PETALING JAYA: Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau has likened the tiff between his party and PAS to a spat between a husband and wife. Lau said differences were bound to exist in any team, country, company or family, adding that finding ways to resolve them is key to moving forward. "A husband and wife may have different...
CHOORALMALA, India (Reuters) - Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India's Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing. Heavy rain in one of India's most attractive tourist destinations collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The organiser of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has filed a lawsuit against British band The 1975 and all its members individually following frontman Matty Healy’s controversial incident on stage during the concert last year. In an article by an international portal Variety on Tuesday (July 30) it was reported that festival organisers Future Sound...
KUCHING: A special recruitment exercise will be conducted in Sarawak to address the shortage of teachers in the state, says Datuk Seri Roland Sagah. The state Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister said Sarawak was expected to be short of 2,373 teachers by Dec 31 this year. He said an ongoing recruitment drive by the Education Service...
CAIRO (Reuters): Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian group Hamas and Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. Hamas mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in "a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran". Hanieh attended Iran's new president's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. "Early this morning,...
GEORGE TOWN: A security guard has been sentenced to 13 years’ in jail by the High Court here for murdering his neighbour at an apartment where he was working at in Paya Terubong four years ago. The punishment was meted out by High Court judge Quay Chew Soon after the accused Ong Lai Seng, 69, pleaded...
KUALA LUMPUR: There is still no decision on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to drop his three other money laundering charges involving SRC International Sdn Bhd funds amounting to RM27mil, the High Court heard. According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul, the status quo on the representation remains. "The...
KOTA KINABALU: A motion to free former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and seek justice for him was brought up at the recent Kota Belud division Umno delegates meeting, says division chief Azuwan Marjan Norjan. He said that party divisions nationwide are feeling the loss of the former leader, adding that Najib contributed a...
JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has ordered one of the five family members of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station to seek medical treatment after showing signs of depression. Sessions Judge Rasidah Roslee made the decision after the family's lawyer Faizal Rahman requested that Mariah Radin Imran, 19, to be refer to...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia today expressed his gratitude to the national security forces for their service and devotion in protecting the sovereignty of the country. Her Majesty the Queen, Raja Zarith Sofiah, also expressed her appreciation to members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM). As the...
