Malaysia’s transport minister says his resignation to take effect when ex-PM Najib serves house arrest
Anthony Loke said he had hand-delivered his resignation letter to PM Anwar Ibrahim after meeting him on Sept 28.
Anthony Loke said he had hand-delivered his resignation letter to PM Anwar Ibrahim after meeting him on Sept 28.
The court would also deliver the decision on the application on the same day.
She thanked members of the public and well-wishers for their outpouring of condolences and support.
Sept 29 - Myanmar's military-backed government has arrested 21 people it said had transferred money to an online fundraising platform linked to the opposition National Unity Government (NUG), the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported.
The driver of the long-distance train that crashed into a commuter train had not received training in situations which require emergency braking, said a report.
Residents cited risks to children, lower property values, and the cost of upgrading homes to mitigate the data centre’s impact.
The latest flooding has put particular emphasis on how warnings are communicated.
The ministry said the men had admitted to being members of Viet Tan, a US-based pro-democracy group.
LUMUT, Malaysia, Sept 29 - Malaysia began the process of deporting around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, defying objections from the United Nations and dozens of human rights groups.
Farmers face challenges such as weather extremes, rising costs for machinery and lower prices for their product.
It has seen precipitation since Aug 27, with approaching typhoons and a stalled autumn rain front.
HANOI, Sept 29 - A Boeing 787-9 operated by flag carrier Vietnam Airlines recorded repeated brake inputs during takeoff before overrunning a runway and striking approach lighting at Munich Airport last month, according to an interim report by German investigators.
The online outcry is the latest in a series of social media flare-ups over gruelling schedules.
The incursion in June is the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.
Two soldiers were seriously injured and one sustained minor injuries in the incident on Sept 21.
Bangkok was hit by 320mm of rain over two to three days in September, nearly as much as it usually gets in the whole month.
Affected flights include those between Bangkok and Singapore.
Dozens of buses arrived under police escort at the Majlis Perbandaran Manjung stadium near the Lumut naval base in northwestern Malaysia. The migrants were expected to be processed before being taken to Myanmar by ship.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 28 - At least 11 people were killed on Monday in Haiti's central Artibonite region by gang members after a deadly security operation, the local mayor said.
Officials said employers who hire foreign drivers must be responsible for ensuring their qualifications.
Taiwan media have reported that the first two F-16Vs are currently in Hawaii awaiting their delivery flight.
Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett recorded the songs with Split Enz's Tim Finn in 1998.
It was not immediately clear how many in the group were Rohingya.
A new anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is raising questions about faith, choice and freedom.
The governing National Party fell to 28 per cent, which is its lowest level of support since 2021.
The British Police say that the five men arrested in connection with a suspected bomb plot targeting RAF Fairford are all British nationals. Nothing has yet been said officially about who was behind the plot. The risk to US assets and personnel in the UK remains extremely high.
SEOUL, Sept 29 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday there are more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory and preparations are underway to deploy another 10,000 troops.
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that China take the lead in establishing a BRICS AI open-source community. His proposal envisaged cooperation in developing and applying large language models, conducting AI training and seminars and
In the first of a series on India’s chipmaking ambitions, CNA speaks to industry players about what India can learn from Asia’s established chip hubs - and where it can carve out a role of its own.
Tokyo isn’t waiting for the end of the war to reassess its supply sources, says Javier Blas for Bloomberg Opinion.
A note before we start. What follows works through the innovation loops of the semiconductor world, sub-sector by sub-sector, with eight diagrams along the way. They are complicated, despite a fair amount of effort to make them otherwise. Anyone who wants to skip the loops and
The approval is also another demonstration of US nuclear proliferation through AUKUS pact, the North Korean ministry said.
SEOUL, Sept 29 - North Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement published by state media KCNA that the United States' approval for South Korea's building its first nuclear submarine is \"a dangerous development\" that added new instability to the political and military
Trump has said he wants to meet with Kim Jong Un again, but experts say China will not act as go-between.
CAIRO, Sept 28 - UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed bilateral relations during a visit on Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Gulf country, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Monday.
Myanmar refugees in Malaysia fearful ahead of the first round of repatriations on Sept 29.
Those convicted of using forged or counterfeit banknotes in Singapore may be jailed for up to 20 years.
Beijing may let its technology giants buy more Nvidia high-end chips, giving the US chip designer a fresh foothold in China and keeping Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developers tied to its software after months of stalled trade. China’s Ministry of Industry and
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi urged Japan to “correct the erroneous words” of its leader on the Taiwan issue as soon as possible.
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi urged Japan to “correct the erroneous words” of its leader on the Taiwan issue as soon as possible.
Australia is increasingly concerned about China's military might - but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.
Sept 28 - Anthropic will not appear before an Australian senate committee hearing on AI on October 1, a source familiar with the matter said, days after a disclosure that an agent from OpenAI gained unauthorized access to the country's health system database.
Last week Zelensky revealed Ukraine had sent two captured North Koreans to South Korea - which Seoul says was meant to be a secret.
Inmates at Cibinong prison in Bogor, West Java, were given access to apartment-style rooms as well as a gym and a golf simulator, according to findings by the Indonesian Ombudsman.