KUALA LUMPUR: Men’s singles shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Leong Jun Hao made it a double joy for the home fans when both reached the second round of the Malaysian Masters on Wednesday (May 22). World No. 10 Zii Jia, who captured the Thailand Open on Sunday (May 19), continued his good run by coming from...
Despite continuing her charity work, the Princess of Wales is not returning to public-facing duties just yet. Kate Middleton remains focused on her health after receiving a cancer diagnosis. As some royal watchers hope for an update on the Princess of Wales, those closest to Kate are sharing a status check-in on her schedule. “The princess is not expected...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight on which one person died during heavy turbulence finally reached Singapore on Wednesday, with 20 still fighting for their lives in a Bangkok hospital. The London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday after the...
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to stem growing speculation on Wednesday that he might call an early election after ministers cancelled events and either curtailed or delayed foreign trips to attend a government meeting. For most of Wednesday, rumours swirled around parliament that the British leader was poised to call an election -...
During the third night of her 'Eras Tour' run in Stockholm, Taylor Swift tore open her dress on stage to fix an issue with her sound device. Taylor Swift expertly handled a small wardrobe malfunction while performing on the third night of her “Eras Tour” run in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday, May 19. During the surprise songs...
PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet has agreed to rationalise diesel subsidies, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said this would begin with targeted diesel subsidies in the peninsula first, and later for Sabah and Sarawak. "Almost all families in Sabah and Sarawak use diesel for transportation every day. So, we will postpone this move there," he...
PETALING JAYA: The highest paid chief executive officer in the United States is neither Apple's Tim Cook nor Tesla's Elon Musk, but Malaysian-born businessman Tan Hock Eng. Tan also surpassed Meta Platforms' Mark Zuckerberg by earning USD162 million in compensation last year, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP), quoting an analysis by the Wall Street...
KUALA LUMPUR: The case of a father who has to regularly ferry his 11-month-old son with chronic lung problems to the hospital on a motorcycle has caught the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The man's plight has gone viral on social media and the Prime Minister's political secretary, Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, is requesting...
BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters): There was little warning of the chaos that was about to be unleashed onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. With around three hours left on the journey from London to Singapore, Malaysian student Dzafran Azmir got the uneasy feeling the Boeing 777-300R plane was tilting upwards and beginning to shake. The 28-year-old braced himself and...
JOHOR BARU: More than 80 illegal immigrants, including a six-month-old baby, were arrested in a three-day operation involving three districts in Johor. State immigration department acting director Mohd Faizal Shamsudin said they were arrested between Monday (May 20) and Wednesday (May 22) in a series of raids in Johor Baru, Batu Pahat and Segamat. "Based on public...
