KUALA LUMPUR: Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) today reiterated the call for the civil servants’ minimum salary to be increased from RM1,200 to RM1,800. Its president Datuk Adnan Mat said the move is in line with the 12th Malaysian Plan to achieve a high-income nation by
SEOUL: A US Forces Korea (USFK) F-16 fighter jet crashed into farmland near South Korea’s Osan Air Base on Saturday, officials said, with the pilot escaping safely. According to local firefighting and police authorities, the accident occurred at about 9.30am in Pyeongtaek, 60 kilometres south of Seoul, reported Yonhap news agency. The jet crashed
MANILA: The Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration on Saturday ordered its officers at airports to strictly monitor Filipinos departing for Southeast Asian countries to prevent them from falling victim to human traffickers, reported Xinhua. In the wake of the new human trafficking schemes continuing to emerge within the Southeast Asian region and
PHNOM PENH: Nur Assyira Zainal Abidin brought cheer to the country’s mountain biking camp when she won the silver medal in the women’s cross country Olympic individual event at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, today. The 29-year-old rider finished the 18.5-kilometre race in Kulen Mountain, Siem Reap, which is
PHNOM PENH: Obstacle race events contributed to Malaysia’s first medals at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, today. Wan Athirah Hidayah Ahmad Fuzli contributed the country’s first medal when she shared the bronze in the women’s individual event with Anggun Yolanda Samsul Hadi despite losing to an Indonesian participant
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no doubt that the bottom 40 (B40) group and the asnaf community are finding it difficult to get a loan from any banking institution in Malaysia, making it challenging to find start-up capital and continue with their business survival post-pandemic. Recognising the difficulties of the people, Bank
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned on Saturday at London’s Westminster Abbey during a solemn coronation ceremony dating back centuries conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and watched by millions around the world, reported dpa. Cries of “God Save the King” will ring out around the abbey after
GENEVA: The global coronavirus pandemic is no longer considered an international health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided on Friday, according to German news agency dpa. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced in Geneva on Friday the lifting of the highest alert level that can be imposed in the event
PHNOM PENH: It’s festival time! After 64 years of waiting, Cambodia finally held a historic opening ceremony of Southeast Asia’s largest sporting event as the 2023 SEA Games with the motto “Sports: Live In Peace” was officially opened in spectacular fashion here last night. Hosts Cambodia staged an eye-catching opening ceremony in a blaze of
LOS ANGELES: Triggered by declines in sales of Mac computers and iPad tablets, Apple closed the second quarter in a row with a decline in turnover, even though iPhone sales were up, reported German news agency dpa. Overall second quarter sales fell by 3 per cent, while overall sales were
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