UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine. Of the 193 members of the assembly, 93 voted in favour of suspension as proposed by the United States while 24 voted against and 58 abstained, suggesting weakening international […]
Chinese and Japanese tourists still missing from Vietnam
THE NUMBER of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam remains relatively low due to the absence of tourists from China and Japan. The two countries were major tourism markets for Vietnam before the Covid-19 pandemic brought all travel to a halt with border closures. The Vn Express daily reports deputy tourism minister Doan Van Viet saying the […]
Putin has given up on conquering Kyiv, says Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON, April 8 — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has given up on conquering Kyiv after his forces were soundly beaten back by the Ukrainian military. “Putin thought that he could very rapidly take over the country of Ukraine, very rapidly capture this capital city. He was wrong,” […]
Israeli security forces kill Palestinian gunman
JERUSALEM, April 8 — A Palestinian who opened fire in a Tel Aviv bar, killing two people, was shot and killed by Israeli security forces on Friday after an hours-long manhunt through the city. The Israeli officers located the man hiding near a mosque in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency […]
Khairy: Success of vaccination drive ensures 98pc of Covid-19 cases are mild
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — The success of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) has ensured that almost 98 per cent of Covid-19 cases suffered only mild symptoms, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. In a Twitter post today, he said in the current transition to endemic phase, these cases required only self-isolation at home without being referred […]
MyCC lakukan serbuan, giat siasat isu kartel industri ayam dan telur
KUALA LUMPUR: Suruhanjaya Persaingan Malaysia (MyCC) giat meneruskan siasatan terhadap dakwaan wujud kartel dalam industri ayam serta telur, termasuk melakukan serbuan dan mengambil keterangan daripada perusahaan berkaitan. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) MyCC, Iskandar Ismail, berkata malah ada pihak tertentu sudah tampil serta menyatakan kesediaan mereka untuk bekerjasama dengan suruhanjaya itu dalam siasatan terbabit. Beliau berkata, […]
Subsidi diteruskan biarpun kos haji meningkat
Putrajaya: Kerajaan memberi jaminan pemberian subsidi kepada jemaah akan diteruskan biarpun kos menunaikan haji tahun ini dijangka meningkat hingga RM25,000. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Idris Ahmad berkata, perbincangan lanjut akan dilakukan bersama Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) sebelum kos bayaran yang akan ditanggung jemaah ditentukan. “Nanti kita akan umumkan (kos), malah (kuota haji) semua […]
SPRM kaji dokumen jual tanah lapangan terbang Seri Iskandar
SERI ISKANDAR: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) sudah mendapatkan dokumen berhubung penjualan tanah untuk pembinaan lapangan terbang antarabangsa di Seri Iskandar daripada beberapa jabatan berkaitan. Pengarah SPRM Perak, Datuk Mohd Fauzi Mohamad, berkata setakat ini pihaknya belum membuat sebarang penahanan atau memanggil mana-mana individu berhubung perkara itu. “Belum panggil lagi dan setakat ini belum ada […]
RM200,000 lesap angkara ‘Mei Ling’
SEREMBAN: Seorang juruteknik mengalami kerugian lebih RM200,000 selepas diperdaya sindiket ‘Love Scam’. Mangsa lelaki terdahulu mengenali suspek wanita dikenali Mei Ling selepas berkenalan di Facebook. Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Negeri Sembilan, Superintendan Aibee Ab Ghani, berkata siasatan awal mendapati mangsa berusia 45 tahun berkenalan dengan gadis yang mengaku sebagai doktor dari Yaman dan […]
