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COP31 puts electrification in spotlight as fossil fuel phase-out remains stuck
PARIS, Oct 7 — COP31 opens in the Turkish city of Antalya on Nov 9 as countries grapple with record global temperatures, mounting climate damage and growing pressure to accelerate the […]
Budget-tight Suhakam wants stronger public funding even if allowed to generate own revenue, says chairman
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has been operating on a shoestring budget for years despite taking on more responsibilities, its chairman Datuk Seri […]
‘Bibi could have prevented it’: War shakes Netanyahu support in Israel’s north ahead of polls
NAHARIYA (Israel), Oct 6 — On Israel’s border with Lebanon, where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how […]
Despite more climate disasters, COP31 shows little hope of progress on fossil fuel deal
PARIS, Oct 6 — Nations reeling from a year of climate devastation gather for COP31 next month but negotiations are not expected to deliver major progress in cutting the fossil […]
Nearly 51 years later, daughter of former Perak police chief Khoo Chong Kong remembers the man behind his uniform
TANJONG MALIM, Oct 6 — Time may have passed, but the image of the late former Perak police chief Tan Sri Khoo Chong Kong as a loving father and a […]
Panama-flagged tanker strike in Hormuz Strait leaves 12 sailors injured, 11 of them Indian
NEW DELHI, Oct 6 — India said 12 crew members on a Panama-flagged tanker had been injured in an attack while crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, with those […]
Myanmar president to visit Malaysia tomorrow as migrant returns draw rights groups’ warnings
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Myanmar’s coup leader turned president Min Aung Hlaing will head to Malaysia on Wednesday for a two-day visit, officials said, following Kuala Lumpur’s plan to […]
‘A happy family?’: Zara Qairina’s stepsister says she never met teen, but regularly viewed photos on social media
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 6 — The stepsister of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir told the Coroner’s Court that she never lived with the teenager and had no first-hand knowledge of […]
Fifty years after Bangkok varsity massacre, Thai activists demand amnesty for royal insult cases
BANGKOK, Oct 6 — Activists called for amnesty for people prosecuted under Thailand’s strict royal insult law on Tuesday, during a ceremony marking 50 years since a massacre of demonstrators […]
Ringgit ends slightly higher as investors await Budget 2027
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The ringgit closed marginally higher against the US dollar on Tuesday as investors kept a close watch on Budget 2027, to be tabled on Friday, […]