Floods: Situation improves in Johor
JOHOR BARU: The flood situation in Johor is improving with the number of victims seeking shelter at the temporary relief centres (PPS) declining in the past 24 hours. Read full story
Cops seize more than RM500,000 in 15-day CNY anti-gambling operation
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested nearly 1,000 people and seized over half a million ringgit in cash in a bid to weed out illegal gambling during Chinese New Year. Read full story
Markets struggle before central bank rate decisions
STOCK markets wavered yesterday with central banks set to lift interest rates again later this week, as policymakers battle high inflation. Wall Street retreated with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index shedding 2%, and Paris and Frankfurt both gave up 0.2% at the European close.
Wife of jailed Bolivian opposition leader claims prison ‘intimacy’ filmed
THE wife of a jailed Bolivian opposition leader accused the government yesterday of having used a hidden camera to film “intimacy” between her and her husband on a prison visit. Fatima Jordan, wife of Luis Fernando Camacho, called a press conference in the city of Santa Cruz to “denounce a serious abuse” committed against her […]
Pro bono work excuse won’t cut it, says Hamzah
PETALING JAYA: The action of the Prime Minister in appointing his daughter as his senior economics and finance adviser was a “betrayal” of all Malaysians, says Opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. Read full story
US Covid emergency status to end May 11
THE White House said yesterday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as the Covid-19 pandemic took grip three years ago will officially end May 11. The end to both federal emergency declarations, which took effect in January 2020 under then-president Donald Trump, will see funds used to subsidise Covid medicines, medical insurance […]
[WATCH] Sacked Khairy professes undying love for Umno
KHAIRY Jamaluddin said his affection and loyalty towards Umno was undiminished even though the party had booted him out last week for working against its interests. “I’ve been with the party for 23 years and have given everything,” the former youth chief said.
States have obligation to protect marine environment
MALAYSIA and Singapore are party to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). Malaysia ratified it on October 14, 1996 and Singapore, on November 17, 1994.
UK PM hails Brexit as ‘huge opportunity’, 3 years on
BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday defended Brexit, insisting that leaving the EU had brought significant achievements and offered a “huge opportunity”, three years after the withdrawal agreement entered force. “In the three years since leaving the EU, we’ve made huge strides in harnessing the freedoms unlocked by Brexit to tackle generational challenges,” Sunak said […]
Covid-19 Watch: 202 new cases bring total to 5,036,342
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 202 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Jan 30), says the Health Ministry. Read full story