Shopping trip for Raya clothes turns tragic as tahfiz student dies in van crash
KOTA BARU: A tahfiz student was killed and 11 others were injured when the van they were travelling in crashed into a ditch on Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra in Taman Bendahara, Pengkalan Chepa near here at 11.32am Tuesday (April 18). Read full story
Outdoor activities in schools will be cancelled if API hits unhealthy levels, says Deputy Education Minister
SEREMBAN: Schools need to cancel all outdoor activities if the Air Pollution Index (API) exceeds 101, says Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying. Read full story
Finance Ministry to get report on Labuan's economic challenges
KOTA KINABALU: An extensive report detailing the economic challenges and issues faced by the island of La buan will be sent to the Finance Ministry. Read full story
Seven-year-old girl found on side of Manjung road possibly raped, say police
IPOH: A seven-year-old girl found walking aimlessly on the side of a road in Manjung is believed to be a rape victim. Read full story
Johor activating three under-construction water treatment plants to ensure supply for Raya
KOTA TINGGI: Three water treatment plants (LRA) in Johor, which are still under construction, will be temporarily activated to meet demand during Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Read full story
High Court upholds prison sentence, RM50,000 fine on Peter Anthony
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here upheld the three-year prison sentence and a RM50,000 fine imposed on former Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony for forging a letter for the purpose of cheating. Read full story
Michelle Yeoh urges women to resist being put in a box
OSCAR winner Michelle Yeoh spoke up today for diversity and women’s empowerment in the entertainment industry, telling reporters in Kuala Lumpur “we should never allow somebody to put us in a box”. Speaking at her first news conference in Malaysia since her historic best actress win, she returned to themes that had been a staple […]
IRB collects more than RM126,000 for Turkey, Syria quake victims
THE Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has collected funds amounting to RM126,600 in 39 days, through the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Victims Fund, since it was launched on February 17. The IRB said the proceeds of the collection have been channelled to the Foreign Ministry’s disaster fund recently, as a sign of support for the victims […]
2 wounded in suspected east Jerusalem ‘terror’ attack
TWO men were wounded in a shooting attack in annexed east Jerusalem today, Israeli police and medics said, with security forces conducting a manhunt for the perpetrator. Police announced a “suspicion of a shooting terror attack” near a Jewish religious site in the Sheikh Jarrah sector targeting two motorists, who according to medics were rushed […]
Musk says out to create ‘truth-seeking’ AI
ELON Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with “truth-seeking AI” that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired last night. The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has “the potential of civilisational destruction”.