BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries have agreed to remove Arkady Volozh, co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, from their list of sanctioned entities and individuals relating to Russia's war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the matter said. Volozh is one of three individuals who will be removed after March 15 when the sanctions regime is...
BANGKOK: Thailand wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, the nation’s health minister said, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalisation drive two years ago out of business. The nation will seek to get a new cannabis bill...
SINGAPORE: Four drivers have been nabbed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for providing cross-border chauffeured services between Singapore and Malaysia without the required licence. In a Facebook post on Feb 21, LTA said it caught the drivers during a recent enforcement operation. It did not say when the operation was conducted. Photos accompanying the post showed...
SINGAPORE: The wife of Chinese billionaire Jack Ma (pic left) has acquired three so-called shophouses in Singapore, the Business Times reported, properties that are among the city-state’s most highly prized. Zhang Ying (pic right) paid between S$45 million (US$34 million) and S$50 million, the Business Times said, without specifying where it got the information. The niche market...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin drove his daughter’s yellow hatchback electric car to the year’s first meeting of the National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) at Government House on Wednesday (Feb 21). Srettha, who stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall, steered the small Abarth 500e, made by Stellantis, through the main gate of...
KUALA LUMPUR: A favour of carrying a friend’s luggage at the airport had landed a Malaysian beautician a month-long stint in a Chinese lockup. The bag appeared to contain a large amount of traditional Chinese medicine, which was compressed in pill form. Despite drug-sniffing dogs discovering no signs of narcotics, Lisa Lim, 45, was still detained for...
PETALING JAYA: Mourning for the late Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib says no words could ever describe how much her husband meant to her. She said this in a heartfelt social media post on Wednesday (Feb 21) following the former Sarawak governor's passing. "No words could describe how much you meant to me. "May...
PUTRAJAYA: The Chinese and Tamil schools are here to stay. The Federal Court had refused an application by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to seek leave to appeal against an earlier ruling that the use of Chinese and Tamil languages in these schools is constitutional. A three-member panel led by Justice Mary Lim Thiam Suan, in a 2-1...
IPOH: The woman found dead inside a car parked at the parking lot of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital on Tuesday was sleeping in the backseat without opening the car windows, say police. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the woman was taking care of her ill father who was warded at the hospital. “She had...
SIBU: Former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud has passed away. In a Facebook post, his daughter Datuk Hanifah Taib said the 87-year-old breathed his last at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur at 4.40am on Wednesday (Feb 21). She said his remains will be at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur before being brought back to...
