Pembangunan LRT antara usaha jadikan Ipoh bandar wilayah
IPOH: Penyediaan perkhidmatan Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) di Ipoh amat diperlukan pada masa depan memandangkan bandar raya itu dalam perancangan untuk menjadi bandar wilayah selepas 2035. Datuk Bandar Ipoh Datuk Rumaizi Baharin berkata berdasarkan perbincangan, bandar raya itu sedang dibangunkan menjadi wilayah baharu dan pusat kepada daerah terdekat antaranya Kinta, Kampar, Batang Padang, Cameron Highlands, […]
Pulau Pinang lima terendah kadar suntikan dos penggalak
Georgetown: Pulau Pinang merekodkan antara lima negeri terendah mendapatkan suntikan dos penggalak vaksin Covid-19, kata Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Pertanian, Industri Asas Tani dan Pembangunan Luar Bandar negeri, Dr Norlela Ariffin. Norlela berkata, mengikut data, negeri itu mempunyai lebih 500,000 individu yang layak bagi mendapatkan suntikan dos penggalak. “Bagaimanapun, hanya 32,000 individu sahaja yang menerima suntikan […]
New Pakistan law allows chemical castration of serial rapists
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19 — Pakistan has introduced chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists under a law that also calls for faster trials of suspected sexual offenders, a government official said on Thursday. Parliament passed the law on Wednesday and it came into effect immediately, government official Waqar Hussain said. Chemical castration, carried out by the use […]
Virgin Australia to add seven more planes as demand rises
SYDNEY: Virgin Australia says it would add seven more Boeing Co 737NG planes to its fleet, nearly restoring it to pre-pandemic levels, to help meet a goal of obtaining a one-third share of Australia’s domestic travel market. Australia’s second-largest airline said the agreed letters of intent would give it a fleet of 84 737NGs, just […]
MAHB’s October passenger movements surpass 1 mln mark for first time this year
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Monthly domestic passenger movements across Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network of airports in the country increased three-fold to 1.18 million passengers in October this year compared with the 362,000 passengers recorded in September. This increase of 226 per cent followed the lifting of domestic travel restrictions which had also contributed to […]
Blackstone makes sweetened US$6.2b play for Australia’s Crown
SYDNEY, Nov 19 ― Investment giant Blackstone Group Inc made a US$6.2 billion (RM25.9 billion) approach for troubled Australian casino firm Crown Resorts Ltd, sweetening an earlier offer as its main rival bidder is beset by regulatory problems. The A$12.50-a-share proposal, disclosed by Crown today, is the third from Blackstone and pushed Crown’s shares 17 […]
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high
BRASILIA: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government’s annual report showed on Thursday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging. Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometers (5,110 square miles) of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest […]
81.8% of Malaysia’s adolescents fully vaccinated
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,575,388 individuals or 81.8 percent of the country’s adolescents aged between 12 and 17 have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) through the COVIDNOW website, 2,748,602 individuals or 87.3 percent of the adolescent population have received at least one dose […]
King confers 2021 Federal Territory awards to 163 individuals
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Friday (Nov 19) conferred the 2021 Federal Territory awards, honours and medals on 163 individuals at Istana Negara, here. Also present was Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim was also in attendance. Deputy […]
