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Sarawak’s Sri Aman API hits ‘hazardous’ level
KUCHING: Air pollution in Sri Aman has breached the red zone on the Air Pollutant Index (API) with readings shooting up overnight to 365 as at 8am today. The Department of Environment’s (DOE) hourly monitoring statistics of air quality shows
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Saudi Aramco attacks: What we know so far
WASHINGTON: An attack on Saudi Arabia that triggered the biggest jump in oil prices in almost 30 years was carried out with Iranian weapons, a Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, as President Donald Trump said the US was “locked and loaded”
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Wan Rosdy: Diversity is Malaysia’s strength
MARAN: The diversity of Malaysian society, religion and culture should be the strength of the nation, said Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. He said unity was not something that could be taken lightly and that it
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Anwar: No issue with Azmin attending Bersatu event
KUCHING: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim brushed aside speculations questioning party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s loyalty to the party, following the latter’s recent appearance at a Bersatu event. Anwar said that there were many other PKR
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Putrajaya schools closed today as haze worsens
PUTRAJAYA: All schools in Putrajaya have been forced to shut down today after the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in the administrative capital rose to very unhealthy levels. Putrajaya Education Department director Farizah Ahmad said based on the 5pm API
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Haze: 145 Selangor schools to close today
SHAH ALAM: A total of 145 schools in Sepang, Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat, Klang and Petaling Perdana districts will be closed today as the haze situation in the state gets worse. Selangor State Education Department, in a statement, said the
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Zimbabwe bids its founder Mugabe farewell
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe was honoured as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral yesterday, after a week of disputes over his burial threatened to embarrass President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe led Zimbabwe for 37
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HK activist Joshua Wong seeks US support for protests
NEW YORK: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said yesterday he was seeking the support of US lawmakers for the demands of his fellow protesters who have led months of streets demonstrations, including a call for free elections. Wong, who
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Attacks on Saudi oil facilities knock out half the kingdom’s supply
RIYADH/DUBAI/LONDON: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry yesterday, knocking out more than half of the Kingdom’s output, in a move expected to send oil prices soaring and increase tensions
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Malaysia’s economy to be restructured towards progressive direction
KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s economy will be restructured in a more progressive direction based on high technology adoption, innovation, and research and development, the Economic Affairs Ministry said. This is in order to achieve the Shared Prosperity Vision goal of
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