PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari has finally made it - she is now ranked 10th in the world for the first time. The 25-year-old London Classic winner reached her career-high ranking in the latest update from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) after moving one rung from the 11th spot. Sivasangari was over the moon for...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Magistrate's Court here on Monday (May 20) has sentenced two men to two months' jail each for attempting to trespass into Istana Negara. Magistrate Noorelynna Hanim Abd Halim handed down the sentence to Salleh Udoh, 37, and Abdul Malek Az Zukhruf Fiee, 29, after they pleaded guilty to the offence committed at Gate...
Can it still call itself an all-you-can-eat establishment if diners can't actually do that? When you visit an all-you-can-eat restaurant, you’d expect to be able to have your fill and more. Sure, you may attract a few disgruntled looks from the staff if you have an overly huge appetite, but to be stopped for eating too much? ‘ That’s...
DUBAI (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were "at...
PETALING JAYA: When R. Kaviyarasan bought a brand new four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle last October, installing a second global positioning system (GPS) tracking system in the pickup truck was the first thing he did. And four months later, it was stolen from his house in Taman Saujana Puchong in the early hours, proving him correct. The vehicle was...
PETALING JAYA: Thieves are now able to steal, within a minute, cars that have push-start mechanism or keyless technology. These thefts can even be carried out in under 30 seconds, said Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC) coordinator Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, who described the process as “relatively easy”. She said the thieves will hack...
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 343 new cases of dengue fever were reported in the 19th Epidemiological Week (ME19) from May 5-11, taking the total number of cases to 2,338 compared to 1,995 the previous week. Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said one death due to dengue fever complications was recorded during that period. He...
TASHKENT: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's official visit to Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan in Central Asia last week yielded positive results not only in terms of economic cooperation and several other sectors but also in the mission to find more staunch friends. While many leaders of other countries are focused on official visits...
JOHOR BARU: The number of people called up to help in the investigation of Friday's (May 17) attack on the Ulu Tiram police station remains at seven, says Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar. “If there are any updates, we will share them. Until then, please give us some space to conduct the investigation,” he said...
JOHOR BARU: The state tourism sector will not face a negative impact following the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station here, say local tourism industry players. Malaysian Association of Hotel Johor chapter chairman Ivan Teoh said with Malaysia and Singapore school holidays around the corner, hotels here are expecting good bookings, especially from across the...
