In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for Covid-19 testing gripes

A man has a swab collected at a nucleic acid testing site in Lujiazui financial district after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China, on June 2, 2022.Reuters Shanghai residents' relief over the easing of a two-month Covid-19 lockdown is giving way to frustration as they face hours...

College Student Spent RM1.6k Emptying A Cinema Hall To Watch “Top Gun: Maverick” With Bestie

Have you ever wonder what it’s like to rent out an entire cinema hall to yourself or with your loved ones? Some have actually experienced watching a less popular film alone where the hall was basically empty. However, when going to see a hit movie starring a very famous Aa-list actor, chances are, the hall is going...

Archaeologists uncover trove of ancient Egyptian mummies

Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are seen during a presentation in Giza, Egypt, on May 30, 2022.Reuters Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods...

Taiwan air force suspends training after second fatal jet accident in 2022

Taiwan’s air force suspended flight training of new pilots on Tuesday (May 31) after a jet trainer crashed killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022. The ministry said the AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the southern city...

As Malaysia mulls snap election, is Anwar Ibrahim’s PKR heading in a new direction?

Since the shock collapse of Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan government in March 2020, just 22 months after it swept to power, the fortunes of the coalition’s linchpin, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), has been in free fall. Led by the country’s reformist icon Anwar Ibrahim , the PKR has stuttered at multiple by-elections. It has also been...

Accept chicken parts instead of whole chicken, urge importers

Chicken importers facing a Malaysian export ban that kicks in from June 1 are urging their clients to accept whatever parts - such as breast or wing - are available, rather than order the whole bird. For their part, importers are ramping up processing before the ban, stockpiling as much chicken in chillers and freezers while they can...

Elon Musk tweets hope for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp to ‘move on’ from their defamation case

Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, US, on May 2, 2022.Reuters Elon Musk hopes Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both able to "move on" from their defamation case. The billionaire businessman dated Amber, 36, for several...

Trip cancellations and postponements: Singaporeans put off travel plans as surge in passport applications and processing time continues

Mr Mohd Shariff submitted an application for his wife's new passport on April 6, intending to travel to Kuala Lumpur on Vesak Day on May 15 with his family. But they had to put their plans on hold when she could not get her travel document on time. He is among other people here who have...

Sss-surprise! Python sinks teeth into Malaysian man’s buttocks as he games on the loo

Talk about a sneak attack. A python sunk its teeth into the buttocks of a man who was gaming while using the toilet, startling him. In a Twitter post on Sunday (May 22), Sabri Tazali, 28, shared his plight with netizens, uploading photos of the snake that bit him in his home in Selangor, Malaysia. "Two months ago, my...

‘They said this boy’s life is finished’: Chinese Paralympian eyes world first

Sailor Xu Jingkun has made a habit of defying expectations ever since he lost part of his left arm as a 12-year-old. The Chinese Paralympian has been breaking barriers on land and sea ever since and just two years after completing a mammoth round-the-world journey, he's now preparing for his greatest challenge yet. In November Xu will...