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Two dead, seven injured in new Russian strike on Kharkiv
KHARKIV (Ukraine), April 6 ― A new Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killed two civilians and injured seven early today, regional Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram. Ukraine’s national police, also posting on Telegram, said the attack
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US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold ‘maritime cooperative activity’
MANILA, April 6 ― The defence forces of the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Philippines’ defence ministry said today. Naval and air force activities will
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Australia to appoint ‘special adviser’ on probe into Israel airstrike
SYDNEY, April 6 ― Australia’s government said today it would appoint a special adviser to work with Israel to ensure “full confidence” in investigations into an airstrike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers including an Australian. “The government will
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Yellen calls China meetings ‘productive’, seeks level playing field
GUANGZHOU, China, April 6 ― US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today she had “productive conversations” with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on the bilateral economic relationship after two days of meetings in China’s southern export hub of Guangzhou. “The
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Singapore restricts sale, supply of Port Dickson mussels contaminated with biotoxin
SINGAPORE, April 6 ― Singapore has imposed limitations on the distribution and purchase of mussels from Port Dickson, Malaysia, as they have been found to contain harmful biotoxins. Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said it has received confirmation from the Department
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2,579 dengue cases, three deaths reported from March 24 to 30
PUTRAJAYA, April 6 — During the 13th Epidemiological Week (ME13), from March 24 to March 30, a total of 2,579 cases of dengue fever were reported, showing a decline from the previous week’s 3,041 cases. Health director-general, Datuk Dr Muhammad
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Najib should not be allowed to serve remaining jail sentence at home
KUCHING, April 6 — The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) opines that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should not be allowed to serve his remaining prison sentence at home. It was referring to the claims made
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Four Facebook account owners called up by MCMC over suspected fake content on Quran recital
PUTRAJAYA, April 6 — Four Facebook account owners suspected of sending fake content involving the organisation of a Quran recital were summoned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to record their statements yesterday. MCMC, in a statement today,
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Traffic slowing down on several major highways
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — As of 9am today, traffic has started slowing down on several major highways heading towards the East Coast and northern regions, due to the surge of travellers heading back to their hometowns in preparation for
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State records drop in number of hardcore poor
KOTA KINABALU, April 6 — The hardcore poor in Sabah has dropped to 13,172 households as of last March 24 compared to 22,510 households three years ago, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Citing the hardcore poor in the
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