KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military has retaken over 12 square km (4.6 square miles) of territory in southern Ukraine in the past week in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday. Maliar said the advances brought the territory recaptured since the counteroffensive began in early June to more than...
PETALING JAYA: "Everything is temporary", the late Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub reminded students at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) while advising them that it was important to keep their feet on the ground on Friday (July 21). The UUM Convocation Carnival Townhall 2023 on Friday was the last event attended by the Domestic Trade and Cost of...
Stop right now and check out this adorable performance of one of the Spice Girls' biggest hits by Victoria Beckham and David Beckham, who sang as they celebrated Lionel Messi's MLS debut. Spice up your life with this epic performance from the Beckhams! With the help of a backing track and her husband David Beckham, Victoria Beckham performed a rousing performance...
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Red Bull boss Christian Horner hit back at Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on Friday for suggesting his dominant team got off lightly last year for a breach of Formula One's cost cap. Red Bull were fined $7 million last season for a 'minor overspend' in 2021, with a further punishment...
PETALING JAYA: Teenager diver Bertrand Rhodict delivered a big surprise when he became the first Malaysian athlete to qualify on merit for 2024 Paris Olympics. Not much was expected from the 18-year-old in his debut World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan but Bertrand gave an early indication of his promising potential when he qualified at the third...
Even during the confusion of early 2020, when the coronavirus was indeed novel and images of lines of coffins being unloaded from Italian hospitals spread fear throughout Europe and beyond, it was apparent that some people who caught the virus either ended up with mild symptoms or none at all. It was always difficult to get...
A 21-year-old undergraduate in Taiwan died after being struck by a 30kg air-conditioning unit that fell from the 17th floor of a building on July 20. The student surnamed Huang from National Chengchi University was waiting at a bus stop near Xinpu MRT Station in Banqiao district when the tragedy struck, reported Taiwan News. A video circulating...
KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate that purportedly promised it could close graft cases being investigated by the authorities has been busted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Six men and a woman, who posed as MACC and Home Ministry personnel, are believed to have cheated victims of hundreds of thousands of ringgit by offering to “settle” cases. “They...
KOTA KINABALU: A process of “deduction and elimination” helped wildlife rangers pick out and kill a man-eating crocodile in Tawau. Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the rangers were surveying the crocodile-infested area around Kg Sungai Mas Mas for a while and zoomed in on the largest reptile in the area. The rangers shot the crocodile...
PONTIAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived at Kampung Serkat here to pay his last respects to the late Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub. Anwar arrived with his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at about 11am Monday (July 24). They were greeted by Parti Amanah Negara...
