KUALA LUMPUR: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky has branded shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei’s performances in the Malaysian Masters as unacceptable. World No. 4 men’s doubles pair Aaron-Wooi Yik and world No. 9 mixed doubles duo Tang Jie- Ee Wei failed to justify their top seedings in the home tourney...
The singer had initially postponed two shows last weekend till May 27 and 28, but rescheduled them again as his vocal cords have not recovered. In what seems like the latest in a string of eventful incidents, Hong Kong singer Eason Chan is now being forced to reschedule the last two of his six Fear And Dreams World Tour shows in Hangzhou. His concert...
The couple have reportedly tied the knot, according to multiple outlets. Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi have reportedly tied the knot! The couple — who were engaged since mid-2023 — “quietly” married earlier this month but are “planning a bigger ceremony” for their loved ones sometime this year. “Millie and Jake quietly said their vows in America last weekend,” The Sun reported on...
PUTRAJAYA: There's been an overall improvement for the 2023 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations compared to 2022. Education director-general Azman Adnan said the National Average Grade (GPN) for 2023 is 4.60, compared to 4.74 in 2022. A lower GPN score indicates better performance. "A total of 349, 297 (93.5%) of the candidates qualify for the SPM certificate," he...
KUALA LUMPUR: RM552.5mil of the RM2.7bil total lost to online scammers from 2021 to 2023 came from senior citizens, says Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf. The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director said that although senior citizens made up 6.4% of the 86,266 victims duped by online scams over the 2021-2023 period, the...
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Twelve people travelling on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Ireland were injured during a bout of turbulence, Dublin Airport said on Sunday, adding that the plane landed safely and as scheduled. Flight QR017, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landed shortly before 1 p.m. Dublin time (1200 GMT), the airport said. "Upon landing, the aircraft...
PETALING JAYA: Ismail Nuh Cui Wei, a Chinese national from Lanzhou city, speaks Bahasa Malaysia so fluently that he is indistinguishable from a local. It’s quite a feat as he did not know a single Malay word when he arrived in Malaysia in 1995. But he picked up the language within two years while he was...
PETALING JAYA: When Michael Tong Wai Siong was 39, he never expected to become a father figure to three Malay boys and have his life transformed by their presence. “I’ve never been married ... Suddenly I had to take care of three children who weren’t mine. “However, I felt this was a task given to me by...
SHAH ALAM: Dropping out from school, deaths and being held in police custody were among the reasons why 1,724 students in Selangor did not sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2023 examinations, says the state education department. Selangor Education director Dr Jafri Abu said the number also includes those students who could not be traced...
PETALING JAYA: The aim of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) as an entity to safeguard the interests of bumiputra students should not be disrupted and must be maintained, said Wanita Umno. Wanita Umno chief Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad in a statement said UiTM's agenda was to upgrade the participation of the bumiputra community in higher education and...
