KUALA LUMPUR: A retired teacher has proven that a strong spirit is a powerful force that can drive us to achieve our goals including going on a solo motorcycle tour to seven countries covering a distance of over 30,000km. For the road expedition which took him almost four years to complete, Mohammad Lasim Deraman rode his...
KUCHING: The love and affection shown by the people of Sarawak and Sabah to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong during their Kembara Kenali Borneo tour shows that Malaysia has come a long way since independence, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said the reception given to the King and Queen on...
KUCHING: The Communications and Digital Ministry aims to turn the "Keretapi Sarong" flash mob programme into a National Month activity next year, says Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications and Digital Minister said the programme that took place on Saturday (Sept 16) received encouraging response with the participation of over 10,000 people of various ages and races. "It crossed...
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of Malaysians celebrated the roots of their multi-ethnic identities in style by dressing up with the most basic item that can be found in any local household – the sarong. With the spirit of Malaysia Day at the forefront, Locco, an NGO, used the sarong as a tool to bring together Malaysians of...
IT was a jubilant return to Malaysia for Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) student Tammy Tan Hui Ling recently. A gold medallist at the World University Games (Universiade) women’s qiangshu (spear) event in Chengdu, China, she returned home to a rousing welcome from her university mates and faculty members. Tan, a final year Bachelor...
SEPANG: Satay is set to achieve a new level of fame in Selangor, following the state’s plan to gazette the popular dish as its heritage food. A proposal on the matter would be sent to the state executive council later this year, said Selangor State Heritage and Malay Customs Corporation chairman Borhan Aman Shah. “Although satay is...
NANNING: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, to attend the 20th China-Asean Expo (CAExpo) 2023 and the China-Asean Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) which runs from Sept 16 to 19. The aircraft carrying Anwar landed at Nanning's Wuxu International Airport at...
KUALA LUMPUR: Motorists in KL beware! The KL cops are coming down hard on traffic offenders in a large-scale operation city-wide that began on Friday and will go on until the end of this month. At least 16 locations within KL will be the focus of the operation code-named Respect Traffic Laws, which involves about 1,000...
KUCHING: The Segulai Sejalai musical presented in conjunction with the national-level Malaysia Day celebrations at Stadium Perpaduan, here, on Saturday (Sept 16) night drew rousing applause from the more than 5,000 people in the audience. The 20-minute, three-segment performance highlighted the quest for independence in the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak up to the present day. The characters of freedom...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For Jaime Maussan, a Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast, they are one of the most important discoveries in the history of humankind. But for many scientists these two tiny mummified bodies with elongated heads and three fingers on each hand, images of which were beamed around the world this week when...
