KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will review its standard operating procedures (SOPs) to better manage flash floods in the federal capital, says Dr Zaliha Mustafa. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) said DBKL plans to work with the Irrigation and Drainage Department (DID) and other relevant agencies to implement effective flood...
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth Chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh wants the government to confirm the existence of the royal addendum for the convicted Datuk Seri Najib Razak. “We want the government to respond. If it exists, why is it not implemented? That is all,” he told a press conference after the Umno general assembly on Saturday...
IPOH: An elderly couple died while two others were seriously injured when a car carrying a family of four crashed into a wall on Jalan Kuala Kangsar near a vehicle sales office here last night. Ipoh district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the accident occurred at 10.46pm involving victims aged between 49...
KUALA LUMPUR: The search for sinkhole victim 48-year-old Vijayalaksmi on Saturday (Aug 24) posed high risks for the Fire and Rescue Department's scuba unit. Rescuers face challenges such as strong currents and tight spaces while inspecting manholes to search for the victim. Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Rozihan Anwar Mamat said six scuba divers...
TANJUNG MALIM: The Perak state government plans to install warning sirens along Sungai Slim to ensure residents are better prepared for disasters, particularly floods and water surges. State Infrastructure, Energy, Water and Public Transport Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said the Irrigation and Drainage Department is currently assessing suitable locations for the sirens under...
BERLIN (Xinhua): Meng Meng, an 11-year-old female giant panda at Zoo Berlin, has given birth to twins, zoo authorities announced on Friday night. "The eagerly awaited second offspring of Meng Meng was born at 13:03 and 14:19 on Thursday in Zoo Berlin's Panda Garden," said the zoo in a press release. Both cubs, weighing 169g and 136g...
PETALING JAYA: The search and rescue operation for a 48-year-old woman who fell and disappeared into a sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India resumes today. So far, authorities have recovered a pair of slippers believed to belong to the Indian national. During the incident on Friday morning, the woman, who is visiting Malaysia, had been walking along the...
KOTA KINABALU: A man and a woman died in a collision between a five-tonne lorry and a car in Sandakan early on Saturday (Aug 24). In the fatal mishap, the identities of the deceased have yet to be ascertained. The accident occurred around 9am along Mile 17 Gum-Gum Road. Three others, comprising a man and two women...
JOHOR BARU: Police are on the hunt for a suspect who allegedly placed two red pills, believed to be drugs, on another man's motorcycle at a petrol station in Majidee, here. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the incident occurred last Tuesday (Aug 20) when the 37-year-old victim was on his way to...
GENEVA (Reuters): The head of the World Health Organization called for global concerted action to control a new mpox outbreak, announcing a response plan that will require at least US$135 million (RM588 million) over the next six months. "Let me be clear: this new mpox outbreak can be controlled and can be stopped," Director-General Tedros Adhanom...
