KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged over a defamatory article by news portal Sabahkini2, which accused the Energy Commission of Sabah (Ecos) chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Nasser Abdul Wahid of approving a power project without state cabinet approval. Published on Thursday (April 17), Abdul Nasser said the article contained false and baseless allegations. He...
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pic) will make an official visit to Cambodia on Wednesday (April 23) to mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral ties, the government spokesman said on Sunday. Government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said Paetongtarn would visit Cambodia on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. Jirayu said Paetongtarn...
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the Russian army is making a pretence of an Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, continuing overnight attempts to inflict front-line losses on Ukraine. "In general, as of Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a...
PETALING JAYA: The Prime Minister's political secretary Datuk Ahmad Farhan Fauzi has been appointed Indera Mahkota division chief after winning the post uncontested in the PKR 2025 party polls Ahmad Farhan pledged to continue mobilising members, including those who stood as rivals, and work as a team. "A far greater task lies ahead, which is to reclaim...
ALOR SETAR: The Sultan of Kedah, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, has called for the state government to boost revenue to implement planned development initiatives and ensure the well-being of the people. He also emphasised the importance of minimising revenue leakage, stating that such losses weaken the state's financial position. "Continuous enforcement must be carried out,...
TOKYO: Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists. Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside...
KUALA LUMPUR: Another incident of the Jalur Gemilang allegedly wrongly displayed in a shopping mall exhibition here has led to at least five police reports lodged. Lembah Pantai MP Datuk Fahmi Fadzil urged action against the display of incomplete or inaccurate versions of the Jalur Gemilang. The latest incident followed the authorities’ ongoing action against Chinese-language Sin...
KUCHING: A high-level brainstorming session to tackle the growing misuse of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly among school students on social media, is on the cards, says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The Women, Family and Community Development Minister said the session, to take place soon, will explore possible amendments to existing laws and strengthen enforcement mechanisms to...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Tourism Malaysia (Singapore) is stepping up efforts to attract Singaporean travellers by spotlighting a wider range of niche and diversified tourism offerings, as part of its business-to-consumer (B2C) push in the lead-up to Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM2026). Tourism Malaysia (Singapore) director Norliza Md Zain said the office is participating in various travel fairs, collaborating...
SHANGHAI (Bernama-Xinhua): China's domestically developed C909 passenger jet has begun commercial operation in Vietnam, further expanding its presence in Southeast Asia, according to Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC). Two C909 aircraft, wet leased by Chengdu Airlines to Vietnam's Vietjet Air, began service on Saturday on the Hanoi-Con Dao-Ho Chi Minh City route, the aircraft maker said. Wet...
