JAKARTA: Indonesian police on Tuesday said they have arrested dozens of people for looting on the quake and tsunami-struck island of Sulawesi, where survivors have raided shops for water, food and other goods. “On the first and second day clearly no shops were open. People were hungry. There were people
PARIS: The tsunami that ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu was outsized compared to the earthquake that spawned it, but other factors — including a long, narrow bay — conspired to create monster waves, scientists say. At least 844 people are already known to have died in the disaster, and
PALU, Indonesia: It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu. Recounting the story beside her at a small roadside stall in
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and baby daughter Neve charmed the world in New York during last week’s UN General Assembly, but pundits say her government’s lustre has started to fade back home after almost a year in power. “Jacinda-mania goes global” trumpeted Kiwi pop culture website The
PALU (Indonesia): Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a mass grave with space for more than a thousand people yesterday, victims of a quake-tsunami that devastated swathes of Sulawesi and left authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster. Indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and
JAKARTA: Some 1,200 Indonesian convicts are on the run from three different detention facilities in devastated Sulawesi after the region was rocked by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, a justice ministry official said Monday. One prison in tsunami-struck Palu city – built to hold just 120 people – saw most
KUCHING: Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) is inviting the public to join its next forum – on sexual harassment- in its Women for Progress Series to discuss the situation in Malaysia. Sexual harassment is making headlines across the world. The #MeToo movement is growing as it is a
KUCHING: A 48-year-old motorcyclist from 11th Mile, Kuching-Serian Road was seriously injured after a bus rammed into the rear of the motorcycle he was riding at 28th Mile Kuching-Serian Road at 10am last Sunday. The bus and the motorcycle were both moving to Serian when the accident occurred. The impact
KUCHING: Following a distress call received at 10.48am yesterday relating to a road accident at Jalan Samarakan at a junction to Sg Emas, Bintulu, Bintulu BOMBA immediately dispatched eight personnel in two vehicles led by PBK II Mustapha bin Wasli to the location. Upon arrival at the location the BOMBA
KUCHING: Among activities held during the launching of KJM (Kejiranan Mesra) Tupong and Recreational Sports, e-Sports and Culture Centre at Dewan Tupong in Petra Jaya here last weekend were Futsal for the KJM Tupong Cup and Mobile Legends Kuching North Cup (MKNC). The two-day MKNC attracted 32 teams of seven
