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NADMA: Relevant agencies ready to face floods
KUALA LUMPUR: Relevant agencies involved in the flood disaster management are ready to deal with the situation if it occurs during the changing of the monsoon wind that is expected to last until early November. National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)
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Daim to negotiate with China to retrieve RM8.3bln for pipeline projects
KUALA LUMPUR: The former Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin is leading the negotiations with China to retrieve the RM8.3 billion that was already paid to contractors of the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP)
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US blocks import of forced labour goods from M’sia, four others
The US has blocked the import of goods suspected to have been made from forced labour from five countries, including Malaysia. This includes clothing from China and diamonds from Zimbabwe, officials said yesterday following a rare crackdown on slave labour
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Police: Up to AG now to charge Puteri Umno leader for hate speech
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have completed their investigation on Puteri Umno vice chair Nurul Amal Mohd Fauzi for allegedly linking an amok case in Penang to insults against Islam. Speaking to reporters today, Bukit Aman CID’s prosecution and legal unit
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Liew: Sabah Wildlife Dept and cops tracking down elephant killers
TARAKAN: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is working with the police to track down poachers involved in the brutal killing of a pygmy elephant in Sungai Udin, Dumpas, Kalabakan, Tawau, last week. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina
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Malaysia’s pioneer Sikh scientist made Emeritus Professor
The 90-year old retired academician Dr Chatar Singh Beriam Singh was the backbone of the university’s School of Physics and Mathematics which he helped establish in 1969 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) recognised the lifetime contribution of scholar Dr Chatar Singh
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Ants, crickets and cockroaches – healthy snacks that taste like potato chips
SARCHI: At his home in rural Costa Rica, biologist Federico Paniagua joined his family at the dining table to devour several types of insects that he raised on his farm and whose flavour he compares to potato chips. The head
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Gantz’s team call off unity govt talks with Netanyahu
JERUSALEM: The party of Israel’s ex-military chief Benny Gantz yesterday pulled out of planned talks on forming a unity government with main rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following deadlocked elections. Representatives of the centrist Blue and White alliance were set
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N Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea
SEOUL: North Korea fired unidentified short-range projectiles toward the East Sea today, ahead of the envisioned resumption of the stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States (US), Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korea’s military. The projectiles were launched
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Impeachment probe intensifies as Trump rages about inquiry
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives’ impeachment probe into President Donald Trump intensified on Monday, as Trump raged about the inquiry and news reports suggested he had used additional diplomatic channels to go after his adversaries. Three House committees said
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