Two pupils slightly injured in Semporna jetty collapse, says Education Ministry
KOTA KINABALU: Two primary school children suffered slight injuries when a village jetty at Kg Pababag collapsed in Sabah east coast Semporna district, says the Education Ministry. Read full story
Family of four injured as car rams into wild boar in Muar
MUAR: A family of four was injured after the car they were in hit a wild boar on Jalan Muar-Parit Sulong near here on Monday (Jan 30). Read full story
Wan Azizah not appointed to PM's dept role, says Anwar's aide
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary Chan Ming Kai says that a poster alleging that the Prime Minister’s wife, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, has been appointed to an official role in the Prime Minister’s Department, is fake. Read full story
Govt to hold inter-ministry discussion on medicinal potential of cannabis, ketum
KOTA BARU: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry is looking at the medicinal potential of cannabis and ketum plants, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Read full story
Not appealing ICJ's Batu Puteh decision was Dr M's failure as PM, says Anwar
SINGAPORE: It is regretful that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not appeal the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling in awarding legal jurisdiction of Batu Puteh to Singapore, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Read full story
Bursa Malaysia to close for Federal Territory Day, Thaipusam replacement holiday
BURSA Malaysia Bhd and its subsidiaries will be closed for trading on Federal Territory Day — February 1 — and will resume operations the following day. The exchange and its subsidiaries also stated that they would be closed on February 6, the replacement holiday for Thaipusam, which falls on Sunday, February 5.
Philips cuts 6,000 more jobs after sleep device recall
EMBATTLED Dutch medical tech maker Philips said today it will slash 6,000 more jobs worldwide after fresh losses caused by a massive recall of faulty sleep respirators. Chief executive Roy Jakobs announced the “difficult, but necessary further reduction of our workforce” by 2025, which comes just three months after it announced another 4,000 cuts.
Ringgit ends flat versus greenback
THE ringgit ended the trading day flat amid uncertainties ahead of the two-day meeting of the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) starting tomorrow, said an analyst. At 6pm, the ringgit stood at 4.2410/2460 against the greenback compared with 4.2410/2475 at Friday’s close.
PM should walk the talk on nepotism, says Hamzah
OPPOSITION leader Hamzah Zainudin has chided Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for appointing his daughter Nurul Izzah as his senior economics and finance adviser. Branding the Tambun MP as practising nepotism, Hamzah said the appointment was a betrayal to Malaysians and went against good governance as often voiced by Anwar.
France, Australia to hasten comeback from submarines row in Paris
AUSTRALIAN and French ministers are to meet today in a fresh drive to mend fences 16 months after Canberra pulled the plug on a big submarines contract, leaving Paris seething. A bitter row erupted in September 2021 when Australia’s previous prime minister Scott Morrison abruptly tore up a contract for France to build a dozen […]