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Haze: Air quality improves across Malaysia, except Johan Setia
KUALA LUMPUR: Air quality in Malaysia continues to improve this morning with almost all areas in the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak recording Air Pollutant Index (API) readings of below 100 or moderate. Based on the latest API reading of the
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Amazon fires: Bolsonaro accuses media of ‘lying’
UNITED NATIONS: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the media yesterday for “lying” about the fires in the Amazon and criticised international concern for the rainforest as fuelled by interest in the region’s biodiversity and mineral wealth. A day after shunning
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Bursa Malaysia opens marginally lower on subdued demand
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened marginally lower today on subdued demand with investors remaining tepid on the volatile global outlook. At 9.05 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined a marginal 0.23 of-a-point to 1,592.10 from 1,592.33
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Thunberg returns fire after Trump’s Twitter taunt
UNITED NATIONS: Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg yesterday shot back at US President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump’s taunting remark. Late on Monday Trump
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House begins Trump impeachment inquiry over call to Ukraine leader
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives yesterday launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, accusing him of seeking foreign help to smear Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of next year’s election. The inquiry ensures a partisan
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Supreme Court rules Johnson suspended Parliament unlawfully
LONDON: The UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday that prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down Parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, but a defiant prime minister said he disagreed and vowed that Britain would leave the EU
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No anti-virus can curb cyber fraud
GEORGE TOWN: Cyber fraud cannot be curbed by any anti-virus in the market, according to an expert. This is because the modus operandi of the syndicates is much more advanced than any current security measures, said Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
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Tg Piai by-election: EC to inspect polling and nomination centres
JOHOR BAHRU: The Election Commission (EC) today inspected several schools and centres as voting centres and centre for the nomination of candidate for the coming Tanjung Piai by-election. State EC director, Shafie Taib said the inspection was part of the
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Dr M: Let’s end Rohingya’s suffering now
NEW YORK: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it now. Speaking at his first engagement since
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Sun bear locked up in a home in Kuching, NGOs furious
KUCHING: After a case in which a sun bear cub was ‘mistaken’ for a dog and kept in a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, last June, another one was allegedly spotted here, locked up in a cage at a residential home
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