KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin denied rumours that he has left the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), saying that he will always be a member of the party. Referring to a YouTube video titled “KJ leaves UMNO!! Verified, Khairy Jamaluddin’s final decision”, Mr Khairy said in an InstagramContinue Reading
JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to skip the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the eighth time, but on this occasion, he may have a valid reason for doing so after being forced to go ahead with a politically-sensitive fuel price hike. Moreover, Widodo is also clearly worried about the upcoming G20 […]
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A doctor on Monday asked the Crime Suppression Division to investigate the death of her young sister, also a doctor, who she believes was murdered.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Police Force (SPF) officer was found using a gunshot wound on 1 Bayfront Method and later obvious dead on Mon (Sep 19) morning. “On Sep nineteen, 2022, at 9. 44am, a 29-year-old police officer from Central Police Division has been found with a gunshot wound alongContinue Reading
A lake in Kyushu’s Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, water damage fields and highways, footage from condition broadcaster NHK showed. Other video showed a riverside house hanging over a bittorrent, roofs ripped off structures and billboards toppled. NHK said one man was killed when his car has been submerged by a floodedContinue Reading
NHK said one man was found dead inside his car, which was submerged to the rooftop in the middle of a field, while another man died after being caught in a landslide. One other person remains missing, and at least 87 people have been injured, NHK said. About 340,000 households,Continue Reading
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been urged to use the Asean platform to prevent the ongoing individual trafficking syndicates preying on young Malaysians in countries like Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, urged non-governmental organisations. Read full story Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: In a bid to settle their gambling and mortgage shark debts, a guy bought counterfeit Rolex watches and pawned them for more compared to 20 times the cost he paid for all of them. After successfully pledging a fake Rolex Submariner timepiece to a pawn shop for S$18, 500,Continue Reading
PETALING JAYA: A motion continues to be filed by Datuk Seri Azalina Othman for the tabling of the Private Member’s Costs in Parliament to get a constitutional amendment regarding the citizenship of kids born abroad in order to Malaysian mothers. Read complete story Continue Reading
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Asia expects to make 2 . 38 trillion baht ($64. fifty billion) in travel and leisure revenue in 2023, a government official said on Monday. Study full story Continue Reading