
Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan
The US$6 billion defence industry agreement is the largest ever struck between the two nations.
The US$6 billion defence industry agreement is the largest ever struck between the two nations.
The decision to award a disputed offside goal fuelled outrage among Monterrey fans after Cincinnati went on to win 3–2.
Haiwan yang didermakan akan "dilupuskan secara berperikemanusiaan" oleh kakitangan terlatih sebelum digunakan sebagai makanan.
PEMAIN beregu lelaki negara, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi mengakui sudah mula serasi dengan corak permainan yang diterapkan jurulatih, Herry Iman Pierngadi untuk muncul juara Terbuka Macau 2025 pada Ahad.Beliau yang berpasangan dengan Yap Roy King menghadiahkan Malaysia gelaran itu selepas menumpaskan wakil Indonesia, Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani secara straight set.Wan Arif mendedahkan pada mulanya berasa sukar untuk menterjemahkan gaya permainan yang diterapkan oleh jurulatih dari Indonesia itu, namun selepas beberapa bulan ia dapat dipraktikkan dengan baik."Susah nak terima pada mulanya (corak permainan). Selepas beberapa pertandingan coach ada duduk di belakang baru dapat serasi. Saya harap dapat tingkatkan lagi (prestasi)," katanya.Wan Arif-Roy King memahat sejarah apabila muncul juara beregu lelaki, sekali gus menghadiahkan Malaysia kejuaraan pertama dalam kategori itu di Macau selepas 12 tahun.Gandingan yang menghuni ranking ke-24 dunia itu mengejutkan pasangan nombor lapan dunia 22-20, 21-18 dalam aksi final di Macao East Asian Games Dome.Wan Arif turut mengakui berasa sangat gembira dapat menewaskan pasangan itu kerana kali terakhir beraksi di pentas final ialah pada Mac 2024 menentang lawan yang sama."Sangat puas hati, sudah lama tunggu untuk dapat gelaran. Pada perlawanan akhir Mac tahun lalu, kami kalah dan kali ini dapat tebus semula," katanya.Menyentuh mengenai perlawanan akhir itu, beliau mendedahkan ada berbincang dengan Herry mengenai taktikal perlawanan termasuk membuat analisis menerusi video."Nak kata lawan lebih berpengalaman tidak juga kerana pernah berjumpa dengan mereka dan tahu corak permainan. Namun kami sudah kaji kelemahan dan apa yang jurulatih ajar kami buat, menyebabkan lawan berasa sukar," katanya.Mengulas air dari alat penghawa dingin yang bocor, Wan Arif memberitahu cuba mengawal minda dengan positif dan memberi fokus sepenuhnya kepada permainan."Pada mula berasa terganggu. Nak smash pun air menitik atas kepala, tetapi saya fikir balik, kalau saya tertekan atau koyak, lawan juga akan berasa perkara sama, jadi saya cuma fokus," katanya.
KANGAR: Pas terbuka menjalinkan kerjasama dengan MIC dan MCA untuk bersama di dalam Perikatan Nasional (PN) namun ia memerlukan perbincangan lebih lanjut di peringkat tertinggi kepemimpinan gabungan berkenaan. Mursyidul Am Pas, Datuk Hashim Jasin berkata, secara dasarnya, Pas tidak ada masalah untuk perpaduan dan kerjasama dengan pelbagai parti kecuali DAP. Katanya, Gerakan sudah bersama PN ... Read more The post Pas terbuka kerjasama dengan MIC, MCA appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
KUALA LUMPUR: Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia (YWM) dengan kerjasama ITTV Education Sdn. Bhd. meluncurkan Waqf Go Learning, sebuah platform pembelajaran digital berasaskan wakaf pertama di Malaysia bagi memperluas akses pendidikan berkualiti kepada pelajar sekolah rendah dan menengah. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama) merangkap Pengerusi Lembaga Pemegang Amanah YWM, Datuk Dr. Mohd. Na’im Mokhtar ... Read more The post Waqf Go Learning perkasa akses pendidikan digital berasaskan wakaf appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
The former president was placed under house arrest for breaking a social media ban.
LUMUT: Kira-kira 20 peniaga kecil di Pantai Teluk Senangin di sini yang berniaga di bawah khemah merayu pihak berwajib menyediakan tapak perniagaan berbumbung demi keselesaan mereka dan pengunjung pantai tersebut. Mereka mendakwa perniagaan bawah khemah dan meletakkan barang jualan di atas meja lipat tidak selesa selain terdedah kepada risiko terkena hujan dan khemah diterbangkan angin. ... Read more The post Peniaga Pantai Teluk Senangin mohon tapak berniaga appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
PETALING JAYA: Pengendali Harimau Malaya, Peter Cklamovski perlu memperluaskan skop pemilihan pemain kebangsaan tanpa meminggirkan bakat-bakat sedia ada termasuk di Liga A1 Semi Pro. Bermulanya Liga Malaysia (Liga M) bulan ini memberikan barisan kejurulatihan kelompok pilihan pemain lebih besar, namun diharapkan tumpuan tidak diberikan kepada Liga Super semata-mata. Walaupun Liga A1 hanya berstatus semi profesional ... Read more The post Cklamovski kena ‘intai’ pemain Liga A1 appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
KUALA LUMPUR : The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the detailed implementation plans for targeted subsidies for RON95 petrol will be announced by end-September 2025, in line with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s statement on July 23, 2025. In a written parliamentary reply, MoF said the government is actively developing and testing the subsidy targeting mechanism to ensure smooth execution upon rollout. “This includes refining data from agencies such as the National Registration Department, Road Transport Department (JPJ), and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM),” it said. “The government aims to adopt a more comprehensive approach to ensure RON95 subsidies reach the intended target groups.” MoF was responding to a question from Hulu Langat Member of Parliament, Pakatan Harapan’s Mohd Sany Hamzan, who asked for an update on the subsidy retargeting implementation, particularly the front-end and back-end phases announced by the Ministry of Economy. According to MoF, once implemented, the retargeted subsidy mechanism will allow eligible Malaysians to enjoy RON95 at RM1.99 per litre through MyKad verification. Non-citizens and those ineligible for the subsidy will pay the unsubsidised market rate. - Bernama
Mendiang menghembuskan nafas terakhir akibat sebab semula jadi di kediamannya di Naples, Florida.
SINGAPORE : A Malaysian hotel tycoon who helped bring Formula One to Singapore pleaded guilty Monday to abetting the obstruction of justice, in a rare corruption case in the city-state that saw a former transport minister jailed last year. Singapore-based billionaire Ong Beng Seng, 79, was charged in October last year with helping former transport minister S. Iswaran cover up evidence in a graft investigation. He was also accused of showering Iswaran with lavish gifts, including tickets to the 2017 Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, flights on a private jet, business class travel and a luxury hotel stay. Ong entered his guilty plea from a glass-encased dock at a district court in downtown Singapore on Monday. Prosecutors sought a two-month jail term after Ong agreed to plead guilty. He will be sentenced on August 15. But prosecutors also agreed with defence lawyers that the court could exercise “judicial mercy” in view of Ong’s poor health -- which could further reduce any sentence. Defence lawyers pleaded for clemency, saying their septuagenarian client suffered from a litany of serious ailments, including an incurable form of cancer. They asked for a “stiff fine” instead of actual jail time. “The risks to Mr. Ong’s life increase dramatically in prison,“ lawyer Cavinder Bull told the court, saying prison could not give his client sufficient care. “This man is living on the edge,“ Bull added. The Attorney General’s Chambers said in a statement that after “considering the medical evidence before the Court”, the prosecutors did not object to imposing a fine instead of jail time. The trial of Malaysia-born Ong had attracted significant media attention due to his links with Iswaran and the affluent city-state’s reputation as one of the world’s least corrupt nations. Ong owns Singapore-based Hotel Properties Limited and is the rights holder to the Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race. He and Iswaran were instrumental in bringing the Formula One night race on a street circuit to Singapore in 2008. In July 2023, Ong was arrested as part of a graft probe involving Iswaran and was subsequently released on bail. In October last year, Iswaran was jailed for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to accepting illegal gifts worth more than Sg$400,000 ($310,000). He was also found guilty of obstructing justice, in the city-state’s first political graft trial in nearly half a century. Iswaran completed his sentence on June 6. - AFP
GERIK: Pengalaman mengelak monyet yang tiba-tiba melintasi jalan raya merupakan antara detik cemas pernah dihadapi pengguna jalan raya ketika melalui Pulau Banding di Jalan Raya Timur Barat (JRTB) di sini. Ruslan Zakaria, 52, berkata, dia berdepan keadaan itu di satu lokasi jalan lurus utama yang kerap menjadi tumpuan manusia memberikan makanan kepada monyet. Katanya, tindakan ... Read more The post Beri makan kepada monyet undang bahaya pengguna JRTB appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
SEREMBAN : A person with a disability (PwD) mistakenly put up the Jalur Gemilang flag upside down at a school in Port Dickson, said Lukut state assemblyman Choo Ken Hwa. Choo said he had personally visited the school on the day of the incident. He clarified that the headmaster had assigned a PwD worker, who had mistakenly used an old flag, put it up, and left. After being informed, the flag was taken down within two hours. “This was not intentional. Please avoid spreading this incident or accusing the school of lacking patriotism,” Choo said during the Negeri Sembilan state legislative assembly sitting on Monday (August 4). He also urged the public not to escalate the matter further, noting that the school management had already issued an apology. Yesterday, the management of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Chung Hua Port Dickson publicly apologised for the incident, which occurred last Friday. In a joint statement, the school administration and the Parents-Teachers Association (PIBG) expressed regret, calling the incident an unintentional mistake. Port Dickson police chief Supt Maslan Udin confirmed that a 30-year-old local man had been identified to assist with the investigation into the case. - Bernama
LANGKAWI: Seorang bekas tukang masak restoran mencipta keunikan untuk meraih rezeki apabila menjual nasi goreng tingkap yang cuma berharga RM5 sebungkus di Kuah. Mohd. Ramli Mat Zain, 46, menjual nasi itu dari tingkap kediamannya kerana bukan semata-mata untuk membawa kelainan, sebaliknya menampung hidup setelah dia disahkan menghidap penyakit berkaitan saraf sejak Mei tahun lalu. “Ekoran ... Read more The post Rezeki nasi goreng Abang Tingkap appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .
Train services were disrupted and trees blown over, with gusts reaching 132km/h, the fastest ever recorded in August.