Monday, 8 December 2025

Author: Bernama

Sabah Polls: Busy media practitioners fulfill voting duty

KOTA KINABALU, Sabah: Despite being fully engaged in covering the 17th Sabah State Election since early morning, media practitioners in Sabah ensured they did not neglect their duty to vote alongside over 1.7 million eligible voters. Sabah Journalists Association President, Mariah Doksil, returned to her hometown in Pitas, about 180

Amazon workers in Germany strike on Black Friday over wage demands

BERLIN: Some 3,000 Amazon warehouse employees across Germany staged coordinated walkouts on Black Friday, seeking to increase pressure on the company to agree to a collective wage agreement, reported Xinhua. The strike, organised by the trade union Verdi, targeted one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, when

WhatsApp at risk of shutdown as Russia expands internet censorship

MOSCOW: Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has threatened to completely block WhatsApp in the country following previous restrictions on the messaging service, reported German Press Agency (dpa). If WhatsApp does not meet the requirements of Russian legislation, it will be blocked, the state news agency TASS quoted Roskomnadzor as saying in a

Hong Kong flies flags at half-mast to mourn victims of Tai Po residential fire

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government and Chinese national flags were flown at half-mast as officials paid tribute by observing a three-minute silence to mourn the victims of the residential building fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, reported Xinhua.  John Lee, chief executive of Hong Kong, along with principal

Zahid urges vigilance as river levels rise across several states

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has advised the public to remain vigilant, following reports of rising river water levels across multiple states.  In a Facebook post, he said that based on the latest data from the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS), the affected rivers are

Seventeen civil servants among those arrested in Chow Kit club raid

KUALA LUMPUR: Seventeen civil servants were among 208 people arrested by police last night in a raid on a health club believed to have been used for unnatural sexual activities. Kuala Lumpur Police deputy chief Datuk Mohd Azani Omar said the 8 pm operation in Chow Kit was carried out

Sabah Polls: 882 polling centres open for 1.74 million voters

KOTA KINABALU, Sabah: Following 14 days of intense campaigning, polling day for the 17th Sabah State Election is now officially underway. All 882 polling centres comprising 3,559 streams opened at 7:30 am, giving 1.74 million registered voters the opportunity to exercise their democratic right to choose a new state government. The

Kindergarten owner loses RM1.3 million in online share scam

JOHOR BAHRU: A private kindergarten owner has lost RM1.3 million after falling victim to a fake online share investment, Johor Police Chief, CP Datuk Abdul Rahman Arsad said today. In a statement, he said the 42-year-old woman saw a social media advertisement in September promising high returns and contacted the

Malaysian citizens stranded in Sumatra floods confirmed safe

KUALA LUMPUR: All Malaysians who were previously reported stranded in several flood-hit areas in Sibolga, Bukit Tinggi, and several other locations in Sumatra, Indonesia, have been contacted and confirmed safe. The Malaysian Consulate General in Medan, in a post on its Facebook page today, said that the necessary consular assistance will continue