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Australia prepares for renewed bushfire threat as economic costs mount
SYDNEY: Australian firefighters used cool weather today to try to strengthen containment lines around almost 200 wildfires burning in the country’s southeast, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares to meet with insurance and bank executives to discuss the crisis. Fires
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Bolton says he is willing to testify in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, said yesterday that he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president, a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should
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Under fire, Delhi police probe attack on students at elite university
NEW DELHI: New Delhi police are investigating how masked men burst into a leading university and attacked student protesters with sticks and rods, an officer said yesterday, the latest incident to ignite criticism of India’s ruling Hindu nationalists. Sunday’s attack
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Pentagon chief denies US leaving Iraq, Tehran mourns slain commander
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: The US has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraq officials about the repositioning of troops in
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New sessions court to open in Semenyih, Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR: Two new sessions courts will open, one in Semenyih, Selangor, and the other in Langkawi, Kedah, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong . He said the two courts will be set up to save cost
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Pentagon says will not break law of war, despite Trump saying otherwise
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested yesterday that the US military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites, a move threatened by President Donald Trump. Asked whether he was willing to target cultural
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Shafie to probe Chinese tourists “bypassing” document inspection
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal will get a clarification from the state Immigration Department over the issue of Chinese tourists “bypassing” documents inspection at the Immigration counters at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA). He said
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Hisham: Enough supply of influenza medicine at public health facilities
KUALA LUMPUR: There is sufficient stock of medicines to treat influenza infections at the Health Ministry’s facilities. According to the ministry’s pharmaceutical service programme, in view of the spread of influenza in the country, the ministry has obtained additional supply
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Why did the police arrest, detain and cause the death of sickly Benedict Thanilas?
The eight medicines Today, 6 January 2020, Janagi was in the witness box. She isn’t tall. Her feet seemed not to touch the floor. She wore a sweater over a red t-shirt. She spoke clearly, mostly in Malay, sometimes through
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Zahid’s visa corruption case to begin on Oct 12
SHAH ALAM: The High Court yesterday fixed 23 days in October until December to hear the corruption case involving Malaysia’s foreign visa system (VLN) faced by former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin set
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