Kedah isytihar Yan, Kuala Muda sebagai Kawasan Bencana Tahap 1
ALOR SETAR: Kerajaan Kedah mengisytiharkan daerah Yan dan Kuala Muda sebagai Kawasan Bencana Tahap 1 berdasarkan Arahan Tetap Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) No. 20. Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor berkata sehubungan itu semua agensi kerajaan dan badan berkanun yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan operasi bencana kini sedang mengambil pelbagai langkah bagi memastikan musibah yang melanda dapat […]
Polis sahkan rakam keterangan Ebit Lew, bantu kes gangguan seksual
KUALA LUMPUR: Polis mengesahkan telah merakam keterangan pendakwah bebas, Ebit Lew bagi membantu siasatan kes gangguan seksual di Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Bukit Aman, hari ini. Siasatan akan diteruskan sehingga kes tersebut boleh dirujuk kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara bagi mendapat nasihat dan arahan lanjut. Sehubungan itu, Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), Datuk Seri […]
Waspada hujan lebat di Kedah
Alor Setar: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia) mengeluarkan amaran waspada susulan jangkaan hujan lebat di beberapa daerah di negeri ini selama dua hari bermula hari ini. Pengarah MetMalaysia Kedah, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Aziz berkata, antara daerah terbabit termasuk Yan, Kota Setar, Kubang Pasu, Pokok Sena, Kuala Muda dan Bandar Baharu, Pendang, Kulim dan Langkawi. “Kita jangkakan […]
US to begin offering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in September
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 ― Covid-19 vaccine booster shots will be made widely available to Americans starting on September 20, US health officials said yesterday, citing data showing diminishing protection from the initial vaccinations as infections rise from the Delta variant. US officials will offer a third shot to Americans who received their initial inoculation of […]
Former Afghan president says supports Taliban-Karzai talks
ABU DHABI: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday he hopes to return home, after fleeing to the United Arab Emirates in the face of the Taliban’s rapid advance, and said he supported talks between the Taliban and top former officials. “For now, I am in the Emirates so that bloodshed and chaos is stopped,” […]
Covid-19: Sydney rushes to vaccinate high-risk suburbs amid Delta surge
SYDNEY, Aug 19 ― Australian authorities began doling out emergency Covid-19 vaccine supplies today in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain, as New South Wales state reported another record rise in daily cases. State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the ramp-up in inoculations in Australia’s biggest city was providing […]
Four still missing after flash floods in Kedah
ALOR SETAR: There are still four people missing after flash floods were reported in Kedah on Wednesday (Aug 19) after an evening downpour. The Kedah Civil Defense Force and Kedah Disaster Management Committee said, in a joint statement, that three people died while three more were injured and four are still missing from the heavy […]
50.2 pct of Malaysia’s adult population fully vaccinated: JKJAV
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is on track to achieve the targets set under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (Pick), with 50.2 per cent or 11,743,096 of the country’s adult population fully vaccinated as of yesterday. The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV), through an infographic on Twitter, said 75.3 percent or 17,625,760 people have […]
Judge furious as Najib skips 1MDB trial; his lawyer says Agong called for meeting of MPs today
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — 1MDB trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah was not pleased when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak failed to turn up at the High Court for the scheduled hearing this morning. The 1MDB trial was scheduled to start at 9.30am today. At about 9.40am when the judge entered the courtroom, […]
