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Focus 25 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Choking on the pace of progress

MOST of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a recent report found.

Nation 21 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Blaze and eruption choke air travel

PETALING JAYA: Four Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights to Britain were disrupted as international travel was thrown into chaos following incidents at two major airports on different sides of the world.

Children 27 Feb 2025 | 12:00 PM

What to do when a child starts to choke

The type of first aid to be given differs according to the child's age and consciousness.

Nation 22 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

Teach kids about choking hazard, parents urged

GEORGE TOWN: Parents should monitor their children's food choices and teach them about the danger certain types of food pose to prevent cases of choking on food, say experts and relevant organisations.

Nation 27 Feb 2025 | 04:35 AM

Ping-pong ball-sized gummy candy removed from market after choking incident

PETALING JAYA: Several online platforms are unlisting the sale of ping-pong ball-sized gummy candies, adhering to a directive from the Health Ministry.

Nation 21 Feb 2025 | 07:28 AM

Year Four pupil who choked on gummy candy laid to rest

KEPALA BATAS: Ten-year-old Mohammad Fahmi Hafiz Mohammad Fakhruddin, who choked on gummy candy two days ago, was laid to rest at the Masjid Jamek Permatang Binjai Muslim cemetery here on Friday ( Feb 21).

Nation 4 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Pantai Cherating Lama choked by fallen coconut trees, risking tourists’ safety

FALLEN trees are "polluting" Pantai Cherating Lama in Kuantan, raising concerns among residents about its impact on local tourism, reported Utusan Malaysia.

Nation 21 Feb 2025 | 12:11 AM

Boy who choked on gummy candy dies

GEORGE TOWN: The 10-year-old boy, who had been in a critical condition at at the Penang Hospital (HPP) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) after reportedly choking on a gummy candy, died on Thursday (Feb 20) night.

Nation 19 Feb 2025 | 11:43 AM

Year Four pupil critical after choking on gummy candy

GEORGE TOWN: A Year Four pupil is in critical condition at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Penang Hospital (HPP) after choking on a "gummy" candy he bought outside the school area on Tuesday (Feb 18).

Sabah & Sarawak 22 Feb 2025 | 08:04 AM

Man arrested for choking own child, threatening wife over divorce application

KOTA KINABALU: A woman has lodged a police report after her estranged husband allegedly choked their child and threatened her in a fit of rage after she filed for a divorce.

Nation 10 Feb 2025 | 11:00 PM

Kg Melayu Pandan chokes under illegal dumping

TRASH continues to pile high daily at an illegal dumping site along Jalan Persiaran Bumi Hijau towards Jalan Tebrau in Johor Baru, Harian Metro reported.

World 10 Feb 2025 | 11:15 AM

Sanctions on Syrian banks choke recovery hopes, investment chief says

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge interest from Syrian and foreign investors since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the country's investment chief said.

Internet 3 Feb 2025 | 06:00 AM

Kremlin chokes YouTube service, but Russians find ways around it

President Vladimir Putin has clamped down on free expression in Russia to a degree unseen since the Soviet era. Now he is taking aim at the last Western tech platform barely standing in wartime Russia: YouTube.

Singapore 16 Jan 2025 | 10:59 AM

Jail for Singapore man who choked grandma when she refused to give him money

SINGAPORE: A man choked his 84-year-old grandmother and pulled her hair when she refused to give him money, breaching a personal protection order (PPO) that restrained him from using violence against her.

Thailand 23 Jan 2025 | 04:04 AM

Bangkok chokes under PM2.5 smog

BANGKOK: The air quality in all areas of the Bangkok metropolitan area dipped below the safety standard on Thursday (Jan 23) morning, the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said.

Singapore 23 Oct 2024 | 12:33 PM

‘It was only about 5 minutes, but it felt like an eternity’: Hotel staff lauded for saving choking girl

SINGAPORE: Village Hotel Sentosa duty manager Kenneth Luah, 32, was in his office when a colleague of his alerted him that a girl was choking in the restaurant located within the hotel’s premises.

World 9 Dec 2024 | 05:08 PM

Former US Marine found not guilty in fatal New York subway choking

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine sergeant who used a chokehold to restrain Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Monday in Neely's death.

India 30 Nov 2024 | 01:48 AM

India cuts back cheap gas for cars even as bad air chokes Delhi

NEW DELHI: India is cutting back its supply of cheap gas for vehicles as it struggles to cope with domestic production shortages, a move that could add to toxic air woes in major cities including New Delhi.

Business 21 Nov 2024 | 11:00 PM

Delhi officials bicker as toxic air chokes millions

As the worst air pollution in years descended on India’s capital this week, the country’s health minister was not in New Delhi coordinating a response.

Travel 31 Dec 2024 | 03:00 AM

Selangor fly-fishers band together to restore a weed-choked pond

IN a quest for a pristine fishing spot, a group of fly-fishers in Selangor went into gotong-royong mode, dedicating half a day to clearing underwater weeds at Empangan Air Kuning in Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam.

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