Kerajaan belum putuskan status projek HSR KL-Singapura
KUALA LUMPUR – Kerajaan masih belum memutuskan sama ada projek Kereta Api Berkelajuan Tinggi (HSR) Kuala Lumpur-Singapura akan disambung atau sebaliknya memandangkan ia masih lagi dalam perbincangan peringkat awal. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Ekonomi), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed berkata, projek itu terbatal apabila perjanjian dua hala mengenai projek HSR dari Kuala Lumpur ke Singapura […]
Pemex refinery deal may cost US$1bil more
MEXICO CITY: Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) could end up spending about US$1.6bil (RM6.76bil) to take over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Deer Park refinery, more than twice the price announced in May, even as its finances are so dismal the government is injecting billions of dollars into the state oil producer. Pemex, as the company is known, […]
France releases Khashoggi suspect, admits identity mistaken
PARIS: French authorities on Wednesday released a man arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul after determining he had been a victim of mistaken identity. The man, bearing a passport in the name of Khalid al-Otaibi, was “quickly” able to head for Riyadh, the […]
Less than 7 per cent of citizenship applications for 12 to 21-year-olds approved since 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Registration Department received 24,704 citizenship applications between 2017 and September 2021 under Article 15(A) and 15(2) of the Federal Constitution for those between then ages of 12 and 21. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin in a written parliamentary reply said that 1,679 (6.8 per cent) applicants were granted citizenship while […]
Penolong pegawai perubatan didakwa rasuah urus jenazah
IPOH: Seorang penolong pegawai perubatan hospital kerajaan didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, hari ini atas enam tuduhan menerima suapan berkaitan hal ehwal pengurusan jenazah bernilai RM1,750, pada April 2020 hingga Februari lalu. Mohd Fariq Ariffin, 34, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah bagi semua pertuduhan itu di hadapan Hakim M Bakri Abd Majid. Mengikut pertuduhan, tertuduh […]
Coronavirus spreads in Australia’s pubs; Omicron cases linked to party boat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – COVID-19 infections have been spreading in pubs and clubs in Australia’s biggest city, including three new cases of the Omicron variant found among people who went on a harbour party cruise, sending officials rushing to trace contacts. Authorities have been easing restrictions in Sydney since early October when the city emerged from […]
Hyundai investing US$530mil to launch EVs
NEW DELHI: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to invest 40 billion rupees (US$530mil or RM2.23bil) to launch six electric vehicles (EVs) in India by 2028, making a clean driving push in a country with some of the world’s most polluted cities. Hyundai, India’s second largest carmaker, will launch affordable and premium electric models including […]
Sarawak Polls: Three youths file lawsuit seeking the right to vote on Dec 18
KUCHING: Three youths have filed an application for a judicial review at the High Court here seeking to exercise their right to vote in the 12th Sarawak state election. Avril Clarice Chin Ning, 18, and 19-year-olds Ivan Alexander Ong and Addam Johanson Jeremy Shayne filed the application against the Registrar of Electors for Sarawak and […]
