NEW YORK: A rapidly intensifying storm on Sunday swept across large swathes of the United States (US), unleashing blizzard conditions and fierce winds across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, causing thousands of flight cancellations and widespread power outages, reported Xinhua. Nearly 200 million people, from the Dakotas to Illinois,
PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) has seized 13 imported vehicles of various models worth approximately RM4.61 million, including duties and taxes, after they were found to have been stored beyond the permitted period at a licensed warehouse in the Klang Valley. Its director, Wan Norizan Wan Daud, said the
KUALA LUMPUR: The MADANI Pre-Syawal Agro Sales programme not only benefits consumers through lower prices for essential goods, but also provides opportunities for local agro-food entrepreneurs to expand their market reach. Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) chairman Aminuddin Zulkipli said the initiative allows participating entrepreneurs to generate additional income of between RM3,000
SHAH ALAM: The police have considered the arson and criminal threats case reported in the Taman Kinrara residential area, Puchong, last week as solved following the arrest of 12 suspects. Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said those detained comprised 11 men and a local woman. They are aged between 30
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has stressed the importance of preventing tensions in West Asia from escalating into a wider conflict among Muslim countries. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this was communicated in the second round of discussion with leaders of Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates
TOKYO, Japan: Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, said today that the country is considering what it can do within its legal constraints to ensure the safety of Japanese-related vessels and their crews in West Asia amid the United States-Israeli war with Iran, Kyodo News Agency reported. Takaichi’s remarks during a parliamentary
KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that he had received a letter of appeal from former UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin to rejoin the party. Ahmad Zahid said the application was received from Khairy, the former Rembau Member of Parliament who submitted a letter of appeal
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia remained lower at midday, weighed down by profit-taking in industrial products and services, consumer products and services, and construction stocks. At 12.30 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) slipped 1.78 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 1,697.07 from last Friday’s close of 1,698.85. The benchmark
KUALA LUMPUR: Bandar Tun Razak MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today handed out aid to 150 household heads in the constituency as part of the Sejahtera MADANI: Kebajikan-Sumbangan Kasih Ihsan Ramadan initiative. The Prime Minister’s wife said that each registered household head in the eKasih system (the national poverty
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Despite a slight improvement in his health, jailed former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital with pneumonia, reported German Press Agency (dpa). “His condition has stabilised clinically, and his kidney function has improved, although inflammation levels in his blood