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Amnesty: Investigate police action against HK protesters
HONG KONG: Amnesty International urged the Hong Kong government to investigate police use of force during nearly four months of protests, and to encourage Beijing to safeguard protesters’ right to peaceful assembly. Many peaceful protests have degenerated into running battles
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A livid Thunberg takes on world leaders at UN climate summit
UNITED NATIONS: Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders yesterday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers in the heart of the United Nations by demanding: “How dare you?” The Swedish
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Court ruling may thwart Johnson’s Brexit plan
LONDON: The UK Supreme Court will decide today whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended Parliament just weeks before Brexit, a ruling that may further complicate his plans to lead his country out of the European Union
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Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations yesterday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal. After failing to
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Anwar: Reform Caucus to hold seminar on Malaysia’s poverty rate
KUALA LUMPUR: The Parliamentary Caucus on Reform and Governance will hold a seminar today on Economics, Poverty, and Gaps in Malaysia: Definition and Implementation for the Members of Parliament (MP) and government officials in understanding issues related to poverty in
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Perhilitan to relocate wild elephant tonight
MERSING: The Johor Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) would start its translocation of a wild male elephant to a new habitat tonight. Its director, Salman Saaban said the elephant was captured on Thursday at Tenggaroh Forest Reserve and
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Police shoot dead factory worker who ran amok, causing colleague’s death
GEORGE TOWN: Police shot dead a factory worker who ran amok, causing the death of one colleague and seriously injuring another, in Bayan Lepas yesterday. In the 5.45pm incident, the 25-year-old man is believed to have used a parang to
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Cabinet to discuss Kampung Baru land price offer tomorrow
The Cabinet will discuss the price offer to Kampung Baru landowners and benefactors at its meeting tomorrow. Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad said he would bring the matter to the Cabinet and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to
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Haze: API readings continues to improve
KUALA LUMPUR: The Air Pollutant Index (API) reading throughout the country improved at 7am this morning, compared with 12 midnight last night although the reading in most parts of the country remained within the unhealthy category. The API issued by
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