India’s environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi’s government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog in the world’s most polluted major city, officials said Tuesday. The National Green Tribunal penalised the capital administration for its lack of oversight after it emerged some polluting industries
The world needs a “reality check” on the threat posed by climate change, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison said Tuesday at a UN summit to chart mankind’s path away from runaway global warming. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, brought a little galactic perspective to the COP24 talks in Poland,
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, following the first manned launch since a failed launch in October. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome
The face of Kuching is fast-transforming into a cosmopolitan destination with a plethora of artsy and cultural events taking place in the 191-year-old capital over the last few years. Adding to the city’s vibrancy recently was Kuching Youth Day Out (KYDO) 2018 which returned to the Kuching Waterfront on November
Injured teenage woman says she searched frantically for her hubby KUCHING: There is no fathoming a young wife’s love for her husband. When CityOne Megamall exploded, the first thing that came to Aimy Mohamad’s mind was the fate of her husband. “Before the incident, I could see my husband in
By Desmond Markus KUCHING: A forensic team from Putrajaya and the canine detection unit or K9 of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) are helping to investigate the blast which rocked CityOne Megamall here at 3.30pm on Tuesday. “Today, we bring our tracking dog to ensure that there is no
KUCHING: The son of a director of CityOne Megamall has apologised for stopping a person from videoing the goings-on that immediately followed an explosion that utterly wrecked a tenant’s restaurant last Tuesday. Jonathan Long Shi Kai, who is also a director of a company called Borneo Landmark (M) Sdn Bhd,
KUCHING: Nene Chicken Malaysia is now working towards obtaining a full report of the blast at CityOne Megamall. “We are working with our CityOne outlet licensee and the CityOne Mall Management and giving our full cooperation to aid those affected and to help with the investigation,” said the company in
KUCHING: “I accept his demise, I am leaving all preparations to his elder brother,” said the father of Tchee Kiom Joong, 24, who was killed in a gas explosion at a food shop in CityOne Megamall at 3.30pm on Tuesday. The victim’s father, Tchee Fah Hin, 66, said he was
KUCHING: Acting Head of State Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar visited the CityOne mall explosion victims at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) yesterday. Asfia, who arrived at the hospital at 2.30pm, also presented donations to several victims who were still receiving treatment there. He was accompanied by his wife
