PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — The number of dengue cases in the second Epidemiological Week of 2023 (ME2/23) from January 8 to 14 increased by 301 cases, or 13.6 per cent to 2,520 cases compared to 2,219 cases in the previous week.

KUANTAN, Jan 9 — An Orang Asli teenage boy was killed after he was attacked by an elephant in a durian orchard in Kampung Tual at Pos Sinderut near Kuala Lipis today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said today that she had received death threats before when presiding over cases involving certain personalities.

VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 — Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, died on Saturday aged 95 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since his resignation, a spokesman for the Holy See said.

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 — Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 30 — Police are waiting for a forensic report to identify the contents of an explosive package that killed a waiter in Pandan Indah, Ampang near here last night.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 29 — Blunt force head trauma has been identified as the cause of death of a four-year-old boy, suspected to be a victim of child abuse in Senggarang, Batu Pahat, Johor.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 28 — The mother of a four-year-old boy, who died from suspected abuse while she was behind bars, was seen weeping at the haunting sight of her son’s lifeless body for the last time.

SEREMBAN, Dec 24 — Two youths were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on crashed into the rear of a stalled lorry on the emergency lane at KM279.6 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS), here, last night.

BATANG KALI, Dec 17 — The body of a girl has been found at the landslide site of the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, taking the death toll to 24.

BATANG KALI, Dec 17 — Two more bodies have been found at the landslide site of the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, taking the death toll to 23 people.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Former national champion runner, S.

In a statement today, Public Bank Bhd said Teh founded the bank in 1965 at the age of 35.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — New cases of Covid-19 in the country dropped 2.5 per cent to 18,606 cases for Epidemiological Week 47 (ME 47/2022) which is from Nov 20 to 26 compared to 19,083 cases in the previous week.

IPOH, Nov 6 — A man died while two others were injured after being attacked by a wild boar in Jalan Kampung Paya Ara, Pantai Remis here today.

SEOUL — South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after a Halloween crush killed some 151 people in a packed nightlife area in Seoul.

MELAKA, Oct 29 — A lorry driver who was involved in an accident which killed a family of three at Km 216 northbound of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) near the Ayer Keroh Overhead Bridge has been remanded for three days starting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — The remains of former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s mother, Datin Mariah Khamis, was buried at the Ukay Perdana Muslim Cemetery here today.

KUALA NERUS, Oct 15 — The Battle of The King (BOTK) 2022 at the Terengganu Race Track in Gong Badak near here was stopped immediately after one of its participants died after crashing into a tree.

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 — British TV, film and stage legend Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned nearly 80 years, died Tuesday.