Major strike at Paris metro disrupts daily commute for millions
PARIS, Feb 18 ― A major strike paralysed most of Paris’s metro network and city train grid today, disrupting the daily commutes of millions of people, as workers demand pay hikes. The French capital’s RATP public transport company said eight subway lines were closed, with the remaining six operating only partially, while two of the […]
Dilepas tanpa bebas 146 tuduhan rasuah, bekas Timbalan Pengarah JANS dikompaun RM30 juta
KOTA KINABALU: Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini, melepas tanpa membebaskan bekas Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Air Negeri Sabah (JANS), Teo Chee Kong, 56, atas 146 pertuduhan pengubahan wang haram lebih RM32 juta. Hakim, Abu Bakar Manat, membuat keputusan itu selepas Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah (SPRM), Mahadi Abdul Jumaat, memaklumkan pihaknya dan Jabatan Peguam […]
New Zealand police reject calls to clear anti-vax camp
WELLINGTON, Feb 18 ― New Zealand police ruled out forcibly clearing anti-vaccination protesters camped around parliament in Wellington today, saying they did not want to provoke violence on the streets of the capital. Police have taken a hands-off approach after an attempt to take control of the lawns late last week resulted in violent clashes […]
Japan moves to relax Covid-19 border controls
JAPAN has decided to relax its Covid-19 border controls in March by raising the daily cap on entries and reducing the quarantine period from seven days to three, for both Japanese and foreign nationals. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said it was the first step in the country’s gradual easing of restrictions that was imposed to […]
Police arrest Canadian protest leaders
OTTAWA: Canadian police on Thursday began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital’s streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers. A video posted to the Twitter account for the so-called “Freedom Convoy” showed Tamara Lich, one of the organisers, being taken into police […]
COVID-19: 39 kematian baharu direkod, 17 BID
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) melaporkan 39 kematian baharu akibat jangkitan COVID-19 setakat tengah malam tadi. Ini menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan kematian disebabkan pandemik itu kini sebanyak 32,239 orang, daripada lebih 3.06 juta kes positif COVID-19 yang dikesan di negara ini. Menurut data KKM di portal COVIDNOW, 17 daripada 39 kes kematian yang dilaporkan itu […]
KPM digesa selesaikan isu beg sekolah berat
KUALA LUMPUR: Jawatankuasa Pendidikan Pakatan Harapan (JKPPH) menggesa Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) untuk segera melaksanakan langkah bagi mengatasi isu beg sekolah berat. Jawatankuasa itu dalam satu kenyataan berkata, JKPPH mengambil berat isu tersebut kerana ia boleh mendatangkan mudarat kepada murid-murid dalam jangka masa panjang seperti yang dikeluarkan oleh pakar-pakar kesihatan. Justeru, mereka mencadangkan supaya KPM […]
Ebit Lew didakwa termasuk tuduhan gangguan seksual
TENOM: Pendakwah terkenal, Ebit Lew, dihadapkan di mahkamah di Tenom, pada Jumaat, dipercayai membabitkan 11 pertuduhan termasuk berkaitan gangguan seksual. Ebit Lew, 37, tiba di Mahkamah Litar di Pejabat Daerah Tenom, di sini, kira-kira jam 9 pagi dengan menaiki sebuah kereta Toyota Vellfire serta ditemani sekumpulan individu lain. Sementara itu, perkarangan Pejabat Daerah Tenom turut […]
Johor, Kelantan rekod penggunaan katil ICU melebihi 50 peratus
PUTRAJAYA: Dua negeri kini merekodkan penggunaan katil di wad Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU) khusus bagi merawat kes COVID-19 melebihi 50 peratus. Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, berkata dua negeri berkenaan ialah Johor yang mempunyai 46 katil dan peratusan pengisiannya kini sudah mencecah 65 peratus. “Selain itu ialah di Kelantan, negeri berkenaan […]
