KUALA LUMPUR: A company has come forward to claim the suitcase filled with over RM500,000 in cash found at a shopping mall's parking lot, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. He said that the company had lodged a police report in Shah Alam on the matter and added that while the company director...
MALAYSIA and Singapore have been locked in a culinary showdown over nasi lemak, each claiming their version reigns supreme. But beneath this entertaining gastronomic rivalry a bigger battle rumbles away: one over water. Singapore's water scarcity issues force it to rely on imported water for a large part of its day-to-day supply. Singapore's water agreements with Malaysia...
PETALING JAYA: A total of eight localities in Peninsular Malaysia are now under Level 2 heatwave. According to the latest advisory from MetMalaysia, the whole of Perlis is under Level 2 heatwave, as well as parts of Kedah and Perak. The areas are Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Pokok Sena, Sik, Hulu Perak, Baling and Kota Setar. Under Level...
PETALING JAYA: A group of "concerned Malaysians," including academicians, activists and ex-politicians, say that they accept the apology given by KK Super Mart over the socks controversy. "We uphold the investigation of the authorities and await the final outcome and punishment by the authorities," said the group in a statement, adding that they rejected Umno's decision...
SEPANG: A teacher is being investigated for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her students. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police learned of the matter after the student's mother lodged a report on Dec 12. "We received a report from the 46-year-old woman after she noticed her son had red...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) will suspend flights to Chengdu and Chongqing from March 31, less than five months after flights to the two Chinese cities resumed. In response to queries, a SIA spokesman said the suspension is due to regulatory reasons, without elaborating further, including on the length of suspension. The flag carrier currently operates daily flights...
SINGAPORE: A woman lied to the police that a man she did not know had snatched her mobile phone in Geylang when, in fact, her boyfriend was in possession of the device at the time. The prosecution said that she dropped the device when they quarrelled, and she was aware that her boyfriend had picked it...
SINGAPORE: Following his side’s 2-2 World Cup Asian qualifier draw with Singapore on Thursday (March 21), China skipper Zhang Linpeng announced he would leave the national set-up, with the shock decision making rounds on Chinese social media platform Weibo. “I thought about it for a long while. I think it’s time to end my national team...
PETALING JAYA: There is no hostility between badminton giants P. V. Sindhu and Carolina Marin. Longtime friends and rivals, Sindhu of India and Marin of Spain have had various encounters on the court, with tensions rising as they compete against each other to come out on top in the women’s singles. The 2023 Denmark Open semi-finals saw...
PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia crashed out of the Swiss Open after going down to India's K. Srikanth in the second round on Thursday (March 21). The world No. 10 surprisingly lost out 16-21, 15-21 to the Indian world No. 27 in Basel. It was Zii Jia's second defeat to Srikanth in six meetings...
