KUALA LUMPUR: Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) removing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s posts on the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday has been deemed an act of double standards. Dr Mazlan Ali, an Associate Professor at the Perdana Centre, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics,
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued an immediate work suspension notice at the site where a factory worker here was crushed to death by a forklift on Monday. Its director, Hairozie Asri, said the accident involving the male foreign worker occurred at 9.40
PARIS: Japan’s Paris Olympics delegation has announced it will consider contacting the police or taking legal action against defamatory content posted online targeting athletes, Kyodo news agency reported. The Japanese Olympic Committee issued a statement on Thursday indicating that such measures may be taken in response to insults and threats
By Soon Li Wei KUALA LUMPUR: The joyful laughter of children echoed clearly from the foyer of Mutiara Spaces Show Gallery in Mutiara Damansara, Selangor, enlivening the atmosphere of a storytelling session that took place there one Saturday afternoon last month. The event was led by Abyan Junus-Nishizawa and Farah
By Ammar Shafiq Hamzah KUCHING: The Sarawak e-sports team sees Selangor as its biggest threat in the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA), which will be held here this month. Sarawak e-sports team manager Darren Kueh said his team is wary of Selangor but believes that playing on home turf would give
PARIS: Malaysian professional men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia ousted France’s top player Toma Junior Popov to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The world number seven, who had to contend with the strong support for Popov from the home crowd at Porte de La Chapelle Arena,
SEMPORNA: About 196 victims from 30 families were affected after their stilt houses in Kampung Simunul Lorong 3 collapsed earlier this morning. Semporna police chief Supt Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah, said 30 houses were destroyed, 28 of which were dwelled by 190 locals and two more occupied by six foreign
KUALA LUMPUR: Mosques in the country today held funeral prayers in absentia for Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. In addition to mosques under the supervision of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) and the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (JAWI), the
PARIS: Malaysia’s challenge in archery at the 2024 Paris Olympics ended today after the last representative, Nurul Azreena Mohamad Fazil, was eliminated in the 1/32 elimination round of the women’s individual event. The event at Invalides, which was postponed from Wednesday due to bad weather, saw Nurul Azreena lose 0-6
KUALA LUMPUR: A men’s singles badminton match involving shuttlers from Israel and Nepal was inadvertently broadcast for less than five minutes on RTMKlik’s Olympic Channel 4 on Wednesday night. Broadcasting Department director-general Datuk Suhaimi Sulaiman, in a statement late tonight, however, said that Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) promptly switched the
