Beyonce leads Grammy nods after trailblazing country album Posted on 09/11/2024 Beyonce appears at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee vice president Kamala Harris in Houston. (AP pic) NEW YORK: Beyonce and her groundbreaking Cowboy Carter album earned a leading 11 nominations for the Grammy Awards, the music industry’s showcase gala, where she will face off against Taylor Swift and… Read more
Erdogan ‘amat yakin’ Trump akan ambil langkah tamatkan konflik perang Posted on 09/11/2024 Recep Tayyip Erdogan menaruh keyakinan Donald Trump yang akan kembali ke Rumah Putih akan mengambil ‘langkah-langkah’ perlu menamatkan peperangan di Gaza dan Lubnan. (Gambar AP) ISTANBUL: Tiada perang lain menjadikan wanita dan kanak-kanak sebagai sasaran secara langsung seperti yang berlaku dalam genosid yang berterusan di Gaza, kata Presiden Turki Recep… Read more
Liew calls for push on EVs to cut petrol usage Posted on 09/11/2024 Liew Chin Tong, the deputy minister for investment, trade and industry, taking a look at a newly-assembled Chery car at the assembly plant in Kulim today. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA: A deputy minister has called for a big push on the use of electric vehicles (EVs) to cut petrol usage… Read more
Israeli football fans back home after Amsterdam violence Posted on 09/11/2024 A Maccabi Tel Aviv fan points at the club’s emblem as he arrives at Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport today. (AP pic) TEL AVIV: A plane carrying Israeli football supporters brought home from Amsterdam by the government landed today at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport as authorities condemned a night of “hateful antisemitic”… Read more
Flood-hit Spain drenched by wettest October on record Posted on 09/11/2024 The downpours in Spain peaked during a ferocious Mediterranean storm on Oct 29 that desolated the eastern Valencia region. (AP pic) MADRID: Spain was soaked in its wettest October on record last month which culminated in catastrophic floods that have killed 219 people and left dozens missing, the government said… Read more
Sekolah di Tanjong Karang gempar pondok pengawal dirempuh lori Posted on 09/11/2024 Keadaan lori selepas merempuh pondok pengawal keselamatan Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanjong Karang pagi tadi. (Gambar Facebook) PETALING JAYA: Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tanjong Karang di Selangor gempar selepas sebuah lori merempuh pondok pengawal keselamatannya. Ketua Polis Kuala Selangor, Azaharudin Tajudin, berkata nahas 9.10 pagi tadi itu berlaku di KM60 Jalan Klang-Teluk Intan,… Read more
DOSM: Sabah, Labuan, and Kelantan see lowest unemployment rates in Q3 2024 Posted on 09/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Unemployment rates across Malaysia showed striking differences, with Sabah leading at a high 7.9 per cent, Labuan trailing at 6.1 per cent, and Kelantan seeing the lowest at 3.7 per cent in Q3 2024. According to the statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia… Read more
Selangor explores Japanese tunnel model for flood mitigation Posted on 09/11/2024 KUALA SELANGOR, Nov 8 — Selangor is mulling flood mitigation proposals involving underground tunnels based on similar models in Japan, said State Infrastructure and Agriculture Committee chairman Izham Hashim. He said the estimated RM6 billion project proposal had been submitted to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and… Read more
How’s that for a wake-up call? Commuter finds python snuggled on truck dashboard in Labuan Posted on 09/11/2024 LABUAN, Nov 8 — The owner of a pickup truck had the shock of his life today when he found a small python coiled up on the vehicle’s dashboard at Kampung Sungai Labu here. It is not known how the reptile managed to make its way into the vehicle, but… Read more
Azam: MACC probing FashionValet founders’ assets and use of Khazanah and PNB investment funds Posted on 09/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is currently looking into identifying assets, ownership and financial sources obtained by the founders of e-commerce platform FashionValet Sdn Bhd (FashionValet). Its chief commissioner, Tan Sri Azam Baki said the commission’s investigation will also focus on the way investment funds… Read more