MAQIS Seizes Musang King Durians At KLIA

SEPANG, March 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Sixteen Musang King durians worth RM6,000, believed to be bound for Indonesia, were seized by the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Tuesday. Selangor MAQIS acting director Zamri Hashim said the king of fruits were seized during a…

Australian Gov’t Urged To Investigate Attorney-General’s Rape Allegations

CANBERRA, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government is facing renewed calls, to establish an independent inquiry, into historical rape allegations against Attorney-General (AG), Christian Porter. Porter yesterday identified himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, when he was 17, and denied the allegations, declaring…

Tokyo 2020 Organisers Appoint 12 New Executive Board Members

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Naoko Takahashi, the women’s marathon champion, at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, became one of 12 women, to be appointed as executive board members, of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, it was announced here yesterday. Tokyo 2020 announced that, the executive board members have been…

Egyptian, Qatari FMs Meet In Cairo For First Time After A Three-Year Rift

CAIRO, Mar 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, held their first meeting, after the two countries signed a reconciliation agreement in Jan, to end a three-year rift. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the…

Japan Appoints Foreign Ministry Diplomat To Replace Scandal-Hit Cabinet Public Relations Secretary

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government yesterday appointed a female diplomat from the Foreign Ministry, to succeed the cabinet public relations secretary, who resigned amid a scandal involving Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son. Deputy Press Secretary, Hikariko Ono, 55, was named Cabinet Public Relations Secretary, taking over…

Australia Appeals To Public To Join Fight Against Online Child Abuse

CANBERRA, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian law enforcement agencies, launched a major appeal for the public, to join the fight against online child sexual exploitation. The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday released images of items extracted from the backgrounds of sexually explicit…

Arab FMs Renew Aboul-Gheit’s Term As Arab League Chief

CAIRO, Mar 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Arab foreign ministers agreed yesterday, to renew the Arab League (AL) Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit’s five-year term. Egyptian state TV announced, the Arab foreign ministers, unanimously agreed to Egypt’s request, to renew Aboul-Gheit’s mandate, as the pan-Arab organisation’s secretary-general for a second term, during the 155th…

Deloitte To Pay RM324 Mln To M’sian Govt For 1MDB, SRC Settlement

KUALA LUMPUR, Mac 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Deloitte PLT has agreed to a RM324 million (US$80-million) settlement to resolve all claims related to their fiduciary duty on auditing the accounts of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC) from 2011 to 2014, said the Ministry of Finance (MoF).…

Two S. Koreans With Underlying Diseases Die After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines, Probe Underway

SEOUL, Mar 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two South Koreans with underlying diseases, died today, after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. A patient, around 50 years old, who had been in a nursing hospital in Goyang, just outside the capital, Seoul, received the first jab of the full two-dose vaccines, developed by…

Bees Identified As Australia’s Most Dangerous Venomous Animals: Study

CANBERRA, Mar 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), identified bees as the country’s most dangerous, venomous animals. The study, published by the AIHW’s National Injury Surveillance Unit, today, found that Australians are twice as likely to be hospitalised by a bee or…
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