KUALA LUMPUR: Three ministers took their oath of office as senators for the second term today before Dewan Negara (Senate) President, Datuk Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah. They are Home Minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail; Higher Education Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, and Minister in the Prime
GENEVA, Switzerland: Devastating monsoon rains and tropical cyclones have unleashed catastrophic flooding across parts of South and Southeast Asia, killing hundreds of people, displacing communities, and causing major economic disruption, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said Tuesday, reported Xinhua. Clare Nullis, a WMO official, told a United Nations’ press briefing
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today granted an audience and presented instruments of appointment to five judges at Istana Negara here. The ceremony, held at Bilik Singgahsana Kecil (Small Throne Room), began with the presentation of the instrument of appointment to Chief Judge of Malaya, Datuk
WASHINGTON, Unites States (US): Former Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernandez, has been released from a West Virginia prison after US President Donald J. Trump formally pardoned him, his attorney Renato Stabile said on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. Hernandez was sentenced by a US jury last year to 45 years in prison
KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in three states continues to show positive progress. The number of evacuees at temporary relief centres is steadily decreasing, while the figures in Pahang remain unchanged as of 8:00 am today. In Selangor, the number of evacuees has decreased to 993 people from 291 families,
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Boules Sports Federation (MBSF) have taken a cautious approach by setting a four-medal target, irrespective of the colour, for the national petanque squad at the 2025 SEA Games, scheduled to be held in Thailand from Dec 9-20. MBSF acting president Cheah Ban Cheng said they are, however, hopeful
KUALA LUMPUR: National women’s singles shuttler Wong Ling Ching is down with fever, but she isn’t letting it slow her down ahead of the Thailand SEA Games from Dec 9-20. The 22-year-old Sarawakian said that she has trained her sights on doing the best she can at the biennial Games, and
SHAH ALAM: The process of securing the release of Under-23 (U-23) football players from their clubs to play for the national squad for the 2025 South East Asian (SEA) Games have hit a snag as seven players might not be released, national U-23 football squad coach Nafuzi Zain (pic) said. He admitted the
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) is bent on ending a 20-year gold medal drought at the SEA Games 2025 in Thailand. MWF president Datuk Ayub Rahmat, however, admitted that it won’t be easy to achieve, as they last won gold at the 2005 edition in the Philippines. But he
KOTA BHARU, Kelantan: A Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) doctoral student was killed while his friend was injured after their Perodua Axia skidded before plunging into a lake in Jeli Campus, on Tuesday evening. Jeli District Police Chief, Supt Kamarulzaman Harun, said police received a distress call from a member of
