Sarawak stiall threatened by zoonotic diseases like rabies, says Abang Jo
SIBU: Sarawak is still faced with the threat of rabies and many other zoonotic diseases like malaria and leptospirosis, says Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. This is despite the average life expectancy in Sarawak being 76.5 years, among the highest in Malaysia, indicating a healthy population and good healthcare service. Taking rabies as […]
Thousands flee Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast
KORNIDZOR (Armenia), Sept 27 — Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads yesterday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed dozens and injured more than 100. The crisis prompted the US Agency for International Development (USaid) to announce that Washington […]
More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno
NINEVEH, Iraq (Reuters) -More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. Nineveh Deputy Governor Hassan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people […]
Trio charged with murder of friend in Melaka
ALOR GAJAH: Three men were charged at the Magistrate’s Court with the murder of their friend, whose decomposed body was found in an overgrown field at a plantation in Pulau Sebang here. However, no plea was recorded when the charges were read to A.A Dinesh, R.C Veeraganeish and V. Sasikumar before Magistrate Nurul Bahiyah Kamaluddin […]
Sarawak dilanda jerebu
Kuching: Jerebu melanda hampir seluruh Sarawak dengan dua stesen mencatat bacaan Indeks Pencemaran Udara (IPU) pada kadar tidak sihat, manakala 10 stesen lagi mencatat bacaan IPU pada kadar sederhana, semalam dan hari ini. Berdasarkan laman web Sistem Pengurusan Indeks Pencemaran Udara Malaysia (APIMS) stesen IPD Serian (MCAQM) mencatat IPU tidak sihat pada kadar 116 mulai […]
Dr Noor Hisham dilantik Pengerusi Kumpulan Kesihatan USCI
KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Kumpulan Kesihatan UCSI, berkuat kuasa 1 Oktober ini. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan UCSI, Prof Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir, berkata Dr Noor Hisham akan bertanggungjawab menetapkan hala tuju strategik Hospital UCSI, sebuah hospital swasta di Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan dan […]
Pelayar kebangsaan, Nur Shazrin sumbang emas pertama Malaysia
HANGZHOU: Selepas empat hari menunggu, akhirnya pingat emas yang dinanti kontinjen negara tiba menerusi atlet pelayaran kebangsaan Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif. Shazrin dinobatkan sebagai pemenang selepas perlumbaan terakhir ILCA 6 terpaksa dibatalkan kerana ketiadaan angin. Ia adalah emas temasya Sukan Asia pertama Shazrin, selepas kejayaan pingat gangsa di Sukan Jakarta-Palembang 2018. Kejayaan itu turut menyaksikan […]
Grab’s share price set to rise if it buys Foodpanda
SINGAPORE: Grab Holdings’ potential acquisition of rival Foodpanda in South-East Asia could lead to it gaining a larger share of the regional online food delivery market and help it grow revenue at a time when the company is under pressure to turn a profit. Analysts also said the move, if it goes through, could give […]
Bekas CEO didakwa salah guna jawatan lantik anak sendiri
Melaka: Bekas Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif dituduh di Mahkamah Sesyen Ayer Keroh, hari ini, atas pertuduhan menyalahgunakan jawatannya untuk melantik anak sendiri sebagai pegawai kewangan di syarikat milik kerajaan negeri Melaka itu pada 2021. Tertuduh, Amir Ali, 56, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah dan minta dibicarakan sejurus dibacakan pertuduhan itu di hadapan Hakim Elesabet Paya Wan. Berdasarkan […]
