#ICYMI Weekly Editor's Picks (July 11 - 17, 2016)
Astro Awani
July 17, 2016 07:52 MYT
July 17, 2016 07:52 MYT
In case you missed it, here is a list of news handpicked by our editor for the week beginning July 11 to 17, 2016.
IN case you missed it, here is a list of news handpicked by our editor for the week beginning July 11 to 17, 2016.
Among the top headlines are toddler among 3 shot dead in poultry factory quarrel, Dr Mahathir to form new coalition with Opposition, Cameron leaves office wishing UK 'continued success', at least 84 dead in 'terrorist' Nice truck attack, and Turkish coup soldiers surrender.
MONDAY, JULY 11
The bus driver who rammed his vehicle into 10 cars on the PLUS highway yesterday had nine summonses for various traffic offences from 2011 to 2015, police said.
TUESDAY, JULY 12
“Please place my ashes together with my parents.” That was the last message from Lim Sing King, 49, in a note found by his brother after discovering his body in his home at Taman Bercham Aman.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
A two-year-old child was shot dead following a quarrel at a poultry processing factory early this morning here on Wednesday.
THURSDAY, JULY 14
Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday announced that he is partnering with Opposition leaders to form a new coalition.
Outgoing British prime minister David Cameron admitted it had not been an "easy journey" as he left office after six years on Wednesday wishing his country "continued success" in its post-Brexit future.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
A gunman smashed a truck into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack on France's symbolic Bastille Day.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets staged an attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the strongman claimed to have regained control shortly after returning to Istanbul today.
SUNDAY, JULY 17
A housewife from Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, was confirmed to be positive for diphtheria, making this the first diphtheria case involving adults in the country this year.
Honda's Malaysian racer Khairul Idham Pawi won the German Moto 3 Grand Prix at a wet Sachsenring circuit on Sunday.