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Influenza: School in Perak closed today
KUALA LUMPUR: The influenza outbreak last week saw many students infected with the virus and today a school in Perak was closed. Perak State Education director Dr Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Ali said the closure of Sekolah Menengah Sains Teluk Intan
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Koalas, wallabies endangered by Aussie bushfires
MELBOURNE: The Australian government committed A$50 million (US$34.58 million) to an emergency wildlife recovery programme yesterday, calling the bushfires crisis engulfing the country “an ecological disaster” that threatens several species, including koalas and rock wallabies. Huge wildfires have razed more
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Queen Elizabeth allows Harry, wife Meghan to exit senior royal role
SANDRINGHAM, England: Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markhle’s wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks yesterday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors.
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Melbourne smothered in smoke as Aussie bushfires burn despite cool change
SYDNEY: Australia’s devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials warned today as Melbourne was blanketed by hazardous smoke. At least 180 fires continued to burn across Victoria and New South Wales (NSW)
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After Florida killings, Saudis withdraw 21 cadets from US
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia will withdraw 21 cadets receiving military training in the US following a US investigation into a Saudi officer’s fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base that US Attorney General William Barr yesterday branded an
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Hours of forewarning saved US, Iraqi lives from Iran’s missile attack
AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE: Nearly eight hours before Iran’s Jan 8 missile attack on US forces at bases in Iraq, American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base scrambled to move personnel and weaponry to fortified bunkers, two Iraqi
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PDRM offers 50 per cent discount on traffic summonses from Jan 18
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are offering 50 per cent discount for traffic offenders to settle their outstanding summonses online from Jan 18 to Feb 1, said Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) director Datuk Azisman Alias. He said this
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Audio Recordings : Latheefa expected to give statement on Thursday
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Latheefa Koya is expected to give her statement to the police at Bukit Aman this Thursday. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department Prosecution and Law Division (D5) principal assistant director SACMior Faridalathrash Wahid,
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Mujahid: What is G25’s motive in questioning Jakim’s establishment?
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa has questioned the motive of the Group Of Ex-Civil Servants (G25) which continued to raise issues regarding the establishment of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) although they had
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Hong Kong is poised to become an international securitisation financing hub, according to industry report
HONG KONG, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Asia-Pacific Structured Finance Association (APSA), The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) and the Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL) jointly hosted a seminar yesterday to examine how Hong Kong can enhance its
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