KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had had "open, honest and fruitful" talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. "An open, honest, and fruitful meeting with the President of Serbia," Zelenskiy, who is visiting Athens, wrote on the Telegram messaging app under a photograph of the two leaders shaking hands. "Good conversation on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A balance must be struck between policies on meritocracy and affirmative action to ensure fairness in the country's administration, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there is currently a disconnect over the issue, where the "elite are obsessed with meritocracy" at the expense of those requiring government assistance through affirmative action. "Meritocracy...
SEREMBAN: A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his nine-year-old daughter. The High Court here on Tuesday (Aug 22) found ex-soldier Mohammad Abdullah Mohamed guilty of the offence committed five years ago. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail meted out the sentence on after his defence failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's...
KUALA LUMPUR: The public can now make complaints about damaged roads through the MYJalan application, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. He said the application has been in use since last week. "The MYJalan campaign is scheduled to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this Thursday, and the application is already accessible...
KUANTAN: The Pelangai state seat will continue to be contested by an Umno candidate representing Barisan Nasional. Bentong Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Zaini Salleh said Pelangai was the only seat in the Bentong parliamentary constituency that had always been contested by Umno. A by-election is on the cards to fill the vacancy left by the...
PUTRAJAYA: All federal civil servants are required to don Malaysian batik on Thursdays, while wearing batik on other working days is encouraged. The directive, effective Monday (Aug 21), is stated in the Service Circular on the Wearing of Malaysian Batik Attire During Working Hours for Federal Public Service Officers, dated Aug 21, 2023, signed by the...
KOTA KINABALU: The bodies of two anglers have been recovered some 36 hours after they went missing while fishing in Labuan. Local fishermen found the remains of Yasin Johnar, 20, at 5.20pm on Monday (Aug 21) and Mohammad Shah, 19, two minutes later. Labuan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Capt Nudin Jusoh said the bodies were...
IPOH: An unemployed man's wife informed the Magistrate's Court here of her intention to retract a police report against her husband, who had threatened her earlier this month, for the sake of their young family. S. Premlata, 36, told Magistrate Jesseca Daimis that they still have two young children to care for and she would post...
KUALA LUMPUR: A balance must be struck between policies on meritocracy and affirmative action to ensure fairness in the country's administration, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there is currently a disconnect over the issue, where the "elite are obsessed with meritocracy" at the expense of those requiring government assistance through affirmative action. "Meritocracy...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has never neglected the middle 40% (M40) group, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the allegation by certain parties that the government’s approach was more focused on the low-income or bottom 40% (B40) group to the extent of neglecting the middle-income group is not true. "We have taken several approaches but to...
