South Korea launches homegrown rocket after delay
SOUTH Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket today, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off. It marks the third launch of the Nuri, which successfully put test satellites into orbit last year after a failed 2021 attempt saw the rocket’s third-stage engine burn […]
Policy reforms to pick up second half of the year, says Rafizi
MALAYSIA’S pace of policy changes will pick up in the second half of the year to further push the nation’s economic reforms, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said. He said the country will launch a new industrial master plan in August.
Russia to shut Swedish consulate, expel 5 diplomats
MOSCOW said today it was expelling five Swedish diplomats and closing Russia’s general consulate in Gothenburg and Sweden’s diplomatic mission in Saint Petersburg. The Russian foreign ministry said that the Swedish ambassador Malena Mard had been summoned and informed of Moscow’s retaliatory measures over her country’s “confrontational course”.
Five-year-old girl killed after lorry rams into her in Melaka
MELAKA: A five-year-old girl was rammed by a lorry while playing hide and seek behind a tree with another child at Kampung Paya Mengkuang in Batang Tiga here. Read full story
French Olympic committee in turmoil year ahead of Games
SPORTS Minister Amelie Oudea Castera today called on the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) to rally together after their president Brigitte Henriques quit her post only 14 months before Paris hosts the Olympic Games. Henriques’ dramatic resignation at the committee’s general assembly comes after a year-and-a-half of internal squabbling and a very public disagreement with […]
Black Eagles get King’s attention at Lima’23
LANGKAWI: The Republic of Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team has not only been the hot topic of discussions at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2023 (Lima’23) here but also captured the attention of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Read full story
Man arrested for allegedly insulting royalty, making racially provocative statements on Twitter
PETALING JAYA: A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly insulting the royal institution and making racially provocative statements through a social media post. Read full story
5 areas record level one hot weather status
THE Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a level one (alert) hot weather status for four areas in the peninsula and one in Sarawak. According to the updated data on hot weather uploaded to its Facebook as of 4.30pm, the four areas in the peninsula are Pasir Mas and Kuala Krai in Kelantan as well as Raub […]
Dramatic Sydney blaze consumes 7-storey building
MORE than 100 firefighters battled towering flames and thick smoke today as a huge blaze consumed an unoccupied seven-storey building in central Sydney. The flames appeared to be dying down as firefighters poured in water from multiple hoses two hours after the fire took hold in a building near the Central Station railway hub.
MMEA officer missing in Telaga Tujuh found safe
A MALAYSIAN Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officer who was believed to have gone missing while climbing Telaga Tujuh, Gunung Matchincang in Langkawi yesterday afternoon was found safe. Langkawi district police chief Shariman Ashari said Mohd Ridhaudden Rosman, 32, who is attached to the search and disaster relief division of Putrajaya MMEA was found at 5pm today.