Florida lawmakers bar treatment for transgender minors
LAWMAKERS in the southern US state of Florida yesterday approved a proposal barring physicians and health workers from offering transition-related medical care to transgender minors. The proposal, a priority for conservative Governor Ron DeSantis, who is nearing a likely campaign for the presidency, will become law once he signs it.
Action taken against 23 MACC personnel for misconduct from 2020-2022
PUTRAJAYA: Twenty-three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) personnel have been subject to disciplinary action including dismissal for misconduct, from 2020 to 2022. Read full story
Dr M files RM150mil defamation suit against Anwar over wealth claim
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has filed a RM150mil defamation suit against prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the latter’s speech at an event in March. Read full story
Malaysian seeking Wisma Putra's help after hail of gunfire hits his residence in Pakistan
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian of Pakistani descent is seeking the Foreign Ministry’s help in keeping his family safe after his residence in his homeland was fired upon, allegedly by a local organised crime group. Read full story
8 killed, 13 injured in another Serbia shooting
EIGHT people were killed and 13 injured late yesterday in a shooting near a Serbian town about 60km south of capital Belgrade, state-run media reported. The shooting occurred near Mladenovac as the attacker opened fire with an automatic weapon from a moving vehicle and fled, RTS television reported. Police were searching for the attacker.
Anger outside Kuching court as MA63 suit postponed again
TEMPERS were frayed among Sarawak separatists outside the Kuching High Court this morning when the decision on the federal and Sarawak governments’ bid to strike their Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) suit was postponed yet again. They were among 11 Sarawakians who, on March 15 last year, filed the suit seeking that the court declare the […]
Cars in Venezuela erupt into flames, fuel quality in question
VENEZUELAN taxi driver Jose Faria’s burnt face and arms are wrapped in bandages. His vehicle was one of dozens to spontaneously burst into flames in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in an alarming phenomenon blamed on poor fuel quality. “It all happened so quickly,” the 42-year-old told AFP from his bed of the day, last week, he thought […]
High Court postpones decision on striking out suit to nullify MA63
KUCHING: The High Court here has postponed its decision on whether or not to strike out a suit filed by 11 Sarawakians to nullify the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Read full story
Sarawak community leaders urged to help Native Court clear backlog of nearly 6,000 cases
SIBU: The Sarawak Native Court is facing a backlog of close to 6,000 cases at the District and Residen Bumiputra Courts, says Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Native Customs and Law) Jefferson Jamit Unyat. Read full story
OPR hike pushes ringgit higher v US dollar
THE ringgit opened higher against the US dollar today, buoyed by the increase in the overnight policy rate (OPR) to 3%, but the two currencies are projected to trade in a narrow range as risk-off mode leads to increased demand for the greenback. At 9am, the local note rose to 4.4350/4400 versus the US dollar […]