Japan mourns 2011 Fukushima disaster as nuclear support grows
TOKYO: Japanese offered tearful prayers Saturday on the anniversary of the deadly tsunami that triggered the Fukushima disaster, but public support for nuclear power is growing as memories of the 2011 meltdown fade. The 9.0-magnitude quake — the fourth strongest in Earth’s recorded history — devastated northeastern Japan 12 years ago. The undersea quake unleashed […]
Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot cloud
JAKARTA, March 11 ― Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupted today, spewing hot cloud up to seven kilometres, the country’s disaster management agency said in a statement. The volcano located in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta special region erupted around 12pm local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5km was observed, the local authority said. Residents in the […]
Hannah Yeoh keen to help struggling Zii Jia
PETALING JAYA: Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh is keen to meet with independent shuttler Lee Zii Jia when he returns home to help him address his alarming decline in form. Zii Jia lost to Taiwan’s world No. 49 Lee Chia-Hao in the second round of the German Open on Thursday. It was the first time he […]
Azalina: Bill for automatic citizenship of kids born abroad to Malaysian women now set for June
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The federal government is only expected to table in June the proposed amendment to enable foreign-born children of Malaysian mothers to automatically gain citizenship here, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has confirmed. In response to Malay Mail, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for law and reforms explained why the […]
PM pertahan cadangan cagar KWSP, tak bercanggah akta
IPOH: Kerajaan mempertahankan langkah membenarkan ahli Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) menggunakan caruman mereka sebagai cagaran pinjaman peribadi kerana langkah itu tidak bercanggah dengan Akta KWSP 1991. Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, berkata perkara itu sudah dibincang dan diperhalusi bersama pihak KWSP sebelum kaedah itu diumumkan oleh beliau di Dewan Rakyat, Khamis lalu. Jelasnya, kebenaran kepada […]
150 dakwa ditipu sindiket pelaburan babit kerugian RM830 juta
Kuala Lumpur: Impian seorang wanita menikmati persaraan bersama suaminya lebur selepas kerugian lebih RM1 juta ditipu skim pelaburan dipercayai didalangi syarikat dari Hong Kong. Wanita berusia lingkungan 50-an itu antara sekitar 100 mangsa penipuan pelaburan bermodelkan tabung amanah, Islamic Redeemable Share (IRPS), info memorandum dan sukuk yang ditawarkan dalang asing terbabit menggunakan lima syarikat tempatan. […]
‘MH370: The Plane That Disappeared’ undang pertanyaan penonton, teori konspirasi atau dokumentari?
SIRI dokumentari yang dinanti-nantikan ramai, ‘MH370: The Plane That Disappeared’ menemui penonton di platform Netflix, bermula Rabu. Siri tiga episod itu disasarkan untuk menyiasat apa sebenarnya yang berlaku kepada penerbangan Malaysia Airlines yang hilang bersama 239 penumpang pada 2014 itu. Namun begitu, berdasarkan pemerhatian secara umum reaksi penonton di media sosial, ramai yang terkilan dengan […]
