China to receive first Australian coal shipment in over 2 years
THE first Australian coal shipment to China in over two years neared delivery today, according to shipping data and media reports, as tensions between the two Pacific powers show signs of easing. Once close trading partners, Beijing and Canberra have butted heads in recent years over issues including Chinese influence operations overseas, crackdowns in Xinjiang […]
Japan analysing previous aerial objects after China balloon
JAPAN said today it was coordinating with Washington as it analysed unidentified aerial objects spotted over the country in past years after US forces shot down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon. “We are communicating with the United States but we decline to comment on diplomatic exchanges,” chief government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters today.
Malaysia's unemployment rate at 3.6% as of Dec 2022
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s unemployment rate remained at 3.6% in December 2022, with the number of unemployed persons declining to 599,600 persons from 600,900 persons in November 2022, according to the Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, Fourth Quarter and December 2022. Read full story
Malaysia's population estimated to be 33mil at end-2022, says Stats Dept
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Perak PAS commissioner apologises to Anwar for 'LGBT' remark
IPOH: Perak PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria has apologised to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Taiping High Court for linking the Prime Minister to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture. Read full story
Miros to undertake detailed study into Genting van crash
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) has been directed to look into the factors behind the crash of the tour van with 14 passengers. Read full story
KJ now a deejay for local radio station
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly a fortnight after being sacked from Umno, former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has found a new job – as a radio announcer. Read full story
Cutting middlemen out of foreign worker recruitment will boost Malaysia's image, says MEF
PETALING JAYA: Cutting third-party agents out of the foreign worker recruitment process will end modern slavery and uplift the image of Malaysian employers, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). Read full story
1MDB trial: Jho Low was 'boss', Najib was the 'big boss', witness tells court
KUALA LUMPUR: A former AmBank relationship manager to Datuk Seri Najib Razak testified that she had believed fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho to be the adviser to the former prime minister. Read full story
ROS gives Umno 60 days to explain no-contest motion
UMNO has 60 days to give a detailed explanation on the no-contest motion for its top two posts, which was approved at the party’s recent general assembly, said Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Umno president said this directive was from the Registrar of Societies (ROS) adding that Umno had met the ROS twice over the matter.