Storm-struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain
LOS ANGELES : Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although the north could see thundershowers and another powerful weather front was expected to hit the state Friday. At least 17 people have died in the storms battering the state. The figure […]
Tesla plans expansion at U.S. Texas factory
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Tesla has filed a plan to regulators of the U.S. state of Texas to invest about 770 million U.S. dollars for the expansion of its factory near Austin, according to a report by the TechCrunch on Wednesday. The filings to the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration show the […]
WHO seeks more China Covid data, praises US ‘transparency’
GENEVA, Jan 12 — The WHO reiterated Wednesday the need for China to share more data on its explosive Covid outbreak, while praising Washington’s “radical transparency” in its efforts to battle a new sub-variant. The World Health Organization has repeatedly voiced concern that China’s official statistics are not showing the true impact of its current […]
Selangor akan teliti wajibkan pelitup muka jika kes COVID-19 meningkat
SHAH ALAM: Selangor mungkin akan meneliti untuk mewajibkan pemakaian semula pelitup muka dan penjarakan fizikal sekiranya berlaku peningkatan kes COVID-19. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari bagaimanapun, berkata perkara itu bergantung kepada peningkatan statistik dan jumlah kes COVID-19 yang direkodkan Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM). “Kita tengok (jumlah) kes, sekarang kita sedang memantau kes COVID-19 dari bulan […]
MACC arrests Immigration officer, two others over fake passports
SIBU: An Immigration Department officer and two others have been arrested for allegedly being involved in the issuance of fake passports. The trio are aged between 30 and 40 and were arrested by Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on Wednesday (Jan 11) afternoon. They were called to the MACC Sibu office to have their statements […]
Business owners charged with submitting false claims to Socso under PenjanaKerjaya 2.0 hiring incentive programme
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A business owner was today charged at the Sessions Court with submitting false documents to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to claim hiring incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya Programme 2.0 amounting to RM714,180.00 RR Sinergi Enterprise business proprietor Muhammad Aliff Abdul Rashid claimed trial before Shah Alam Sessions Court judges […]
Farmers incur RM5.4 million in losses due to floods
KUANTAN: More than 2,000 pineapple and padi farmers have incurred losses of about RM5.4 million after their crops were destroyed by floods at the end of last year. Among those affected were 54 farmers who worked on pineapple farms covering an area of 42.8ha in Kampung Cenderawasih, Sungai Miang and 2,278 padi farmers in six […]
Thailand cadang caj yuran pelancong RM39 bermula Jun
BANGKOK: Thailand merancang mula mengutip yuran sebanyak 300 baht (RM39.25) kepada pelancong asing yang tiba di negara tersebut bermula Jun depan, lapor Channel News Asia (CNA). Difahamkan, yuran tersebut akan digunakan untuk membantu pelancong terbabit dalam kemalangan dan membangunkan destinasi pelancongan. “Yuran ini tidak dikutip daripada warga asing yang mempunyai permit kerja dan pas sempadan,” […]
Apungkan harga telur ayam
CYBERJAYA: Pengusaha ladang ayam penelur mendesak kerajaan memansuhkan skim kawalan harga sumber protein itu yang disifatkan sia-sia apabila Malaysia membawa masuk bekalan dari India yang harganya lebih mahal. Bercakap kepada Utusan Malaysia, satu sumber industri berkata, ramai dalam kalangan pengusaha ladang ayam telur kini di ambang muflis dan masih bertahan hanya kerana bergantung kepada pembayaran […]
