IPOH: PAS suggestion to set the Prime Minister’s age limit below 70 is being seen as a subtle way of rejecting Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as a candidate, says Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim. The PKR Youth chief said this was given that the Perikatan chairman has already passed that age. He said the proposal appeared more political...
HONG KONG: As Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, approached Hong Kong this week, mass flight cancellations and lost revenue were not the only headache for airlines based at one of the world's busiest airports. Ahead of the arrival of hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday (Sept 24), about 80 per...
PUTRAJAYA: More than 920,000 motorists with expired driving licences that are yet to reach the three-year limit are reminded to renew their licences to access subsidised RON95 petrol, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. Loke said that those whose licenses have lapsed three years after the expiration date would have to retake their driving test. According to the...
IPOH: The gradual rollout of the government’s fuel subsidy retargeting plan may soon see the top 15% income group (T15) excluded from receiving the Budi Madani RON95 (BUDI95) subsidy. This is in line with efforts to ensure a smoother transition, says Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim. Muhammad Kamil, who is the political secretary to the Finance Minister, said...
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian civilians in over 100 detention centres in Russia and occupied Ukraine since the start of the war, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday. Its report detailed cases of mock executions, electric shocks and the use of prolonged stress positions on Ukrainian citizens for non-criminal acts, such as...
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania's parliament granted the Baltic country's armed forces powers on Tuesday to shoot down any unmanned drone violating its airspace following incidents in which it said two Russian drones crashed on its territory. Lithuania's army is currently able to target drones only if they are determined to be armed or pose an imminent danger...
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Tuesday lost its attempt to overturn a temporary block on the removal of an asylum seeker under Britain's "one in, one out" deal with France. A 25-year-old Eritrean man, who arrived in Britain on a small boat on August 12, last week won an interim injunction preventing his removal to...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said recent U.S. strikes on boats carrying alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers delivered a powerful warning to anyone seeking to bring drugs into the United States. "To every terrorist thug smuggling poisonous drugs into the United States of America, please be warned that we will blow you out...
KOTA KINABALU: Two Chinese tourists were arrested for allegedly sending a bomb threat email to an airline company after not being able to change their flight seats. It is understood that the man, 29, and woman, 28, had contacted their travel agent to change their flight seats but received no response. Furious, they sent an email to...
PETALING JAYA: In their quest for more revenue, public universities are not producing enough Malaysian graduates in critical sectors such as accountancy and engineering, says a Perikatan Nasional state leader. Kedah exco member and Jitra assemblyman Dr Haim Hilman Abdullah called this a "crisis in higher education" sparked by the government's policy for greater "internationalisation" of...
