KOTA KINABALU: Police in Sabah and Sarawak have shot down claims in several viral videos and voice messages that kidnapping of children had purportedly occurred in remote areas in the two states. Read full storyContinue Reading
Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in children aged six months through four years. The vaccination regimen for the primary series in this age group consists of three 3-microgram doses. The first two doses should be administeredContinue Reading
CHIANG MAI: A 21-year-old university student arrested on a charge of selling guns online has told police he used the income to pay for his studies.Continue Reading
TOKYO – Ebara, the Japanese industrial machinery and plant engineering company, is working on technology to produce environmentally friendly turquoise hydrogen. It is also promoting its method of gasifying and recycling plastic waste. “Turquoise” hydrogen is created using methane pyrolysis, the thermal decomposition of natural gas (mostly methane) into hydrogen and solid carbon that can […]
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TOKYO: In a rare admission of sexual harassment in Japan’s military, its army chief apologised on Thursday (Sep 29) to a former soldier for suffering caused by a group of service members. Yoshihide Yoshida, head of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, said an internal investigation found evidence that several servicemen wereContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will experience a transitional phase of the monsoon beginning Oct 3 until November. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A traveller who arrived from China was fined S$17,500 on Thursday (Sep 29) for illegally importing more than 200kg of meat – including rabbit – into Singapore. Wang Liansheng was caught on Jun 8, after officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) at Changi Airport found about 226kgContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia reversed earlier gains to close in negative territory, with the benchmark index falling below the 1,400-psychological mark due to a lack of buying support, said an analyst. Read full storyContinue Reading
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is looking forward to strengthening bilateral relations with Brunei Darussalam now that borders on both sides have fully reopened, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Read full storyContinue Reading
Harris also visited the Panmunjom Truce Village – where then-US president Donald Trump met the North’s Kim Jong Un in 2019 – and talked to US soldiers at Camp Bonifas in the Joint Security Area. On the North Korean side of the border at Panmunjom, guards in hazmat suits couldContinue Reading