KUALA LUMPUR: Friends and family members have gathered at Tun Daim Zainuddin's house in Bukit Tunku here to pay their last respects. This included former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Tun Dr Hasmah Mohamad Ali arrived around 12.48pm and stayed for around half an hour. ALSO READ: Daim's remains taken home for friends, relatives...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A woman was killed on the spot when a container being transported on a trailer lorry toppled and crushed her car near Bukit Tengah here. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Lee Zi Rou, who was pronounced dead at the scene. It is learnt the woman was waiting at the Jalan Kebun Sireh-Jalan Bukit...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former senior engineering manager of a manufacturing company has been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly making false claims amounting to RM2mil. Sinar Harian reported that a source said Magistrate Izra Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued a four-day remand for the suspect after the MACC filed the application at the Putrajaya Magistrate's...
KUALA LUMPUR: A tax rate exceeding 20% will be set for individuals who earn an income of over RM100,000, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan (pic). The Finance Minister II said this in his winding-up speech on the Supply Bill 2025 debate in the Dewan Rakyat late Wednesday (Nov 13). However, he did not specify if the RM100,000...
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A lorry has crashed into a goldsmiths shop in Tanah Rata here on Wednesday. An accident occurred at around 3.30pm here on Wednesday (Nov 13), involving two lorries and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). Cameron Highlands district police chief Superintendent Azri Ramli said that initial investigations found that the vegetable-laden lorry, driven by a 29-year-old man, was travelling...
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters): The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday (Nov 12), mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area, and struck the middle of the country where more than 20 people were killed. Smoke billowed over Beirut as around a dozen strikes hit the southern suburbs starting in...
WONDERING what fun activity you could do with your friends and family this holiday season? Try challenging each other to walk in a straight line while blindfolded. Since all it takes is putting one foot in front of the other, what difference could there be if we were blindfolded, right? So, can humans walk in a straight...
Leaders from 21 Pacific economies gathering this week in Lima for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference arrive with questions on the future of multilateralism and the spectre of US president-elect Donald Trump looming over the event. This year’s meeting, with the theme “Empower. Include. Grow.” – a slogan decided long before the November 5 US...
BANGKOK: A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said on Tuesday (Nov 12). Police detained the 62-year-old man, who is being treated for wounds thought to be...
PETALING JAYA: While whistleblower protection is essential, it should only be granted after an investigation confirms the individual’s integrity, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He emphasised that for protection to be given, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) must first conduct a thorough investigation to determine whether the individual is truly “clean.” Anwar added that those...
