KOTA KINABALU: A group of undocumented migrants thought dawn might be the best time to evade the authorities and slip into the country undetected. They could not be more wrong when the group was intercepted by the marine police at the Gelam-Gelam waters off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district on Friday (Sept 15). The group, believed to...
(Reuters) - Australia's world and Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus said on Friday she was recovering from surgery to remove benign tumours from an ovary. The 200 and 400m freestyle Olympic gold medallist and 400m freestyle world record holder told followers on Instagram she would be taking some weeks to rest after the operation. "For a while...
LONDON (Reuters) - The absence of European football will help Chelsea cope with their long list of injuries, Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday, but the Argentine manager added he was confident the Premier League club will return to continental competition next season. Chelsea, the 2021 Champions League winners, endured a turbulent campaign last season and finished...
The scandal-plagued singer, who is reportedly in debt too, says he is taking on “the greatest responsibility as head of the family”. Looks like Hong Kong singer Steven Cheung, 38, has finally decided to heed the advice of netizens and stop growing his brood. The singer, who was one-half of Cantopop duo Boyz, announced on Instagram that he will undergo a...
A Chinese man has been dressing up as the actor to gain views and to confuse the internet. One thing that always gets people talking: May-December relationships. Hong Kong silver screen idol Patrick Tse famously dated Shanghai native, Coco, who is 49 years his junior. At that time, Patrick said the relationship would be his last. They split up...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday imposed sanctions on four Iranian officials to mark the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police. The sanctions target senior decision makers enforcing Iran's mandatory hijab law and were coordinated with similar moves by the United States, Canada and Australia, Britain's foreign...
KOTA KINABALU: The Court of Appeal will hear the Federal Government's appeal against a Kota Kinabalu High Court decision to grant Sabah lawyers leave for judicial review on Putrajaya's constitutional duty to pay 40% to the state on May 16, 2024. Sabah Law Society (SLS) president Roger Chin said the appeal filed by the Attorney General's...
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah-based NGO is challenging the Territorial Sea Act (TSA) 2012, a federal law that limits the state's maritime jurisdiction to up to three nautical miles. The Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar) filed an originating summons to challenge the law at the Kota Kinabalu High Court here through the firm Roland Cheng &...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Pakatan Harapan leaders have expressed shock over a report that former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman will make a comeback via the coalition. In a joint statement issued three hours after the report appeared Friday (Sept 15), Sabah Pakatan leaders issued a blunt denial, saying that Musa was never discussed in any...
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Friday (Sept 15) congratulated Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was sworn in as Singapore’s ninth president on Thursday (Sept 14). In a Facebook post, the king expressed hope that Malaysia and Singapore will continue to work closely to bring progress and prosperity to both countries and...
