JAKARTA: Indonesia was struck by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. The country’s national disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before cancelling it. The strong quake hit central Sulawesi island at a shallow depth
KUCHING: Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Arang received RM3,000 assistance from Stampin Member of Parliament, and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen recently. Present to hand out the cheque to SK Jalan Arang Headmaster Edward Peter Bajat was Chong’s special assistant Abdul Aziz Isa. According to Aziz, the
MUKAH: Federation of Sarawak Melanau Association (PPMS) will hold its second Executive Committee Meeting at 2pm today. To be held at Wisma PPMS, the meeting will be chaired by former Mukah Member of Parliament and PPMS President Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad Abdullah. PPMS Secretary Jennifer Sukor@John called
KUALA LUMPUR: Kim Leun Kwang held his nerve to beat Amir Nazrin Jailani in a sudden death play-off to win the CIMB National Championship and secure his maiden professional title at TPC Kuala Lumpur’s East course in Bukit Kiara, here yesterday. For his feat, Kim received the competition trophy from
KUCHING: The Old Josephians Association (OJA) Kuching will be organising the second consecutive Ora Et Labora Run on December 8 at 6am starting from the school compound. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian who is also the OJA President said the run aimed to raise funds for student’s
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority. The top UN rights body voted to “establish an ongoing independent mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence
NYON, Switzerland: Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than a rival proposal from Turkey. Politics, national unity and respect for human rights in Turkey emerged as key themes in the campaign to host Europe’s premier international
MAJURO (Marshall Islands): Passengers were forced to swim for their lives yesterday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and began sinking. The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but ended up half submerged
TOKYO: A large, very strong typhoon churned towards Japan yesterday, with the weather agency warning the storm would rip through the nation over the weekend, bringing violent winds and torrential rain. Typhoon Trami, packing gusts of a maximum 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour near its centre, was in the
BAKO: The RM41.2 million Sungai Bako Bridge project will open to the public on this Oct 12. Assistant Minister of Coastal Road Datuk Julaihi Narawi said the 280-metre bridge began in March 2016 and is completed within two years. But he said, for some reason unexpectedly, the completion date has
