Day: 4 March 2023

At least 17 killed in fire at Indonesia fuel storage depot

AT least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured in a massive blaze at a state-run fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital.  The inferno burned several houses, caused people to flee in panic and forced the evacuation of residential areas near the depot run by energy firm Pertamina in north Jakarta, officials said.

Floods: Selangor sixth state to be hit

In Johor the number of victims continued to rise as 37,322 people have been moved to flood relief centres (PPS) as at 8am on Saturday (March 4), compared to 34,849 people at 8pm on Friday (March 3) Read full story

Seek negotiated settlement on Sulu claims, Ramasamy urges

IT will be wiser and prudent for the Malaysian government to seek a settlement with the purported heirs of the Sulu sultanate than continuing to fight a protracted and expensive legal battle, Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy said today. The former academic, who is an expert on political science and international relations, said […]

Meta slashes prices for Quest headsets to boost VR use

META yesterday slashed prices of its Quest headsets in an attempt to entice more people into its gear and into the virtual worlds Mark Zuckerberg has heralded as the future of the internet. The tech giant cut the price of recently launched Quest Pro virtual reality (VR) headsets by a third to US$1,000 (RM4,476), and […]