Govt to okay allocations
BALING: The unity government has agreed in principle to provide an allocation for opposition Members of Parliament, but only for administrative expenses, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Read full story
Support for masking again
PETALING JAYA: Parents not only want the return of the mask mandate in schools, but they also want more support to be given to the schools to ensure that schools are not burdened. Read full story
Rapper Michel convicted for aiding Jho Low
WASHINGTON: Pras Michel, a Grammy-winning rapper-turned-political influencer, was convicted of conspiring to wage a back-channel lobbying campaign to end US probes into Malaysian Jho Low and get American authorities to extradite a dissident Chinese billionaire. Read full story
Wife beater strikes yet again
KUALA PILAH: A 46-year-old man who pleaded guilty five months ago to a charge of causing harm to his wife in a court in Tampin was again produced at the Magistrate’s Court here for a similar offence. Read full story
One of world’s oldest newspapers to end daily print run
ONE of the world’s oldest newspapers still in print, Austria’s Wiener Zeitung, will primarily move online, after a decision today by the country’s parliament. The development marks the final step in a years-long dispute between the Austrian government and the newspaper about the future of the state-owned daily.
Boy, 10, drowns in Baling
A 10-YEAR-old boy was found drowned after he was believed to have fallen into a river near the Sungai Limau water treatment plant, in Kupang, this afternoon. Baling district police chief Supt Shamsudin Mamat said the victim, Muhammad Yusuf Khairuddin, was said to have gone to the area at about 11am today on a picnic […]
Iran Guards seize oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
IRAN’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman today, the US Navy said, in the latest such incident in the commercially vital seaway. The waters where the ship was seized, near the Strait of Hormuz, are a chokepoint for at least a third of the world’s seaborne oil.
Unity govt women’s convention to focus on economic agenda, nation-building
KUALA LUMPUR: The unity government’s women convention to be held at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre (WTCKL) this May 14 will focus on the economic agenda, nation-building and the role of women in the context of Malaysia Madani. Read full story
Runaway fireball scare for 2 Penang footballers
TWO Penang FC footballers had the fright of their lives in a bizarre accident on Jalan Tun Sardon heading towards Relau. The two players, identified as Muhamad Azmeer Aris Nor Rashid and Mohammad Amer Azahar, were reportedly unhurt.
Iran urges leaderless Lebanon to elect a president
IRAN’s foreign minister called on Lebanon today to overcome political deadlock and elect a president, urging foreign governments not to interfere in the choice. “We encourage all sides in Lebanon to expedite the election of a president,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told a press conference in the capital Beirut.