PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) will be placed back under the National Unity Ministry and moved from the Prime Minister’s Department, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. However, the Prime Minister assured that he would continue to monitor the special unit responsible for addressing the socio-economic development issues of …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa are hopeful that both fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi will be available for selection in the first test against India that gets underway in Pretoria on Tuesday, coach Shukri Conrad has confirmed. Rabada has been struggling with a heel injury and Ngidi with …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Irrigation and Drainage Department (DID) issued a flood warning for several areas near rivers in Terengganu and Pahang, which is expected to occur in stages from Dec 24 to 26. DID, in a statement on Saturday (Dec 23), said in Terengganu, flooding is expected to occur from …

(Reuters) – Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O’Neil has joined a long list of Premier League managers complaining about the packed football schedule, including three games in six days for his side with a rare Christmas Eve fixture. While most European leagues are on a break over the year-end period, Wolves …

CAPOCASTELLO DI MERCOGLIANO, Italy (Reuters) – A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy. Nativity scenes are popular in the largely Catholic country, but in recent years they …

MELAKA: Melaka police and local council must provide an accurate and honest assessment on the move to turn streets along Bandar Hilir here to vehicle-free zones for three days, says Kota Melaka MP. Khoo Poay Tiong said the assessment is important as the road closure for 54 hours has impacted …

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Bells rang across the Czech Republic on Saturday and flags flew at half mast as the country mourned victims of the country’s worst mass shooting that killed 14 at a Prague university on Thursday. Archbishop Jan Graubner served a mass at the main St. Vitus cathedral at …

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to regulate such activities, the bank said in its latest circular. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Feb. 2021 barred banks and financial institutions from dealing in …

MELAKA: Education activists have called upon the Education Ministry to rescind the implementation of the Dual Language Programme (DLP) policy and allow them to explain the importance of learning Science and Mathematics in English. Parent Action Group for Education (Page) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul said the condition set by …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or bribed officials to do so, as alleged in a complaint under investigation by local health officials. An investigator with the …