Floods: 24 health facilities down in Johor

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Twenty four health facilities in the state were reported affected by floods since last week, says state Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon. Read full story

EIA report for PSI project yet to be approved

KUALA LUMPUR: The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Penang South Islands (PSI) project has not yet been approved and is being evaluated by the Department of Environment (DOE). Read full story

Cathay Pacific reports first operating profit since 2019

HONG Kong carrier Cathay Pacific today reported its first annual operating profit since 2019 as the airline fights to return to pre-pandemic flight capacity. The airline has struggled to catch up with regional rivals such as Singapore Airlines as the city’s government only began axing harsh pandemic curbs – including mandatory hotel quarantine and strict […]

Former Kedah MB Syed Razak dies at 79

FORMER Kedah menteri besar Syed Razak Syed Zain died at 10.30am today. He was 79. His former press secretary, Boon Som Inong, said Syed Razak passed away while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Sungai Petani.

Myanmar junta slams UN human rights chief’s ‘irrelevant’ comments

MYANMAR’S junta has slammed the UN’s human rights chief for making “irrelevant” remarks after he said the military may have committed war crimes as it struggles to crush resistance to its rule. Two years after the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, the human rights situation in Myanmar is a “festering catastrophe”, the […]