RM50 to settle traffic summons from now until May 21

POLICE are offering a special flat rate of RM50 to settle a traffic summons issued in 2022 or earlier. The offer is valid from now until  May 21. Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Mat Kasim Karim said the offer extends to non-compoundable traffic offences that require offenders to go to court but […]

Fox CEO drops Jan 6 defamation case in Australia

FOX Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch today dropped a high-profile defamation case against a small Australian website that accused his family’s conservative media empire of inflaming the 2021 US Capitol riots. Lawyers for Crikey said Lachlan, the eldest son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, had “discontinued his defamation case”, adding that Crikey would seek to recoup […]

North Korea ‘irreversible’ nuclear power, says minister

NORTH Korea’s status as a nuclear power is “final and irreversible”, Pyongyang’s foreign minister said today, slamming a G7 call for Kim Jong Un to give up his nukes entirely. Pyongyang has conducted another record-breaking string of sanctions-defying launches this year, including test-firing the country’s first solid-fuel ballistic missile this month – a key technical […]

Smooth traffic flow on major highways

TRAFFIC flow on most major highways is smooth and under control ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration tomorrow. The Malaysian Highway Authority said as at 9am, traffic heading to the north was clear even though traffic at two locations – Slim River to Sungkai and Tapah to Gopeng – was slow moving.