SEOUL (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A South Korean influencer is stirring up a hornet’s nest online with her bizarre selfies that only the most gullible will believe are actually of her in the flesh. Shasheile is seen in her photos with reality-morphing proportions: a head with a babyish, anime-looking face that is so tiny it’s...
JOHOR BARU: If DAP really wants the support of Malays through cooperation with Umno, it needs to make big changes to achieve success in GE16, says Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. The Umno supreme council member said that there was no other way to convince Malays that DAP today is different from before, apart from it being...
STOCKHOLM (AFP): The tritium concentration in wastewater being released from Japan's stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant is under expected levels and poses no risk to the population, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said on Tuesday (Aug 29). "So far we have been able to confirm that the first releases of these waters do not contain...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry minister said on Wednesday the government had no plan to substantially boost funds aimed at helping the fishing industry hit by reputation damage from the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The government currently has two such funds worth 80 billion yen ($547 million). ($1 = 146.1700...
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Fisheries Department will continue to take samples periodically to monitor the density of the Noctiluca Scintillans algae in waters off Teluk Bahang, which has been experiencing the ‘red water’ phenomenon from Saturday. In a statement, the department said it will monitor the density until the situation reaches a safe level. "Preliminary results of...
PETALING JAYA: The government should drop new amendments to the Federal Constitution as it will create a new class of stateless people, activists say. “Infants and children will be punished from birth.This proposed amendment flies in the face of the reason for its original incorporation into the Federal Constitution. This history is important,” they said in...
MUAR: Claims of PAS receiving a sum of RM90mil from Umno before the 14th General Election (GE14) caused the party to lose support from voters, says Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya. The PAS candidate for the Simpang Jeram state seat said that he could feel a significant difference in the acceptance of the people in this by-election...
THERE is a popular quote that goes, "the sea is a cruel mistress". What a lot of people don't know is that there's a second part to it: "You can love her, you can hate her, but you can never trust her." While the quote is not attributed to anyone, it has been floating around...
IPOH: A 38-year-old p-hailing rider pleaded guilty in a Magistrate's Court here Wednesday (Aug 30) to making a false bomb threat last week. Magistrate S Punitha then ordered Mohammad Nasriq Samsudin to serve a day in jail and fined him RM4,000 in default five months' jail on Wednesday (Aug 30). The charge, framed under Section 507 of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will deliver his 2023 National Day Perdana address at the Plenary Hall, Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), at 2pm today (Aug 30). The event will be televised live on local channels such as Bernama TV and Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), as well as via the Prime Minister’s and...
