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High Court orders Tengku Adnan to enter defence on RM2 million bribery case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today ordered former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to enter his defence on the charge of accepting a bribe of RM2 million from a businessman, three years ago. Judge Mohamed
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Viral video: Monkey uses dry leaves to fix leaking pipe
A video of a monkey using dry leaves to fix a leaking pipe has gone viral on social media. Why can’t humans be as considerate as animals is the question that the internet is asking after a video of a
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Twins With Down Syndrome Are Inspiring the World on Social Media
It may seem surprising that parents Julie and Dan McConnel are so comfortable sharing pictures of their twin boys, Milo and Charlie, on social media. The boys are photographed and filmed doing all sorts of daily activities, just like toddlers across
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Modi assures Kashmir lockdown will normalise in four months
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said it would take four months for Jammu and Kashmir to return to normal after his government stripped the state of its special status in August and imposed harsh restrictions. At a
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Japan sends troops to help victims of Typhoon Hagibis
NAGANO: Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers yesterday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history. At least 30 people were killed in
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HK protesters and police clash, metro and shops targeted
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and riot police clashed in chaotic scenes around the city yesterday, with police in riot gear chasing protesters through crowds of lunchtime shoppers. Rallies in shopping malls on Hong Kong island and across the
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Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the US still has over NATO-ally Turkey. Using the
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Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
LONDON: Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable human suffering.”Julia Steinberger, an ecological economist at Britain’s University of Leeds, endorses
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PH to tap experience of mother of late MP in Tg Piai
PONTIAN: Pakatan Harapan (PH) will use the experience of the mother of the late Tanjung Piai Member of Parliament Datuk Dr Md Farid Md Rafik to strengthen its machinery for the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election. Wanita PH chief Zuraida Kamarudin
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Saddiq: NGO, youth collaboration good for tourism
MUAR: The Youth and Sports Ministry will continue to match non-governmental organisations (NGO) with the youth through collaborative activities and programmes on their home ground. Its Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said collaborations could give birth to new, creative
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