Japan PM to replace four ministers over fundraising scandal – Asahi
TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to replace four ministers and 11 other ministerial positions in his cabinet as a scandal over alleged undisclosed funding has fuelled public disapproval, the Asahi newspaper reported late on Sunday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Internal Affairs Minister Junji Suzuki and Agriculture Minister […]
Hunger rises in Gaza as UN prepares to vote on ceasefire resolution
CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS: Hunger was worsening among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip, aid agencies said, as the United Nations General Assembly prepared to vote on Tuesday on an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month-old conflict between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds more civilians have died in Israel’s assault on Gaza since the U.S. on Friday vetoed […]
Selangor MB’s aide to be charged over post on X
KLANG: Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari’s press secretary Jay Jay Dennis will be charged in court over a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) last year. Dennis confirmed that he is scheduled to be charged on Thursday (Dec 14). “It will be at the Alor Gajah Court. I was informed to be […]
Man who flashed woman in MRT carriage nabbed
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested a man who was alleged to have exposed his private parts to a woman in a MRT train carriage on Dec 5. Sentul district police chief, Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari, said the 31-year-old suspect was arrested in Bandar Sungai Long Kajang, Selangor at 11.40pm last night. He said […]
Ancam serang rumah ibadat: Mahadi diperintah bela diri
KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas ketua kumpulan ‘Wolf Pack’, Mahadi Mamat diperintah Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini untuk membela diri terhadap lapan tuduhan berkaitan aktiviti keganasan dan membuat ancaman serangan di Kuil Sri Maha Mariamman Seafield, Subang Jaya, empat tahun lalu. Hakim Datuk Noorin Badaruddin memerintahkan Mahadi membela diri selepas mendapati pendakwaan berjaya membuktikan kes prima facie terhadap […]
Monsun Timur Laut: Johor sentiasa pantau prestasi empangan
JOHOR BAHRU: Kerajaan Johor sentiasa memantau prestasi empangan di negeri ini terutamanya ketika musim hujan lebat kebelakangan ini yang dibawa Monsun Timur Laut. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Raya, Pengangkutan dan Infrastruktur negeri Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh berkata ia bagi memastikan kesemua empangan berkenaan dapat menampung jumlah hujan yang banyak. “Kalau ikut rekod kita pada Mac tahun […]
Polis Thailand tahan 11 warga Bangladesh dalam trak pikap menuju ke Malaysia
BANGKOK: Sebelas warga Bangladesh yang dipercayai dalam perjalanan untuk menyeludup masuk ke Malaysia ditahan polis Thailand pada Sabtu lepas, setelah trak pikap yang mereka naiki terbalik di Wilayah Sa Kaeo, di sempadan timur Thailand, kira-kira 245 kilometer dari Bangkok. Dalam satu kenyataan, Biro Siasatan Pusat (CIB) Thailand berkata 11 lelaki itu berumur antara 22 dan […]
Pembunuhan Zayn Rayyan: Air sungai akan disedut, cari petunjuk baharu
PETALING JAYA: Siasatan kes pembunuhan kanak-kanak autistik Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin yang memasuki hari keenam hari ini diteruskan dengan pencarian petunjuk baharu dipercayai di aliran anak sungai berdekatan penemuan mayat mangsa. Tinjauan Astro AWANI mendapati, kakitangan Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) dan Unit Forensik Bukit Aman dilihat tiba di Blok R, Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai, […]
Cuaca tak menentu, beberapa jenis sayur naik harga
Kuala Terengganu: Peniaga pasar basah di sini mendakwa harga beberapa jenis sayur naik antara RM4 hingga RM6 minggu ini susulan faktor cuaca yang tidak menentu. Tinjauan mendapati salad paling ketara berlaku kenaikan hingga RM18 sekilogram berbanding RM12 sekilogram minggu lalu manakala cili dan cili besar dari RM12 kepada RM16 sekilogram. Peniaga sayur, Marzuki Omar, 62, […]