PONTIAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived at Kampung Serkat here to pay his last respects to the late Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub. Anwar arrived with his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at about 11am Monday (July 24). They were greeted by Parti Amanah Negara...
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's financial crisis, which has been marked by exchange rate volatility and soaring inflation, should start abating in November and December, with large foreign currency inflows from the wheat harvest, cabinet chief Agustin Rossi told Reuters on Friday. Argentina's prolonged financial crisis has been aggravated by a ferocious drought that reduced crucial...
Hong Kong national security police are investigating family members of fugitive unionist Mung Siu-tat in the latest move against eight wanted activists, the Post has learned. A source on Thursday said officers had two days ago raided the family’s home in Sha Tin and escorted Mung’s older brother as well as his wife and son to...
When the first official royal portrait of the Princess of Wales was unveiled to the public a decade ago, Catherine was typically polite, describing Paul Emsley’s efforts as ‘brilliant, absolutely amazing’. The critics were less kind, however, condemning it as ‘ghastly...rotten... an out-and-out disaster’ in one case. Another remarked, acidly: ‘It’s only saving grace is that it’s not...
GEORGE TOWN: A crimson fire engine stood out among the roughly 40 vehicles that took part in the Kembara Merdeka and Jalur Gemilang 2023 convoy at the Esplanade. A sea of Jalur Gemilang could also be seen being waved by participants here as the state launched the National Month and Fly Jalur Gemilang 2023 campaign yesterday. The...
GEORGE TOWN: Last Sunday was like any other wet weekend for Kpl Arif Mohamed as he and his partner patrolled the streets near the Cecil Street market to ensure traffic moved smoothly. That was when the 54-year-old senior policeman and Kons Mohammad Saiful Sudirman saw an elderly woman, with two quad canes in her hands, struggling...
IPOH: A nine-year-old pupil is so fearful of having a ceramic toilet fall on her again that she wants a friend to accompany her to the school loo. Nur Alisha Adawiyah Mohd Yusri, from SK Perpaduan, said she was scared after the falling cistern hit her head and shoulder. “I’m a bit afraid now and I will...
PETALING JAYA: The world’s first hydrogen-powered tram, developed in China, is on its way from its production site in Hunan province to Malaysia where it will be a prototype for Kuching’s urban transport system. It will be shipped from Shanghai to be used as part of Kuching’s autonomous rapid transit (ART) system, China Global Television Network...
PETALING JAYA: Following an incident where Matt Healy, frontman of British band The 1975, slammed Malaysia’s LGBT laws and kissed his male bandmate Ross MacDonald on stage during their performance at the Good Vibes Festival, the organisers have been summoned to explain the incident. Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil quote-tweeted mStar’s report on the incident,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Voters in the six state elections should reject politicians who are cruel to the people, such as being involved in corruption, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Pakatan Harapan chairman said he had never taken any government contracts nor provided special allowances to his wife or children during his service as the...
