MINA: Spokesperson for the Saudi National Centre for Meteorology (NCM), Hussein Al-Qahtani stated that this year’s Haj season, 1446 AH, marks the end of Haj’s association with the summer months. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that Al-Qahtani noted that the next eight Haj seasons will occur during spring, followed by eight more in winter, then in...
JOHOR BARU: A single mother is pleading for her teenage daughter to come home, nearly two months after she ran away from the family home in Batu Pahat. Soh Shui Ping, 35, said her 15-year-old daughter, the eldest of four children, left their home in Taman Murni, Batu Pahat, on April 28. She claims a man who...
I am breaking my behavioural advice column format for the first time since I started writing it in 2014. The normal format of answering questions about how adults can teach kids to be better people will return next week. I have never broken format because, in my lifetime, there has never been a topic in education that...
KUCHING: Sarawak is reaffirming its position as South-East Asia's clean energy leader with a commitment to clear policies and international cooperation, says the state's Deputy Energy and Environmental Sustainability Minister. Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said Sarawak also invested in innovation as part of its energy transition plans. "Sarawak is proud to be a pioneer in Asean...
Hong Kong actor-singer Raymond Lam is one lucky guy. Not only did he have a lineup of guest performers – including former co-star Linda Chung – at his concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, he also drew a crowd of celebrity friends to support him in the audience. On one of the seven nights of his concert series,...
Whether it’s feeling left out of important decisions, not daring to speak up in meetings or thinking that everything has already been decided, for many employees, their lack of power at work engenders a form of despondency. Yet a recent study suggests that a simple change of perspective could be enough to help reverse the situation. It...
SEOUL: President Lee Jae-myung (pic) on Wednesday (June 4) jokingly pointed out the lack of preparation for the handover by officials of the previous administration, saying that there was nothing prepared at the presidential office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. “I just came to the Yongsan office, and it’s like a graveyard. There’s nothing, not even an employee...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Army is investigating a viral photo involving one of its personnel that was displayed at an entertainment venue on Monday. The Public Relations Cell of the Army Headquarters said that they are aware of a viral image, which had gone viral on TikTok, showing a man in military uniform with the Royal...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here dismissed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s application to refer eight legal questions to the Federal Court, including whether the Prime Minister enjoys immunity from lawsuits. The legal questions relate to a lawsuit filed by Anwar's former research assistant, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, concerning an alleged sexual assault seven years ago. ALSO READ: Anwar's questions...
PETALING JAYA: An actor-singer has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The incident occured in a hotel here with the suspect arrested on Tuesday (June 3). The 17-year-old victim is believed to have known the actor from her workplace. They then met several times before he brought her to the hotel. It is learnt that the...
