Luxon sworn in as New Zealand prime minister
WELLINGTON: Former airline boss Christopher Luxon formally took office as New Zealand’s prime minister on Monday, vowing to tame inflation and bring down interest rates. Luxon took over six weeks after his conservative National Party won national elections, ending a six-year Labour Party reign ushered in by Jacinda Ardern. Luxon, 53, once chief executive of […]
Ivory Coast tourist haven battles coastal erosion and rogue waves
ASSINIE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – On a shrinking strip of beach in southeast Ivory Coast, hotel owner Habib Hassan Nassar has to stack thousands of sandbags each week to protect his property from the rising sea. Thanks to the metres-high sandbag barricade, the Kame Surf Camp hotel clings to its section of beach in the […]
In China, court begins hearing Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH370 compensation claims from passengers’ families
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — A court in Beijing, China will begin hearing today lawsuits from the families of the passengers of doomed Flight MH370, where they are seeking compensation from Malaysia Airlines. According to US-based news outlet CNN, 50-year-old Jiang Hui — whose 70-year-old mother was returning from a holiday in Malaysia on the MH370 […]
1,147 social media posts related to cyberbullying taken down
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,147 social media content related to cyberbullying were taken down from Jan 1 to Nov 15 this year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching said of the total, 894 contents were taken down from the TikTok platform followed by Facebook with 195, […]
Ramalan hujan, ribut petir dalam tempoh lebih panjang di utara Semenanjung
KUALA LUMPUR: Hujan lebat, ribut petir berserta angin kencang dalam tempoh lebih panjang dijangka berlaku di negeri utara Semenanjung Malaysia termasuk kawasan perairan negeri berkenaan. Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia), dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan, berdasarkan analisis model cuaca, penumpuan angin dijangka berlaku di kawasan utara Selat Melaka sehingga esok dan luruan monsun lemah sehingga Khamis […]
Gudang syarikat kopi tempatan musnah dalam kebakaran di Melaka
MELAKA TENGAH: Sebuah gudang kopi tempatan hangus dijilat api dalam kejadian di Taman Teknologi Cheng, di sini, malam tadi. Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 9.55 malam itu, bagaimanapun, tidak melibatkan sebarang kemalangan jiwa. Pegawai Zon 1 Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Melaka, Penguasa Bomba Tc. Zulkhairani Ramli berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kecemasan pada pukul 9.59 […]
Kelantan keluarkan jenama beras sendiri tahun hadapan
KOTA BHARU: Kerajaan Kelantan akan mengeluarkan jenama beras sendiri dinamakan Beras Agro Darul Naim bagi memenuhi permintaan pengguna di negeri ini tahun hadapan, kata Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pertanian, Industri Agro Makanan dan Komoditi, Tuan Mohd Saripudin Tuan Ismail. Beliau berkata, bagi merealisasikan usaha itu satu peruntukan khas bagi membangunkan kilang padi dan beras akan dilaksanakan. “Usaha […]
Mangsa banjir Kelantan meningkat lagi
KOTA BHARU: Jumlah mangsa banjir di Kelantan terus meningkat kepada 718 orang sehingga 10 malam ini berbanding 623 orang petang tadi. Kesemua mangsa daripada 204 keluarga ditempatkan di empat pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) di dua daerah iaitu Bachok dan Pasir Mas. Berdasarkan portal Info Bencana Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM), mangsa banjir ditempatkan di Sekolah Kebangsaan […]
Tiga sungai lepasi paras amaran, tiga sungai lagi tahap waspada di Pahang
KUANTAN: Paras enam sungai di Pahang, masing-masing tiga sudah melepasi paras amaran dan tahap waspada setakat jam 8 pagi ini. Tiga sungai yang melepasi paras amaran ialah Sungai Tanum di Jambatan Chegar Perah, Lipis yang merekodkan bacaan 97.32 meter (m), Sungai Kechau di Kampung Dusun, Lipis (81.98 m) dan Sungai Luit di Kampung Subuh, Maran […]
