PETALING JAYA: Many political parties, including DAP, have collaborated with PAS in the past, and it is hypocritical to criticise MIC for being open to working with the Islamist party, says an MIC leader. MIC national strategic officer Datuk Thinalan T Rajagopalu said Malaysian political history showed that DAP had worked with PAS previously and even...
KAJANG: A local woman who is suspected of being a taxi tout and was arrested by the Selangor Road Transport Department (JPJ) following a viral video of a foreign tourist being cheated, is believed to have been operating in a group. Selangor JPJ director Azrin Borhan said the information was obtained after questioning the suspect in...
URUMQI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Each autumn, the streets of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region come alive with the sight of bright red pomegranates, long cherished as one of the local people's favorite fruits. During President Xi Jinping's 2014 visit to the region, a Uygur resident shared with him the belief that people of different...
LONDON (Reuters) -Several charities said on Monday they had cut their links with Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York, after media reports that she had described the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a "supreme friend" in an email. According to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, Ferguson, 65, the ex-wife of King Charles' brother, Prince Andrew,...
NIBONG TEBAL: The Communications Ministry will seek Google's assistance to investigate lewd video email threats recently targeting several elected representatives. Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the emails are believed to have been sent by the same individual. "In fact, just a few hours ago, I was informed that I, too, had received such an email two days...
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said people have a right to peaceful protest after more than 100,000 demonstrators joined an anti-immigration march through London on Saturday, but he condemned assaults on police and said Britain was built on tolerance and diversity. Far-right activist Tommy Robinson organised a march attended by around 110,000 people on...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk. Leo, originally from Chicago, also spoke about the United Nations, his decades working as a missionary in...
IPOH: Police will seek assistance from Wisma Putra and Interpol to locate suspects believed to be involved in the shooting of a police officer and the discovery of a woman's body inside a car on Sept 7. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the main suspect had yet to be apprehended, while...
KOTA BARU: Roads leading into Kelantan are badly congested, with some road users taking 28 hours to travel to the state. A TikTok user, Jihh, shared his experience of the unusually long journey from Sungai Buloh, Selangor to Pasir Mas on TikTok on Saturday (Sept 13). "I drove for 28 hours from Sungai Buloh to Pasir Mas,"...
MELAKA: The Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB) has called for immediate action to resolve frequent flooding at Bazar Kraftangan, Dataran Pahlawan Megamall Melaka, particularly during the rainy season. MBMB Mayor Datuk Shadan Othman said the recurring floods disrupt daily operations and affect the livelihoods of handicraft traders and micro-entrepreneurs in the area. He attributed the issue to faulty...
