PASIR GUDANG: An operation to contain a chemical leak at Idemitsu (M) Sdn Bhd plant at PLO 408, Jalan Pekeliling near here is still ongoing. The Johor Fire Rescue Department operation centre received an emergency call regarding the incident at 5.21pm on Wednesday (Aug 23). Pasir Gudang fire station chief Sarhan Akmal Mohamad said 14 firemen were...
BUENOS AIRES/BARILOCHE (Reuters) - A spate of looting of stores and supermarkets around Argentina has led to dozens of arrests, a possible sign of increasing volatility with inflation over 100% and a tense race to general elections in October. The looting, from southern Patagonian city Bariloche to wine region Mendoza and around capital Buenos Aires, has...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday. It is up to Ukraine to decide how it chooses to defend itself from the Russian invasion that began in February...
PUTRAJAYA: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir will undertake his maiden official visit to Iraq from Wednesday (Aug 23) to Friday (Aug 25) at the invitation of his counterpart, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Fuad Hussein. During the visit, Zambry is expected to pay...
KUANTAN: The implementation of the "Imam Al-Nawawi’s 40 Hadith" appreciation module in secondary schools is seen to help shape better moral values of the Muslim students, says Pahang Mufti Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Rahman Osman (pic). He said that the hadith should be known and studied by Muslims because it covers all aspects of life. "Matters of...
KUALA LUMPUR: A National Institute of Pre-Hospital Treatment and Disaster Medicine will be set up by the Health Ministry to ensure the delivery of the best services to the people, especially during calamities or disasters. Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic) said apart from that, the hotspot collaboration established in 2014 between the ministry, St. John...
KOTA KINABALU: Determined to avoid a red notice, the Semporna District Council is working to ensure the tourism industry in the district will not be hit by a government advisory. District Officer Alexander Liew said the financial effects will not only be felt by tourism players if the federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry issued the...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to hospital overnight, officials said on Wednesday, over concern about his heart and high blood pressure on his first night in jail following his historic return from self-exile. The latest condition of 74-year-old Thaksin, the billionaire founder of the populist juggernaut Pheu Thai, was not clear...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians in South Korea should make use of the knowledge they learn from the nation's first nationwide civil defence exercise set to take place on Wednesday (23 August), says an academic. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's (UKM) strategic studies and international relations senior lecturer Dr. Hoo Chiew Ping told Bernama that raising awareness of disaster management...
PETALING JAYA: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) applauds Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said's remark on separating the offices of the Attorney General (AG) and the Public Prosecutor (PP). "Ideas is encouraged by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms)'s remarks on separating the offices of the AG and the...
