KUALA LUMPUR: The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) is documenting the traditional knowledge related to medicinal plants among the Orang Asli and Malay communities so that it will not disappear over time. Its Natural Products Division Research officer Dr Fadzureena Jamaludin said the effort was important because the knowledge and
KUALA LUMPUR: There was no evidence of foreign object ingestion, bird feathers or matter to any of the engine components in the crash involving fixed-wing aircraft Hawker Beechcraft 390 in Elmina, Selangor on Aug 17. According to the preliminary report by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) Air Accident Investigation Bureau
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a foreign national on suspicion of running an unlicensed money-lending business in a raid of a house in Bayan Baru near here last Wednesday. The Barat Daya district police headquarters, in a statement today, said the suspect was a 27-year-old man who has been working as
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has revoked the notification of cosmetic products ‘Beaute Treatment Cream’ and ‘Beaute Nite Cream’, found to contain scheduled poisons and are no longer allowed to be sold in Malaysia. Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said Beaute Treatment Cream was detected to contain hydroquinone,
BEIJING: Being far away from home is no obstacle for a group of Malaysian students to express their patriotic spirit and promote the nation’s cultural heritage on the world stage. Describing it as a responsibility of Generation Z, a troupe of university students who are pursuing their studies in engineering
LONDON: Foreign diplomats in London owe nearly £150 million (US$186 million) in congestion charge debt, British government ministers have said, reported German news agency (dpa). It comes as new figures given to UK lawmakers showed that 15 serious and significant offences, including sexual assault and drink driving, were allegedly committed
LONDON: Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is targetting more trophies after signing a new contract with the treble winners just a couple of months after almost leaving for Bayern Munich. The 33-year-old, who had a spell out of favour last season and was left out of the starting line-up for
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia plays a significant role in the effort to counter Islamophobia, ignorance and hatred of others, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “The burning of Al-Quran due to ignorance, arrogance and neo-colonial mindset, should be countered through knowledge and understanding. “For the Muslims, it is of course through
THE HAGUE: The purchasing power of the Dutch population fell by 1.2 per cent year-on-year in 2022 due to high inflation, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said on Thursday, reported Xinhua. This was the largest drop in 40 years. Over the past 10 years, purchasing power in the country has consistently grown,
BERLIN: As many as 1.5 million people in Germany have been affected by acute supply bottlenecks for certain medicines, the North Rhine Chamber of Pharmacists said on Thursday. “Sometimes the supply is really on the brink because antibiotics are very scarce and… have to be supplied very quickly,” Xinhua quoted
