An American brand claims to have developed the first onions that don't make you cry! ― Shutterstock pic WASHINGTON, Jan 14 ― You know the score. Every time you start cooking, your eyes well up uncontrollably as soon as you cut into an onion. Now, you can say goodbye to…
Badan pemikir dan NGO mencadangkan penubuhan Suruhanjaya Bebas Pencegahan Rasuah (IACC) bagi menyelia agensi antirasuah negara serta melantik ketuanya. Institut Demokrasi dan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi (IDEAS) dan Pusat Membanteras Rasuah dan Kronisme (C4) percaya perkara itu sepatutnya menjadi sebahagian daripada pembaharuan melibatkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM). Bercakap pada forum…
Lembaga Pelancongan Sabah (STB) dan penyelidik Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) mengadakan kunjungan ke Semporna baru-baru ini bagi merealisasikan kerjasama penyelidikan. Pensyarah di Fakulti Perniagaan, Ekonomi dan Perakaunan (FPEP) UMS, Rosle Mohidin berkata, penyelidikan merangkumi pengumpulan maklumat profil pelancong dan kajian kemampanan Pulau Mabul sebagai destinasi pilihan pelancong di kawasan Pantai…
Australia hari ini melaporkan beban kes pandemik terbesar dihadapi negara terbabit setakat ini akibat kesan jangkitan varian Omicron. Ia mengakibatkan kadar kemasukan ke hospital melonjak dan memberi tekanan teruk kepada rantaian bekalan barangan yang memaksa pihak berkuasa melonggarkan peraturan kuarantin untuk lebih ramai pekerja. Selepas berjaya membendung virus itu lebih…
KUALA LUMPUR: Asia Poly Holdings Bhd has proposed to acquire a 100% stake in Keng Imports & Exports Sdn Bhd (KIESB) for RM24.01mil. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Asia Poly said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asia Poly Industrial Sdn Bhd (API) had on Jan 12, 2022 entered into a share…
Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) pada Rabu memberi amaran dan menggesa masyarakat bersiap sedia menghadapi ancaman serentak wabak Covid-19 dan penyakit pernafasan lain menjelang musim bunga nanti. Menurut Xinhua, Dr Maria van Kerkhove daripada Program Kecemasan Kesihatan WHO, berkata pada sesi taklimat media bahawa keadaan itu berlaku apabila pergaulan antara masyarakat…
KUALA LUMPUR: Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd is targeting sales of 900 units monthly for its 11th Generation All-New Civic (pix). Managing director and CEO Madoka Chujo said the highly-anticipated model is expected to make waves in the market and maintain the No. 1 position in the C-segment with its stylist…
NEW YORK: Ronnie Spector – the cat-eyed rock ‘n’ roll singer who fronted the 1960s group the Ronettes, whose era-defining hits included the classic “Be My Baby” – died Wednesday. She was 78 years old. “Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with…
GEORGE TOWN: The president of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam and five former Penang temple committee members are seeking a High Court declaration that a pre-Merdeka law used in Penang to take over and manage Hindu establishments is void. MHS president Mohan Shanmugam, K Sekar, P Subaramany, A Periasamy, M Ramkumar…
PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating claims of a breach of SOPs at a book launch attended by DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang and Muda co-founder Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. This follows a photo, which has since gone viral, of Lim, Syed Saddiq and author Kee Thuan Chye on stage…
PETALING JAYA: Tension is brewing in Umno, with one camp hoping to trigger a general election by opposing a bill that the Dewan Rakyat is likely to vote on in March. An Umno insider said some MPs from his party might not support the controversial amendments to the Prevention and…
PETALING JAYA: RFID lanes will begin operating at all 83 toll plazas along the North-South Expressway Juru-Skudai stretch from 10pm on Jan 15. PLUS Malaysia Berhad said at least one RFID lane will be open for vehicles in addition to the existing Touch ‘n Go and SmartTAG platforms. “Beginning 10pm…
PETALING JAYA: When Serbegeth “Shebby” Singh was Blackburn Rovers chief in 2012 , he wasn’t about to be a chicken and vowed to tackle the “world’s most impossible job”. As the eyes and ears of the club’s Indian owners, poultry conglomerate Venky’s, Shebby was charged with the almost impossible job…
PETALING JAYA: It is the prime minister who decides whether under-siege Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki remains in that office, a lawyer said. Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali said Section 5 (1) of the MACC Act states that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall, on the advice of the prime…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has voiced disagreement with an activist’s proposal that the government allow foreign workers to switch jobs to help them break free from forced labour. It would be unfair to the workers’ first employers because they would have spent a lot of money in…
PETALING JAYA: Two civic groups have urged Penang police chief Shuhaily Mohd Zain to respond to a claim that he roughed up a policeman more than six years ago. Spokesmen for Eliminating Deaths and Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) and Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances made the call in reference to…
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Jan -- Bagai jatuh ditimpa tangga, itulah gambaran nasib seorang warga emas apabila lot rumah kedai yang baru disewanya selama dua minggu, terbakar dalam insiden kebakaran di Jalan Datuk Haji Eusoff, di sini, petang tadi. Maimun Mohd Wahi, 64, berkata dia turut terjejas dalam bencana banjir baru-baru ini…
PETALING JAYA: The report from next Wednesday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department on the issue of corporate shares linked to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki will be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat. Committee member William Leong told Sinar…
PETALING JAYA: DAP’s P Ramasamy has lashed out at the SOPs for Thaipusam that were announced by Putrajaya today, labelling them nonsensical, and accused the national unity minister of going back on her word. The Penang deputy chief minister II claimed that Halimah Sadique had previously been “agreeable” to a…
PETALING JAYA: DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang has urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki to voluntarily appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department next Wednesday and explain his corporate shares ownership issue. The Iskandar Puteri MP said the nation’s…