Nation

Expired food among irregularities found at boarding schools

PUTRAJAYA: Under the supply cooked food (BMB) programme, some food in boarding schools had expired for as long as 427 days, revealed the third series of the Auditor-General’s Report 2018.

Nation

PPR rent-to-own scheme not well managed

PUTRAJAYA: The People’s Housing Project (PPR) rent-to-own (RTO) scheme has not been well managed, with delays in the handover of completed projects spanning between 23 and 866 days.

Nation

‘Wrongdoers let off lightly’

PUTRAJAYA: Certain departments had meted out light punishment on wrongdoers for discrepancies or questionable actions, according to the Auditor-General.

Nation

‘Rosmah asked for RM187.5mil’

KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor had asked for RM187.5mil or 15% of the RM1.25bil cost of the solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak, to help secure the project for the company, the High Court was told.

Nation

MPs exercise restraint on second day of sitting

DECORUM was the order of the day among lawmakers, unlike the heated verbal exchanges which dominated the first day of the sitting.

Nation

Bosses who abuse wage subsidy scheme will be penalised

EMPLOYERS who fail to channel the wage subsidy to their employees will face the music, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.

Nation

Over RM1.7mil in summonses issued to errant smokers

A TOTAL of 526 youngsters below the age of 18 were summoned under the anti-smoking laws, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

Nation

Minister: Nationwide local board elections may cost RM308mil

IT will cost over RM300mil to hold local council elections nationwide, says Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Nation

Returnees told to get tested again

PETALING JAYA: The 255 returnees who have not come forward to undergo their second Covid-19 test on the 13th day of home quarantine have been told to do so ­immediately.

Nation

Zero local transmissions but Health Ministry remains concerned

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is worried that the public will be complacent in the fight against Covid-19 as the country recorded zero local transmission of the disease yet again yesterday.

Nation

S’wak postpones reopening of classes in three districts

KUCHING: Sarawak has postponed the reopening of secondary and primary school classes in Kuching, Padawan and Samarahan districts from today to Aug 3 in view of local transmissions of Covid-19.

Economy

US says room for sanctions in response to China in South China Sea

WASHINGTON: The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijing's claims there

Energy

Oil price rises slightly as OPEC+ complies with production cuts

NEW YORK: Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday as OPEC and its allies cut production by more than agreed to in June, although demand concerns lingered due to increased cases of COVID-19 in the United States.

Football

Benfica keep slim title hopes alive with 2-0 win over Guimaraes

(Reuters) - Benfica kept their slim hopes of winning the Portuguese title alive as a first-half goal from midfielder Chiquinho and a late second from substitute Haris Seferovic gave them a hard-fought 2-0 home win over Vitoria de Guimaraes on Tuesday.

Football

Lampard puts points before quality as Chelsea win ugly

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea may have produced an underwhelming performance in beating Norwich City 1-0 on Tuesday but manager Frank Lampard said all that mattered was taking the three points on offer.

Markets

Global stocks rebound on cyclical surge, gold edges higher

NEW YORK: Global equity markets rebounded on Tuesday, buoyed by a surge in cyclical stocks on Wall Street as investors bet the economic recovery would overcome a rollback of California's reopening, while safe-haven gold prices solidified gains above $1,800 an ounce.

World

North Macedonia heads to election with pace of EU accession at stake

SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia holds a parliamentary election on Wednesday that may decide the pace of the country's bid for European Union membership, with the governing pro-EU Social Democrats and the main opposition nationalists locked in a close race.

World

Brazil coronavirus cases rise past 1.9 million, deaths total 74,133

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 41,857 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 1,300 additional deaths, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

World

Trump downplays police violence against Black people, says 'more white people' killed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised U.S. police departments and downplayed police violence against Black people, saying "more white people" are killed by police officers.

Football

Atalanta thrash Bresica 6-2 to go second in Serie A

(Reuters) - Atalanta's Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic scored a hat-trick as they thrashed relegation-threatened Brescia 6-2 on Tuesday to climb to second place in Serie A, six points behind leaders Juventus and two ahead of Inter Milan and Lazio.