Malaysia conveys condolences to India over train tragedy

MALAYSIA has offered its condolences to India over Friday’s train disaster that left hundreds of people dead or wounded. Foreign Minister Dr Zambry Abd Kadir wished recovery to those injured in the crash in the eastern state of Odisha.

Perikatan to decide on election seat allotments tomorrow

PERIKATAN Nasional (PN) is expected to complete negotiations tomorrow over seats in the state elections. Selangor PAS secretary, Roslan Shahir Mohd. Shahir said the central leadership is scheduled to meet tomorrow to decide on the distribution of seats in the state, including the overlapping claims for the Port Klang constituency.

Messi’s final game for PSG ends in defeat

LIONEL Messi was jeered by a section of Paris Saint-Germain supporters as he played his final game for the club in the Ligue 1 champions’ 3-2 home defeat by Clermont yesterday. Messi’s expected departure from the French giants after two seasons was officially confirmed by PSG in a statement shortly before yesterday’s game.

Will Sulu heirs return to ‘shop’ in Malaysia?

IN “Heirs of the Sultan of Sulu were forum shopping and abusing the legal processes”, I wrote that the Sulu heirs were ‘forum shopping’ when they “flew more than 10,000km to Madrid in Spain to move the Superior Court of Justice there to appoint a sole arbitrator in the Spanish arbitration. Then they hopped to France […]

Housewife loses RM110,556 in online job scam

A HOUSEWIFE lost RM110,556 after being duped by a scam syndicate offering part-time jobs on social media. Pahang police chief Yahaya Othman said the 36-year-old victim claimed that based on the advertisement on Telegram on Tuesday, she was only required to like and share YouTube videos.

Israelis rally against judicial reform plan for 22nd week

TENS of thousands of demonstrators thronged Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities yesterday for the 22nd consecutive week to protest against a controversial plan to reform Israel’s judicial system. The government’s reform proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges.