PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Education (MOE) has taken appropriate steps to raise awareness among students and parents to buy the right food at the right place, said director-general of Education Azman Adnan. He said the awareness is important following the incident of a child who died after choking on gummy
GEORGE TOWN: The 10-year-old boy, who had been in a critical condition at at the Penang Hospital (HPP) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) after reportedly choking on a gummy candy, last tonight. The news was confirmed by the Year Four pupil’s aunt, Siti Farhani Muhammad Fikri, 33. When contacted, Siti Farhani said
KUALA LUMPUR: The ASEAN-UK Symposium on the Development of ASEAN Creative Economy Sustainability Framework served as a key platform for advancing the region’s cultural and creative industries while fostering sustainable development within the ASEAN Creative Economy. Tourism, Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Khairul Firdaus Akhbar Khan said that the symposium
KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government fully supports Sarawak’s aspirations to advance its energy transition goals, particularly in expanding the state’s renewable energy (RE) capacity to 15 gigawatts (GW) by 2035. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the government also backs Sarawak’s ambition to become a regional hydrogen production
FROM NOOR BAKHTIAR AHMAD MANAMA (Bahrain): Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s official visit to Bahrain highlights the strengthening of diplomatic and economic ties between the two nations as they celebrate 50 years of bilateral relations. Bahrain’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr Waleed Khalifa Al Manea, commended the strong ties
ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian government launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign on Wednesday, targeting more than 13.8 million children. The Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) said the campaign, which is set to begin Friday, will be administered across nine Ethiopian regions, to immunise over 13.8 million children under the age
COLOMBO: Six wild elephants were killed and two others injured on Thursday morning when the herd was hit by a train heading for the capital Colombo from Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, the police said, reported Xinhua. The police said the accident took place near the Gal Oya railway station
BY SYED IYLIA HARIZ AL-QADRI SYED IZMAN KUALA LUMPUR: The alarming surge in liver cancer across Malaysia has sparked serious concern among health experts, with fatty liver disease emerging as a leading culprit. According to the Global Cancer Observatory 2022 report, liver cancer is the fourth most common cancer in
BY SYED IYLIA HARIZ AL-QADRI SYED IZMAN KUALA LUMPUR: Imagine receiving a phone call from someone whose voice sounds exactly like a family member’s, urgently requesting money in distress. However, in reality, it is the result of artificial intelligence (AI) manipulation. This is one of the growing threats posed by
LABUAN: A man and his two young grandchildren were killed in a midnight fire that gutted their double-storey house at Lazenda Villa 2, Kerupang here. Morris Chong Hoon Cheung, 65, was found dead in the kitchen, while siblings Shahwin Kind Chong Shahmioon, 11, and Shayviann Kyrona Ruby Chong Shahmioon, eight,
