker Tan Sri Dr Johari Abdul said that such behaviour was misleading the public as it gave the impression that these MPs were present during the discussions and debates. "They are under close watch," he...
