MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. officials agreed to keep border crossings open, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday, after several key rail crossings were temporarily shuttered due to high numbers of migrants arriving at the shared border. "This agreement has been reached, the rail crossings and the boarder bridges are already...
KUALA LUMPUR: The people have the right to know about the RM700mil expenditure on advertising and publicity spent by the two previous governments, says Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. Through a post on X on Thursday (Dec 28), he said it was a significant expenditure. "The people have the right to know how this RM700mil was spent, whether...
KUANTAN: Three higher learning institution students and a school boy suspected of riding their motorcycles dangerously on the Ahmad Shah Bridge of the East Coast Expressway (LPT1) were detained on Wednesday (Dec 27). Temerloh district police chief ACP Mazlan Hassan said police tracked down the motorcycles and detained the suspects, aged between 15 and 22, at...
KUALA LUMPUR: It has been almost 10 years since Sangkari Pranthaman’s brother has been in prison in Singapore and in that time, she has only held his hands twice. Both occasions were marked by extreme emotion at both ends of the spectrum. The first time was crushing heartbreak when she heard the court convict and sentence...
KOTA TINGGI: A 49-year-old man who went missing while swimming off Desaru Coast here has been found dead. Penawar Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Masri Ibrahim said the victim's body was found at 5.30am on Thursday (Dec 28). "The body was found about 5km from where he was last seen and the victim was identified by...
2023 Attention everyone! Starting next year, some residential users will need to pay more for electricity! Effective January 1st - June 30th next year According to Sin Chew Daily, from January 1 to June 30, 2024, residential users with high electricity consumption will no longer need to pay the Imbalance Cost Pass-through Mechanism (ICPT) surcharge, but...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia football coach Kim Pan-gon wants all Harimau Malaya players to play with full passion as they will carry the nation’s name on the international stage in the Asian Cup Finals in Qatar next month. The South Korean said it is also his dream to go to the main stage of the showpiece tournament...
PETALING JAYA: Partnering each other in November 2016 saved Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Lai Jemie’s careers from early retirements and the pair could be in a similar situation currently after their constant struggles on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tour this year. Ranked as high as world No. 6 in mid year, the pair have...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong (pic) will have to be at his sharpest to prevail in two back-to-back first-round openers against Japan’s Koki Watanabe at the Malaysian and Indian Opens. Tze Yong is down to face Watanabe in the home tourney from Jan 9-14 before clashing again in New Delhi from Jan 16-21. World...
BUTTERWORTH: A single mother pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday(Dec 27) to 29 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving more than RM350,000 belonging to a company. M. Vijairani, 44, made the plea after all the charges were read out before Judge Zulhazmi Abdullah. On all the charges, she was charged, as...
