LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, but added he remained "wholly positive" about the scare less than 18 months into his reign. Charles, 75, who became king in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen...
KUALA LUMPUR: A managing director of a tractor distribution company has been detained in connection with a suspected graft involving a RM25mil agriculture tractor supply project. The woman, in her 50s, was remanded until Feb 8. She was brought to Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Feb 6), where Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order. Sources said...
KUCHING: The wife of former Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud says her only concern is her husband's wellbeing. Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib said news and images circulated on social media about her over the past few days have tarnished her image and reputation. "I humbly request, please stop all these assumptions and malicious...
KUCHING: Ailing former Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud (pic) seems to be at the centre of a tug-of-war with his family members claiming that they have no idea where he is now and his wife denying allegations that she “abducted” him. One of Taib’s brothers, Datuk Mohammad Tufail Mahmud, has lodged a police...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A couple has been detained by police after they were caught on video riding dangerously along the Penang Bridge on Monday (Feb 5). Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Helmi Aris said the motorcyclist, in his 50s, and his companion, in her 30s, were nabbed in George Town on Tuesday (Feb 6). "We believe the...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants all criticisms and condemnations regarding the reduction in jail sentence and fine meted out to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to be stopped and for all quarters to respect the decision of the Pardons Board. He said the main consideration was not legal matters but...
PETALING JAYA: An exhausted Datuk Seri Najib Razak is “very, very disappointed” at not getting a full pardon, says his daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib (pic). Nooryana, who is better known as Yana, said the ex-prime minister told her this when she visited him at the Sungai Buloh prison following the Pardons Board’s decision to commute his...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Kuih bakul maker Nur Farrah Diba Azhar has her Chinese mother to thank for all the traditional recipes of halal Chinese New Year goodies she is churning out now. The 34-year-old said that before starting her business six years ago, she had received help from her maternal grandfather and a Chinese neighbour for their...
GEORGE TOWN: With hopes that her small gesture will bring her good fortune, 51-year-old Lee Phaik Yen deposited RM10 into her bank account on Li Chun, which signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian cultures. Li Chun, which falls on Feb 3 or Feb 4 every year, is actually the first period of the 24...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 30 individuals, including 24 women working as guest relation officers (GRO) have been detained in a series of raids at four nightspots here. The raids, codenamed Ops Noda, started at 11.30pm on Saturday (Feb 3) and were conducted by officers from the Kuala Lumpur CID's anti-vice, gambling and secret societies division...
