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11 missing after fire at holiday home for disabled

PARIS: Eleven people are missing after a fire erupted at a holiday home for people with disabilities in northeastern France on Wednesday morning, German news agency (dpa) quoted officials. Seventeen other people were safely evacuated from the building in Wintzenheim, near the city of Colmar in the Alsace region, the

Pheu Thai seeks to break political deadlock in Thailand with new coalition

BANGKOK: The Pheu Thai Party, which won the second highest number of seats in Thailand’s General Election, has announced an alliance with seven parties including Bhumjaithai Party in an attempt to break the political deadlock to form a government. The six new parties that joined the alliance are Prachachat Party

Muhammad Adlan will return to Malaysia, willing to assist in MACC’s probe: Lawyer

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan is ready and willing to assist in any investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over alleged corruption and embezzlement in the registration, recruitment and biometric storage of foreign workers in a ministry, according to his lawyer Datuk Dr Baljit Singh Sidhu .

Teenager gets award for saving young boy from house fire

KUALA LUMPUR: Izzhan Alif Mohd Kamazan, 17, today received a certificate of appreciation from the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) for his brave act of saving a five-year-old boy from a house fire in Taman Sri Jelok, Kajang last month. The award was presented by Selangor JBPM director Wan

Prominent female Quran reciter Rogayah Sulong dies

KUALA TERENGGANU: Prominent female Quran reciter Datuk Rogayah Sulong died at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) here this morning. She was 81. Her grandnephew, Mohd Faizal Hassan, 39, said the seven-time winner of the national-level Quran recital competition breathed her last at 8.17 am three days after receiving treatment

Male babies outnumbered female babies in Q2 2023

PUTRAJAYA: The number of live births in Malaysia increased by 13 per cent to 105,961 in the second quarter of 2023 from 93,799 births in the corresponding period last year, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd

We’re up for challenge to reach top 15 in Asia: Pan Gon

PETALING JAYA: The Harimau Malaya are ready to take up the gauntlet by reaching the top 15 in Asian football ranking someday. Head coach Kim Pan Gon, however, said such a mission won’t happen overnight unless the whole team work their socks off to make Football Association of Malaysia’s (FAM)

Nafuzi hopes Canaries will continue winning ways

ALOR SETAR: Kedah Darul Aman (KDA) FC head coach Mohd Nafuzi Mohd Zain hopes his team’s excellent performance against Sri Pahang FC last night can be maintained to face the remaining matches which will be increasingly challenging. He said the team spirit and high discipline on display as well as