Lima wilayah, 463 kawasan terjejas bekalan air di Lembah Klang
SHAH ALAM: Sebanyak 463 kawasan di lima wilayah di Lembah Klang berdepan gangguan bekalan air tidak berjadual ekoran henti tugas Loji Rawatan Air (LRA) Sungai Semenyih, selepas pencemaran bau diesel dikesan di situ. Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd. (Air Selangor) memaklumkan, gangguan bekalan di daerah Sepang melibatkan sebanyak 194 kawasan. “Daerah lain yang turut terjejas […]
Reddit says it has filed with US SEC to go public
NEW YORK, Dec 16 — Social media platform Reddit said Wednesday it has confidentially submitted a draft registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to go public on Wall Street. Reddit Inc said in a statement that it has “confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission […]
North Korea trying to hide executions from world
SEOUL: North Korea has tried to stop leaks to the outside world about its public executions in recent years, suggesting Pyongyang may be responding to international scrutiny of its human rights record, a Seoul-based research group has said. The Transitional Justice Working Group analysed satellite imagery and collected testimonies of 23 public executions during the […]
Najib’s 1MDB trial finally resumes today, after two delays this week due to ‘yellow’ MySejahtera status
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial finally managed to proceed today, after it had to be postponed twice earlier this week due to his MySejahtera status being “yellow”. Just before 9am this morning, Najib was sighted showing his MySejahtera status to the Kuala Lumpur […]
Harta Sajat dilelong semula
KUALA LUMPUR: Lelongan harta dan barang usahawan kosmetik, Muhammad Sajjad Kamaruz Zaman atau Sajat, akan diaturkan semula, susulan pemenang bidaan harta berkenaan menghilangkan diri semalam. Peguam, Nurul Hafidzah Hassan, berkata pihaknya akan mendapat tarikh baharu sesi lelongan itu dalam masa terdekat ini. “Kita aturkan sesi lelongan baharu selepas mengadakan perbincangan dengan pihak mahkamah. “Sebaik terima […]
Indonesia reports first case of Omicron variant
JAKARTA, Dec 16 ― Indonesia has identified its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the country’s health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said today. The variant was detected yesterday evening in an employee at the Wisma Atlet hospital in Jakarta, who had no history of overseas travel. The health minister said so far there was […]
Jakim won’t raise legal marriage age for Muslims as most states against it, minister tells Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Federal Islamic Affairs Agency (Jakim) will not raise the legal marrying age for Muslims to 18 after most states rejected the proposition, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad told Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Pato during Question Time that […]
Bot karam: 14 PATI negatif, dua lagi mayat ditemukan
KOTA TINGGI: 14 pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) yang terselamat dalam insiden bot karam di perairan Tanjung Balau, dekat sini semalam, disahkan negatif Covid-19. Timbalan Pengarah Operasi Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (Maritim Malaysia) Johor, Kepten Maritim Simon Templer Lo Ak Tusa berkata, keputusan itu hasil saringan yang dibuat Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) Sungai Rengit, semalam. “Keputusan […]
Toyota commits US$70bil to bolster electrification, shares rally
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp has committed eight trillion yen (US$70bil or RM296.39bil) to electrify its automobiles by 2030, half of it to develop a battery electric vehicle (BEV) line-up, as it looks to tap a growing market for zero-emission cars. But the world’s biggest carmaker, which is a relative latecomer to full electric cars, said […]