GEORGE TOWN: Sworn in for a third term, state assembly Speaker Datuk Law Choo Kiang says he will carry out his duties while taking into account the trust bestowed on him. The state PKR advisor added that he will carry out his duties as the state Speaker honestly and ensure all the rules of the assembly...
MELAKA: Former Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof has passed away at the age of 70. According to his daughter Nur Adawiah, Mohd Said breathed his last at 8.10pm Monday (Aug 28) at the Melaka Hospital. "He was suffering from diseases like heart problems and diabetes and had been frequently admitted to hospital since last December,” she...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will allocate RM2bil as seed funding for the National Energy Transition Facility (NETF), says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In his speech at the launch of Phase 2 of the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), the Prime Minister said the allocation is important given the state of Malaysia’s young decarbonisation technologies. ALSO READ: Strong policy...
IPOH:A 50-year-old man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with murdering another man at a rehabilitation and nursing home. Lai Mun Kong was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides the death penalty upon sentencing. No plea was recorded and Magistrate Jesseca Daimis set Sept 29 for mention. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Aqilah Syaza...
Actress Hersha Parady, known for her heartwarming role of schoolteacher Alice Garvey on Little House On The Prairie, died Wednesday. She was 78. Parady had been battling a brain tumour when she died at the Norfolk, Virginia, home of her son, Jonathan Peverall, he confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Parady’s condition “robbed her of her strength, her memory, and sadly,...
Hong Kong actor Lee Lung Kei will be tying the knot with his 36-year-old girlfriend Chris Wong at the end of the year. In a recent interview on an online programme, Lee, 72, spilled some details about his daily life with Wong and revealed the reasons behind their decision to marry. "I want to give her (Wong)...
Jennifer Aniston wants to cancel cancel culture. "I'm so over cancel culture," the Friends star told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday (Aug 21). "I probably just got cancelled by saying that. I just don't understand what it means. ... Is there no redemption? I don't know. I don't put everybody in the Harvey Weinstein basket." Aniston, whose Apple...
(Reuters) - Real Sociedad have signed Arsenal left back Kieran Tierney on a season-long loan, both clubs confirmed on Sunday. The 26-year-old Scotland international joined Arsenal from Celtic in 2019 and played more than 120 games for the club. He made 27 Premier League appearances last season but started only six times as Arsenal finished runners-up...
KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria has been selected for the inaugural Sports Leadership Award in conjunction with the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100PLUS 2022 Awards ceremony to be held next Tuesday (Sept 5). SAM vice-president Hazreen Mubarak said Mohamad Norza, who is also the Olympic Council of Malaysia...
PETALING JAYA: South Korea swept three world titles for the first time in the World Championships with Seo Seung-jae emerging as the big winner. The 25-year-old Seung-jae combined superbly with his younger partner Kang Min-hyuk, 24, to break the hearts of the fans in Copenhagen by beating home pair Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the men's...
