KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said on Friday (Aug 19) that there will soon be an announcement on reducing the number of weekly working hours from 48 to 45. He was quoted as saying by the Star: “Please be patient for another week. I’ll make a specialContinue Reading
Umar Patek, a member of Jemaah Islamiyah, could soon be released on parole after having his jail sentence reduced.Continue Reading
SYDNEY: An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds of people has had his sentence reduced, Australia’s prime minister said on Friday (Aug 19), a move that could see him released on parole as early as this month. Umar Patek was sentencedContinue Reading
In CNA’s regular look at what hit the headlines during the week, Five on Friday explores some unique instant noodle-themed products. Continue Reading
In July the World Bank said about 40 per cent of the population were living under the national poverty line. Consumer Price Index inflation hit 17.3 per cent year-on-year in March, it added. The price of rice has also shot up thanks to increased transport costs and as the militaryContinue Reading
Faced with a “most severe situation”, the city – home to over 20 million people – ordered landscape illumination and outdoor advertising lights to be switched off in notices issued Tuesday, the statement said. Building name signs will also be darkened. And Chengdu metro said in a video on China’sContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin. The national “yellow alert”, issued late on Thursday (Aug 18), comes after regions from Sichuan in the southwestContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country’s fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongyang, state media said on Friday (Aug 19). Thousands of medics of the Korean People’s Army, who had been dispatched to the “emergencyContinue Reading
The charges towards Najib, who offered as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, involved the transfer of RM42 million (US$9. 4 million) from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1MDB in to his personal bank accounts in 2014 and 2015. He had been found guilty upon three counts associatedContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has visited sailors in the island’s navy blue to thank them for their efforts amid days of war games and military drills by China, contacting the pressure they had faced “indescribable”. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has been setting upContinue Reading