More assets deployed in search for missing Singaporean kayakers

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 12 (NNN-Bernama) — Three more aircraft from different rescue agencies have been deployed today, bringing air assets to four, in the search and rescue (SAR) operation for two Singaporeans reported missing while kayaking in Endau waters near Mersing on Thursday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director for…

Conservative Giammattei wins Guatemalan presidential election

BOGOTA, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Conservative candidate Alejandro Giammattei won the second round of Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday. With 95 per cent of precincts counted, Giammattei took some 59 per cent of the vote, according to the electoral commission. It was fifth time lucky for Giammattei. The 63-year-old former…

Fernandez Wins Landslide Victory Over Macri With 15-Point Lead

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (NNN-TELESUR) – Argentinian President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat Sunday night in the country’s primaries, leading to Oct. 27 general elections, against opposition ticket Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner “We’ve suffered a bad election,” right-wing Macri said Sunday night as preliminary results gave the running…

Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in train station

HONG KONG, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES ) – Hong Kong erupted into violence again on Sunday night as anti-government protests entered their 10th week with demonstrations across the city.  Police fired tear gas on protesters in three locations as protesters retreated to regroup elsewhere after barricading streets. Beijing initially remained silent on the protests…

At least 32 dead after Typhoon Lekima hits China’s south-east

BEIJING, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES ) – At least 32 people have been killed and 16 others are missing after Typhoon Lekima hit south-eastern China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.  Most of the deaths occurred on Saturday in Yongia county in Zhejiang province, where torrential downpours triggered a landslide that blocked rivers,…

Norway police probe mosque shooting as ‘attempted act of terrorism’

STOCKHOLM, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES ) – A shooting at a mosque in Norway is being treated as an “attempted act of terrorism,” police said on Sunday, but the male suspect has so far declined to answer police questions. “He still doesn’t wish to give an explanation,” Grete Lien Metlid, assistant chief of the…

The Mulu, more than just a Malaysian restaurant in Beijing

BEIJING, Aug 11 (NNN-Bernama) — The Mulu Restaurant in this Chinese capital city is much more than just an eatery selling Malaysian and other Southeast Asian food. It is also a window for Chinese nationals to the cultures and life of the people in the countries that make up an important…

Rescued Bruneian fisherman dies at hospital

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 11 (NNN-Bernama) — One of the two fishermen from Brunei whose boat drifted into Malaysian waters and rescued at Pulau Tiga yesterday, died at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, this morning. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director for Sabah Rear Admiral Kamaruszaman Abu Hassan, however, said the identity…

Jokowi shares excitement being chaufferred around by Dr M in a Proton

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo today shared his excitement of being chauffeured around by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in a Proton car during his two-day visit to Malaysia ended yesterday. On Friday, Dr Mahathir took Joko, popularly known as Jokowi, in the Proton…

Dr Mahathir joins thousands of Muslims in Aidiladha prayers

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad joined thousands of Muslims to perform the Aidiladha prayers at the National Mosque this morning. Dr Mahathir when met by reporters later, wished Muslims in Malaysia and all over the world “Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha.”The prayer was led…