SEPANG: Transport Minister Anthony Loke has assured that a thorough investigation will be carried out into the fatal crash that claimed five lives on the North-South Expressway near Kluang, Johor, on Thursday (March 27). He said the ministry would take stern action against the transport company allegedly responsible for the accident if it was found to...
YANGON/BANGKOK/HANOI (Agencies): A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam on March 28, killing at least 25 people, toppling buildings, bridges and an air traffic control tower, and rupturing roads. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit north-west of the city of Sagaing at a shallow depth, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock...
KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic flow on several major expressways has been reported to continue to be moving slowly on Friday (March 28) night due to a rise in the number of vehicles heading out of the city centre, as city dwellers return to their hometowns to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri. An Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) spokesman said that the...
(Reuters) - At least 144 people in Myanmar have been killed and 732 injured by a major earthquake that struck the country on Friday, state-run MRTV said on the Telegram messaging app on Friday (Reporting by Shoon Naing; Writing by Martin Petty)
KUALA LUMPUR: A man miraculously survived a fall from the 10th floor of a building here. When contacted, Sentul District Police Chief ACP Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari said that the police were informed of the incident today at the Sri Aman Flats at around 12.30pm. "The 25-year-old man fell from the 10th floor and landed on a...
KLUANG: What was supposed to be an exciting "balik kampung" journey turned into a tragedy when three members of a family died in an accident while travelling back to their hometown for Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Taufiq Bani, 33, said his sister, Siti Khazira, 35, and her husband, Nasaarudin Pardi, along with their four children, were on...
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The terms of a mineral deal between Ukraine and the U.S. have not yet been finalised, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, after a summary of Washington's latest offer showed it demanding all of Ukraine's natural resources income for years. The latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington all profit from a...
SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (March 28) stressed that the proposed implementation of subsidy rationalisation for RON95 petrol will not affect the low-income group. As such, he said the public should not fall for dubious information spread by irresponsible parties because the petrol rationalisation was not implemented to affect the majority...
PETALING JAYA: The actions of a businessman who insulted, injured, and threatened his personal security guard for fasting in 2021 led to severe consequences when he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison and fined RM22,000 by the Magistrate's Court here on Friday. Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat made the decision after finding that...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim distributed 28,000 fresh chickens to congregants of 28 mosques across the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency. The Prime Minister’s special officer in Penang, Zainal Abidin Saad, said that 56 tons of chickens were distributed free of charge last Friday (March 21) and this Friday (March 28) to residents in three state constituencies...
