PUTRAJAYA: The special task force to address inflation has instructed agencies involved to find a mechanism to reduce the retail price of cooking oil following the decline in crude palm oil prices. Read full storyContinue Reading
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are preparing to relax some of the safeguards they imposed to regulate a boom in off-the-shelf consumer drones over the past decade. Read full storyContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained 166 foreigners in a raid on an entertainment outlet along Jalan Sultan Ismail which offers guest relation officer (GRO) services. Read full storyContinue Reading
PUTRAJAYA: The special task force to address inflation has asked Bank Negara Malaysia and the Department of Statistics to provide clarification to the people on the justification for the increase in the overnight policy rate (OPR), says its chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa. Read full storyContinue Reading
Nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore on Wednesday (Jul 6) – 9,525 local and 464 imported infections. This came a day after the country reported 12,784 daily cases, its highest since Mar 22. The surge in infections has prompted at least one company here to tighten measures toContinue Reading
The court heard that in May 2018, Ramlee told Mr Fahrorazi that there were places available on a discounted trip for that year’s Haj, which was from Aug 19 to Aug 24, 2018. It is obligatory for able Muslims to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca at least once inContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The supply and the prices of chicken in Malaysia have stabilised, said the chairman of the special task force against inflation Annuar Musa. Checks by the authorities revealed that most of the chicken in the market is being sold less than the ceiling price of RM9.40 per kg,Continue Reading
JOHOR BARU: Faulty brakes on the tipper lorry are believed to have caused the 12-vehicle pile-up at the Causeway on Thursday (July 7) morning. Read full storyContinue Reading
Mia.com said it will continue to sell products via its mini program on WeChat, the multipurpose super app owned by Tencent. Other Chinese baby-and-mom product platforms, including Beibei.com and Muyingzhijia, have either closed or significantly scaled back their operations. Read full storyContinue Reading
TOKYO: The creator of popular Japanese manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi, has been found dead in the sea, Japanese media reported on Thursday (Jul 7). Takahashi, 60, whose real name was Kazuo, was discovered wearing snorkelling gear and floating in the sea near Nago, in the southern island prefecture ofContinue Reading