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Day: 8 March 2023

4 die in Egypt train crash

FOUR people were killed and 23 injured when a passenger train slammed into the buffers at a station north of Cairo, the Egyptian health ministry said in an update today. Yesterday’s crash in the city of Qalyub was the latest in a spate of deadly accidents on Egypt’s rail network that have mostly been blamed […]

Siti Bainun’s former friend sobbed when she saw Bella, says witness

A NEIGHBOUR of Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali told the Sessions Court today that a former friend of the accused burst into tears when she saw the teenage girl with Down syndrome known as Bella. Nor Aidil Farhab Johaizad, 26, said she was moved by the sight of Zurianty Sudin crying while holding a mobile phone […]

Dozens sick in Philippine villages hit by oil spill

DOZENS of people in the Philippines have fallen ill after oil from a sunken tanker washed up on their shores, officials said today, as authorities struggled to reach the leaking vessel. The Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil when it sank more than a week ago off the central island of […]

Ukraine defence minister denies govt responsibility for Nord Stream sabotage

THE Ukrainian government was not involved in the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the country’s defence minister said today. “This is not our activity,” Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told reporters in Stockholm ahead of a meeting with EU defence ministers, in response to a report in The […]

Exemption granted to Umno applicable, says Saifuddin Nasution

THE decision to grant exemption to Umno in accordance with section 70 of the Societies Act 1966 regarding the party’s elections is applicable, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said. Nevertheless, he said, if Umno members who brought the matter to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) were not satisfied with the decision, they could take it […]