US deployment of its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile system to Australia’s Northern Territory for the 2025 Talisman Sabre joint military drills has reshaped deterrence dynamics vis-à-vis China in the Indo-Pacific. Capable of striking targets up to 2,700 kilometers away, Dark Eagle is operated via a battery of four launchers and command vehicles, allowing precision strikes […] The post Dark Eagle: US hypersonic deployment has China squawking appeared first on Asia Times .

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PUTRAJAYA: The Water Safety Passport, which emphasises compliance with safety procedures and risk awareness among workers, is expected to be enforced by early 2026, according to the National Water Services Commission (SPAN). Read full story

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The duo were charged with insulting behaviour intended to provoke a breach of the peace.

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PUTRAJAYA : The Court of Appeal today ruled that the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to bar a registered voter from casting his ballot in the 2022 Johor state election due to Covid-19 quarantine restrictions was unlawful. A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Supang Lian, Datuk Wong Kian Kheong, and Datuk Ismail Brahim held that the EC had violated R.K. Tamileswaaran’s constitutional right to vote under Article 119 of the Federal Constitution by preventing him from exercising his right to vote. “The first respondent (EC) had committed an ‘error of law’ or an illegality in this case by denying the appellant’s (Tamileswaaran’s) right to vote in the election,” he said. In delivering the court’s unanimous decision, Justice Wong said the High Court had erred in ruling that the EC’s duty under Article 113 of the Federal Constitution to conduct elections was subject to the Covid-19 prevention SOP and the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (PCDA). “The SOP and PCDA cannot restrain the EC’s duty to conduct elections,” he said. Justice Wong issued a certiorari order to quash the EC’s decision, and granted several declarations sought by Tamileswaaran. The court allowed Tamileswaaaran’s appeal to overturn the Dec 7, 2022, decision by the High Court in dismissing his judicial review. The court did not make any orders as to costs. While acknowledging that courts have the discretion to award monetary compensation for breach of the right to vote, Justice Wong said no constitutional compensation would be granted in this case. He said this was because the EC’s decision was made based on the SOP in the interest of public health and safety, and its officers had acted in good faith in this case. In the judgment, Justice Wong held that the SOP and the PCDA regulations created by the Director-General of Health and the Minister of Health, respectively, are subsidiary legislation and not Federal law or an Act of Parliament. The court also dismissed arguments submitted by the EC and the government, represented by senior federal counsel Mohammad Al-Saifi Hashim and Fauziah Daud, that public policy considerations on public health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic were sufficient grounds to dismiss the judicial review. “ A voter’s right to vote is a constitutional right and not a statutory right,” added Justice Wong. In his judicial review application, R.K. Tamileswaaran claimed that he was on the sixth day of his Covid-19 quarantine and had tested negative on a self-administered test. He stated that he was barred from entering the polling station because his MySejahtera application displayed a high-risk status, and he had not obtained permission from the district health officer to vote. The court’s decision was delivered via online proceedings. Tamileswaaran was represented by lawyers New Sin Yew and Nur Izni Syazwani Ahmad. - Bernama

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HIROSHIMA : Hiroshima pada Rabu menyeru golongan belia supaya menerajui usaha membebaskan dunia daripada senjata nuklear serta merayu negara-negara agar mengetepikan kepentingan sendiri demi menamatkan konflik, ketika bandar itu memperingati ulang tahun ke-80 pengeboman atom oleh Amerika Syarikat. “Walaupun berlaku kekacauan semasa di peringkat negara bangsa, kita sebagai rakyat tidak boleh berputus asa,” kata Datuk Bandar Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui dalam Deklarasi Keamanan semasa upacara peringatan tahunan itu, lapor agensi berita Kyodo. “Golongan muda, sebagai pemimpin generasi akan datang, mesti menyedari bahawa dasar yang tersasar berkaitan perbelanjaan ketenteraan, keselamatan negara dan senjata nuklear boleh membawa akibat yang amat tidak berperikemanusiaan. “Kami menggalakkan mereka untuk tampil ke hadapan dengan pemahaman ini dan memimpin masyarakat sivil ke arah konsensus,” tambahnya. Matsui turut menyeru pemimpin dunia supaya melawat Hiroshima untuk menyaksikan sendiri kesan peperangan nuklear, serta menggesa negara-negara yang sedang meningkatkan kekuatan ketenteraan agar memilih jalan dialog dan mengurangkan kebergantungan terhadap senjata nuklear. Sementara itu, Perdana Menteri Shigeru Ishiba dalam ucapannya berkata adalah menjadi misi Jepun, sebagai satu-satunya negara yang pernah mengalami kemusnahan nuklear semasa peperangan, untuk memimpin usaha global ke arah dunia tanpa senjata nuklear. Sesi tafakur selama seminit diadakan pada 8.15 pagi, iaitu waktu tepat bom uranium yang digugurkan oleh pesawat pengebom Amerika Syarikat, Enola Gay, meletup di udara di atas Hiroshima pada 6 Ogos 1945. Menjelang akhir tahun itu, letupan berkenaan dianggarkan telah mengorbankan 140,000 orang. Bersempena dengan ulang tahun ke-80 itu, sejumlah 120 negara dan wilayah yang merupakan rekod dalam kehadiran pada upacara di Taman Peringatan Keamanan berhampiran hipopusat, menurut pegawai bandar Hiroshima. Tiga hari selepas pengeboman Hiroshima, Amerika Syarikat menggugurkan bom atom kedua di Nagasaki. Jepun menyerah kalah enam hari kemudian, sekali gus menamatkan Perang Dunia Kedua. - Bernama-Kyodo

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Tertuduh dibenarkan diikat jamin RM6,000 dengan lesen memandu digantung sementara kes disiasat di bawah Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.

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• 1 gün, 22 saat, 46 dakika

Sebanyak 27 notis saman dikeluarkan, termasuk 23 atas kesalahan melawan arus, serta kesalahan lain seperti lesen tamat tempoh dan tiada insurans.

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BEIRUT – Kabinet Lubnan semalam mengarahkan angkatan tenteranya merangka pelan untuk melucutkan senjata pergerakan Hezbollah menjelang akhir tahun ini. Ia merupakan satu langkah yang belum pernah berlaku sebelum ini sejak perang saudara berakhir dengan semua kumpulan menyerahkan senjata mereka beberapa dekad lalu kecuali Hezbollah. Keputusan terbaharu yang sensitif itu dibuat susulan tekanan kuat daripada Amerika ... Read more The post Lubnan rangka pelan lucut senjata Hezbollah appeared first on Kosmo Digital .

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SEPANG – Seramai 16 warga Indonesia diarah pulang serta-merta selepas cubaan mereka untuk memasuki Malaysia secara haram menggunakan helah transit gagal, apabila dikesan Agensi Kawalan dan Perlindungan Sempadan Malaysia (AKPS) di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur Terminal 2 (KLIA2) di sini pada Selasa.AKPS dalam kenyataan berkata, kesemua individu yang terdiri daripada lelaki dan wanita berusia antara 30 hingga 57 tahun itu tiba dari Surabaya, Indonesia dengan destinasi akhir penerbangan ke Hatyai, Thailand."Hasil soal siasat dan semakan lanjut melalui sistem MyIMMs mendapati 15 daripada mereka mempunyai rekod disenarai hitam atas kesalahan tinggal melebihi tempoh yang dibenarkan sebelum ini."Manakala seorang lagi gagal mengemukakan dokumen pengenalan diri yang sah," katanya.Menurut kenyataan itu, siasatan lanjut mendedahkan modus operandi mereka adalah menggunakan khidmat ejen atau 'tekong' untuk ke Hatyai melalui transit di Malaysia, sebelum cuba masuk semula ke negara ini menggunakan ‘laluan tikus’ di sempadan utara bagi mengelak dikesan pihak berkuasa."Berikutan itu, kesemua individu terbabit telah dikenakan Notis Penolakan Masuk (NTL) dan diarah pulang ke negara asal serta-merta," katanya.Dalam perkembangan berasingan, Pasukan Pemantau KLIA2 turut mengesan seorang pegawai penguat kuasa kaunter rujukan yang didapati memberi cap masuk kepada seorang warga India tanpa memenuhi syarat kemasukan (countersetting)."Pegawai itu telah dirujuk kepada Unit Integriti untuk siasatan lanjut."AKPS menegaskan bahawa kawalan di semua pintu masuk negara akan terus diperketatkan dan tidak akan berkompromi terhadap sebarang percubaan memasuki negara secara tidak sah," tegasnya.

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The deputy prime minister says Putrajaya is also encouraging the adoption of recycled water use to reduce strain on clean water resources.

• Free Malaysia Today
• 2 gün, 6 saat, 48 dakika

KUALA LUMPUR : The government will review the possibility of strengthening localisation requirements imposed on foreign investors to create a more resilient ecosystem in Malaysia, enabling local companies to benefit from spillover effects. Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Liew Chin Tong, said the move aims to ensure that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) benefit not only from new domestic and foreign investments, but also from efforts to grow Malaysian companies into multinational corporations (MNCs). “There needs to be a shift in mindset, as MSMEs and smaller firms have traditionally been seen only as support players to large foreign MNCs. “The new approach emphasises the capabilities and potential of Malaysian companies to become technology-based MNCs that can play significant roles on the global stage,” he said during a question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today. He was responding to a question from Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng (BN–Tanjung Piai), who asked about the status and effectiveness of negotiations between the Malaysian Government and the United States (US) regarding the implementation of reciprocal tariffs. Wee also sought assurance from the government that the ongoing period of uncertainty would not adversely affect trade, supply chains, and the SME sector in Malaysia. Liew said the government is confident that the early measures already implemented, along with carefully planned mitigation strategies, will help minimise the negative impact of any reciprocal tariffs imposed by the US on Malaysia. “The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), through its agency, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE, is also undertaking mitigation efforts by diversifying Malaysia’s export markets. “This includes exploring new destinations in non-traditional markets and strengthening export networks for Malaysian products, particularly to fast-growing emerging markets in Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and ASEAN,” he said. To position Malaysia as a key hub within global supply chains, he said the government is committed to enhancing national resilience by nurturing local technology companies in strategic sectors such as semiconductors. He also noted that the government is committed to transforming local firms from merely being outsourcing manufacturers under the “Made in Malaysia” label to becoming creators of products “Made by Malaysia”, signifying Malaysian-developed technology. “MITI, together with the Ministry of Finance, will introduce the New Industrial Investment Framework (NIIF) in the third quarter of this year to attract high-value investments and activities, ensuring that all investments bring tangible benefits such as quality employment for Malaysians and contribute to the development of ecosystems and technology within Malaysian companies,” he added. - Bernama

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JASIN : Tiga individu masing-masing seorang pekerja pasar raya, mekanik dan pemandu lori didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret di sini hari ini atas pertuduhan membunuh seorang lelaki di tempat letak kereta sebuah pasar raya di Jasin bulan lepas. Tertuduh, M. Yogeswaran, 25; Mohd Azmi Mohd Nor, 34, dan K. Krishnamorthy, 66, mengangguk faham selepas pertuduhan dibacakan dalam bahasa Melayu dan Tamil oleh jurubahasa mahkamah. Bagaimanapun, tiada pengakuan direkodkan kerana kes bunuh adalah di bawah bidang kuasa Mahkamah Tinggi. Yogeswaran, Mohd Azmi dan Krishnamorthy didakwa mencapai niat bersama melakukan pembunuhan dengan menyebabkan kematian K. Gunalan, 52, di tempat letak kereta di hadapan sebuah tadika di Bandar Jasin Bestari di sini antara pukul 7.37 malam dan 8.59 malam pada 27 Julai lepas. Kesemua tertuduh didakwa di bawah Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan kerana membunuh dan dibaca bersama di bawah Seksyen 34 kanun sama yang memperuntukkan hukuman mati. Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Nur Syazwanie Marizan tidak menawarkan sebarang jaminan manakala ketiga-tiga tertuduh diwakili peguam Amritpal Singh, Datuk K. Shashi Kumar dan A. Mathan. Majistret Mazana Sinin tidak membenarkan kesemua tertuduh diikat jamin dan menetapkan 8 Sept depan bagi sebutan semula kes. Pada 27 Julai lepas, seorang penganggur lelaki disahkan maut selepas dipercayai dipukul sekumpulan individu susulan tindakannya disyaki melakukan kelucahan melampau. Ketua Polis Melaka Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar dilaporkan berkata mangsa berusia 51 tahun maut di tempat kejadian akibat kecederaan parah pada bahagian badan. - Bernama

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PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Election Commission's (EC) decision to bar a registered voter from casting his ballot in the 2022 Johor state election due to Covid-19 quarantine restrictions was unlawful. Read full story

• The Star
• 1 gün, 22 saat, 51 dakika

PUTRAJAYA: The Water Safety Passport, which emphasises compliance with safety procedures and risk awareness among workers, is expected to be enforced by early 2026, according to the National Water Services Commission (SPAN). In today’s statement, SPAN announced that the programme is set to be implemented in stages, starting next month, with the development of training modules and a pilot run scheduled for the end of the year. “Each participant, comprising workers in the water services industry, will be awarded a Water Safety Passport after completing the training, as proof of basic safety qualification recognised by SPAN and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),” read the statement. Introduced by SPAN, the development of the Water Safety Passport module is the result of a collaboration between SPAN and NIOSH, supported by water supply and sewerage operators, aimed at strengthening risk control and safety within the national water services industry. According to SPAN, the initiative serves as a benchmark for joint efforts to enhance safety awareness and knowledge among workers in Malaysia’s water services industry. “With the implementation of this programme, SPAN is confident that occupational safety standards in the water industry will be further reinforced, contributing to safer, more efficient and resilient water service delivery,” read the statement. The exchange ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding documents for the collaboration took place during the ASEAN Safety and Health Workers 2025 Summit, organised by NIOSH at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Aug 4. - Bernama

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Silent Foundation founder and executive chairman Teng Ngiek Lian has pledged a lifelong annual contribution of RM1mil to his alma mater, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT). Read full story

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The move to boost foreign tourism comes amid hopes that ties will improve under new liberal President Lee Jae Myung.

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