HONG KONG: Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau is selling another wine collection with an estimated value exceeding HK$35 million ($5.8 million) in an auction by Christie’s next week. Lau is offering more than 200 lots of fine wine, including rarities from revered producer Henri Jayer, vintages from Petrus and selections from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, as...
SANDAKAN: Eleven individuals, comprising four men and seven women, pleaded not guilty in the Sandakan Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to charges connected to an alleged fake loan scheme. The accused, aged between 19 and 33, faced charges in two separate cases involving online scams conducted at different locations in Sandakan. In the first case, Syahrizal Mohd Zaini,...
KOTA KINABALU: A spontaneous idea by an educationist from a remote Sabah college has gained international acclaim. Dr Mohd Sirhajwan Idek, a teacher at Keningau Vocational College (KVC), realised while reading research articles for his academic growth that students could also produce scholarly work. After sharing his idea with colleagues, they started a mission to enhance students'...
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 647 flood evacuees from 204 families in Sabah are still being sheltered at four relief centres as of Wednesday (May 7) morning. The state disaster management committee secretariat, in a statement, said 325 people from 103 families are housed at two temporary relief centres in the Sook district, 208 at Sekolah...
After some three years of marriage, Taiwanese celebrity couple Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Chiu are going to be parents. According to an exclusive report from Taiwanese news outlet Mirror Daily on May 5, a source close to the couple has confirmed that Hsu, 40, is four months pregnant. Hsu’s only public appearance in recent months was...
ALOR SETAR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has announced a temporary closure of the Langkawi airspace in conjunction with the upcoming Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2025 (LIMA’25). In a posting on CAAM social media on Tuesday (May 6), the closure will occur in stages, beginning with airshow exercises from May 6 to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has postponed his official visit to Malaysia scheduled for this Friday (May 9) in light of recent tensions following the attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said Shehbaz informed him of the decision during a phone call on Sunday (May 4). ALSO READ: Malaysian and...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has convened on Monday (May 5) for a special session on the United States' (US) surprise imposition of retaliatory tariffs on Malaysian exports - a move that has sparked concern across government and industry. Robust debate is expected through this session as Members of Parliament respond to the implications of the...
(Reuters) -Manuel Caceres, the drum-pounding Spanish football superfan known worldwide as "Manolo el del Bombo", died on Thursday at the age of 76, silencing the rhythmic heartbeat that had accompanied Spanish football for overfour decades. With his trademark oversized Basque beret and red number 12 shirt, Caceres became as much a fixture at Spanish matches as...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally higher against the greenback on Friday, trading with a wider spread amid lingering uncertainty over global tariffs and weak US economic data, an economist said. At 8 am, the local currency inched up to 4.3115/3310 versus the greenback from Wednesday’s close of 4.3130/3185. The market was closed on Thursday for the Labour...
