Clerk denies hurting maid
KUALA LUMPUR: A clerk has pleaded not guilty at a Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of injuring her Indonesian domestic helper using an iron and hot water. Read full story
Factory worker charged with murder of retiree
MELAKA: A factory worker was charged with the murder of a retiree at the Ayer Keroh Magistrate’s Court here. Read full story
Actor makes bid to have charge dropped
KUALA LUMPUR: Actor Sharnaaz Ahmad Bazir Ahmad has written to the Attorney General’s Chambers to drop the charge of causing hurt to a security guard at a condominium last year. Read full story
State polls: Barisan-Pakatan seat allocation at state level almost complete, says Zahid
ALOR GAJAH: Allocation of seats between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan for the upcoming state elections at the state level are almost complete, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Read full story
Duo to be charged with murder of businessman
KAJANG: Two suspects linked to the abduction and murder of a 41-year-old businessman here will be charged on Monday (May 8). Read full story
Hong Kong police seize dismantled Tiananmen protest statue
HONG Kong national security police seized an “exhibit” today that has been identified by local media as a dismantled statue commemorating the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. The 8m “Pillar of Shame” by Danish artist Jens Galschiot – featuring anguished faces in a twisted tower – sat on the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) […]
Germany considers electricity price cap for industry
GERMANY’S Economy Minister Robert Habeck today presented plans to cap the price of electricity used by energy-intensive industries to insulate the sector against sharp cost increases, but the proposal immediately sparked criticism. The cap, which would be set at €0.06 (RM0.29) per gigawatt hour, would apply until 2030 and cover at least 80% of companies’ electricity […]
India state police say restoring order after ethnic clashes
POLICE in a remote Indian state said troops were restoring order today after ethnic clashes that killed at least six people and saw weapons stolen from police stations. India rushed hundreds of soldiers to Manipur, along the border with Myanmar, yesterday after a protest march by a tribal group turned violent.
WHO announces end to Covid global health emergency
THE Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, […]
KK High Court orders man to enter defence for allegedly insulting Rafizi’s modesty
KOTA KINABALU: A man, who was previously freed from a charge of insulting the modesty of PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli, has been ordered to enter his defence by the High Court here on Friday (May 5). Read full story