DILI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace here on Tuesday (Sept 23) evening, marking the start of his official engagements on the first day of a historic two-day visit to Timor-Leste. The welcome ceremony, led by Timor-Leste President Dr José Ramos-Horta at 4.10pm local time, featured the...
PETALING JAYA: Many political parties, including DAP, have collaborated with PAS in the past, and it is hypocritical to criticise MIC for being open to working with the Islamist party, says an MIC leader. MIC national strategic officer Datuk Thinalan T Rajagopalu said Malaysian political history showed that DAP had worked with PAS previously and even...
KAJANG: A local woman who is suspected of being a taxi tout and was arrested by the Selangor Road Transport Department (JPJ) following a viral video of a foreign tourist being cheated, is believed to have been operating in a group. Selangor JPJ director Azrin Borhan said the information was obtained after questioning the suspect in...
URUMQI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Each autumn, the streets of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region come alive with the sight of bright red pomegranates, long cherished as one of the local people's favorite fruits. During President Xi Jinping's 2014 visit to the region, a Uygur resident shared with him the belief that people of different...
LONDON (Reuters) -Several charities said on Monday they had cut their links with Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York, after media reports that she had described the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a "supreme friend" in an email. According to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, Ferguson, 65, the ex-wife of King Charles' brother, Prince Andrew,...
KOTA KINABALU: The restoration works for the 275kV Kolopis-Segaliud transmission line, whose tower was toppled in a landslide last week, have been successfully completed with a second 'Emergency Restoration System' (ERS) tower erected. The completion of the second tower link at the landslip area for the West Coast to East Coast power grid is expected to...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry will offer free replacement of damaged MyKad chips nationwide starting Tuesday (Sept 23) until Oct 7, in line with the launch of the Budi95 initiative. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the initiative would ensure Malaysians continue to have access to targeted subsidies under Budi95 without disruption. "According to National...
BALIK PULAU: The allocation of 300 litres per month of subsidised RON95 is deemed sufficient for a vehicle’s monthly usage, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. The Finance Minister II said based on studies conducted, it was found that 300l represents the average consumption, as it covers about 170km of daily commuting for cars in that...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has filed an appeal against the Court of Appeal's acquittal of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in the RM1.2mil graft case involving Armada funds. Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin confirmed to the press that the appeal has been filed on Monday (Sept 22). In the petition of appeal,...
KUALA LUMPUR: An entrepreneur has issued a seven-day demand to celebrity and activist Rafidah Ibrahim to pay RM281,200 in damages to him and his company, following a successful lawsuit. On July 31, the High Court allowed the suit filed by Datuk Haris Embong, 48, and his company, Arisprop Holdings Sdn Bhd, as plaintiffs, and ordered the...
