Shoppers enjoy lower prices at Syawal Madani Sale
PETALING JAYA: The Syawal Madani Sale in conjunction with Hari Raya at 113 outlets across the country offers a variety of daily necessities at a lower price of up to 30% compared with regular markets. Read full story
Three wanted for breaking into Tenom Immigration office
KOTA KINABALU: A manhunt has been mounted for three suspects allegedly involved in a gang robbery at the Tenom Immigration office recently. Read full story
MRSM gets pumps to resolve water woes
TUMPAT: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) has approved an allocation of RM56,000 to install two water pumps at the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Tumpat. Read full story
‘Shark Tank’ for Malaysian tech innovators in the works
KUALA LUMPUR: A reality television show that allows local innovators from different fields to present their ideas and technological creations and innovations to Malaysians is in the works. Read full story
Second Ugandan minister arrested in rare graft case
UGANDAN state minister Amos Lugoloobi has been arrested for allegedly stealing metal roofing sheets destined for a poor and restive region, police said today. The sheets of corrugated iron roofing were earmarked for low-cost housing in Karamoja, an underdeveloped and lawless region in northwest Uganda bordering Kenya and South Sudan.
Pandas’ return to China postponed
THE scheduled return of baby pandas, Yi Yi and Sheng Yi, to China next month has been postponed, Zoo Negara deputy director Rosly@Rahmat Ahmat Lana said. Beijing made the decision due to the rising number of Covid cases there and there has been no official date for the return of both pandas.
COP28 head urges ‘accessible’ global climate finance
SULTAN Al Jaber, president of the COP28 climate talks, called today for “available, accessible and affordable” finance for the developing economies most vulnerable to the destructive impacts of a warming planet. Al Jaber, who is also head of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company, said he had urged G7 climate and environment ministers meeting […]
Two boys drown in river near Segamat
SEGAMAT: Two teenagers had drowned after swimming in Sungai Pulau Jering at Kampung Bukit Tunggal here. Read full story
Sivakumar says yet to get calls from MACC
HUMAN Resources Minister V. Sivakumar today denied being questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after social media went into overdrive that he was going to be arrested next. This follows MACC’s remand of two of his aides.
Fighting rocks Sudan’s capital as army battles paramilitaries
EXPLOSIONS rocked the Sudanese capital today as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other’s bases, days after the army warned the country was at a “dangerous” turning point. The eruption of violence came after weeks of deepening tensions between military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan […]