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Women judakas target gold medal at SEA Games
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Kei Yi and Siti Nur Aisyah Che Adzmi @ Azmi will make their debut in the judo competition in the 2019 Philippines SEA Games from Nov 30 until Dec 11. Despite being first timers, the duo has
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Footvolley in Malaysia has growth potential
BANGKOK: Mention footvolley and the uninitiated may wonder what it is although it has been growing in popularity in Asia since 2005. The sport which was introduced to the world by Octavio de Moraes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in
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Number of flood evacuees in Sungai Siput rises to 212 this morning
IPOH: The number of flash flood evacuees in Sungai Siput has risen to 212 from as at 7 am today from 207 recorded yesterday. District Disaster Management Committee Secretariat spokesman said three other families were evacuated last night after their
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Supreme Court of India Postpones Cryptocurrency Ban Hearing to November
The Supreme Court of India has postponed a hearing that would consider the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban on providing services to cryptocurrency-related business. In an Oct. 16 session on the ban that prohibits banks and financial institutions from providing digital currency-related services,
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Most complaints to EAIC involve police personnel
About 75% of complaints which were received by the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) involves police personnel, since it was set up in 2004 to date. ‘’Meanwhile, the rest involved 20 other enforcement agencies,’’ said Minister in the Prime Minister’s
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Bitcoin (BTC) bulls surrender, more pain ahead
PUCHONG: The cryptocurrency market is in the tailspin. Bitcoin’s collapse below critical $8,000 triggered a host os sell-orders and affected the momentum of all major altcoins as well. At the time of writing, BTC/USD is changing hands at $7,970, down over 2% since the
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Sabah to expand marine protected areas to 13 per cent by 2025
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment is planning to expand to 13 per cent the state’s Marine Protected Area (MPAs), equivalent to 2.031 million hectares by 2025. Its Permanent Secretary, Datuk William Baya said, to date, the
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Japanese flood disaster frays resilience of elderly victims
DATE, Japan: When a river in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture overflowed on Sunday at the height of Typhoon Hagibis, 700 homes were flooded, many belonging to elderly residents too frail to clean up and repair their water-logged houses. Fukushima is no
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Three militants, two civilians killed as violence spreads in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Indian security forces killed three separatists, while suspected militants shot dead two people yesterday, one of the bloodiest days in Kashmir since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s autonomy more than two months ago. The killings were the first
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One person missing in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry: the whistleblower
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump have heard days of testimony from a parade of senior government officials. But they have yet to hear from the whistleblower who sparked the probe – and may never
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