Johor CIQ needs to be 100% efficient ahead of Raya exodus, says MB
JOHOR BARU: With Hari Raya Aidilfitri just a couple of days away, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has expressed dissatisfaction on the efficiency shown at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, which is currently not at a maximum level. Read full story
Fugees rapper says Jho Low paid RM88mil for Obama photo
NEW YORK: Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel told jurors Tuesday at his illegal-lobbying trial that the party-boy Malaysian tycoon Jho Low – once a friend and now a fugitive – paid him US$20mil (RM88.6mil) to get a photo with President Barack Obama in 2012. Read full story
Bidens release tax return, showing US$579,514 in income
AMERICA’S first couple didn’t do too badly last year, earning US$579,514 (RM2.6 million) although this was a good chunk less than the previous year, according to Joe and Jill Biden’s tax return, made public yesterday. Biden has restored a custom designed to demonstrate transparency at the White House, the most notable exception to the unwritten […]
Police seek individuals playing with firecrackers in viral video
THE police are tracking individuals in a viral video that showed them playing with firecrackers on the balcony of an apartment in Meru, Ipoh. Ipoh district police chief ACP Yahaya Hassan said the video was detected through a Twitter account using the name ‘Megatz’ yesterday.
INTERACTIVE: Here are the areas worst hit by the haze
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Man goes missing during fishing trip in Johor
PONTIAN: A 36-year-old man has gone missing during a fishing trip on Tuesday (April 18). Read full story
Fox News settles defamation case for US$787 million, avoiding trial
FOX News reached a US$787.5 million (RM3.5 billion) settlement yesterday in a defamation case brought by voting technology company Dominion that alleged the network knowingly aired false claims linking its machines to a conspiracy to undermine the 2020 US election. The agreement to end the case avoided what most experts suggested would have been a […]
Under fire, Brazil’s Lula ‘condemns’ invasion of Ukraine
UNDER fire for “parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda,” Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday made clear his condemnation of Russia’s “violation of the territorial integrity” of Ukraine. The White House on Monday had criticised Lula’s remarks during a recent trip to China that Washington was “encouraging the war” in Ukraine and that Kyiv shared […]
Menengok anak bulan
APABILA bulan Ramadan bermula penganut Islam akan berpuasa. Apabila bulan Syawal bermula, tanda kita berhari raya. Apabila dua detik ini sampai , kita akan mula sibuk membincangkan bila anak bulan akan ditengok. Menengok anak bulan ini telah menjadi sebahagian daripada budaya kita.
AMY number plates garner RM6mil in bids
IPOH: RM6mil was collected from the AMY series of registration plates throughout the five days of bidding by the Perak Road Transport Department (JPJ), said its director Mohammad Yusoff Abustan. The bids, which were open via the JPJeBID system beginning April 9, had exceeded that of the previous AMG plate series, he added. Read full […]