Boy killed, another in hospital after lightning strike

KOTA KINABALU: A special needs boy was killed while his friend is in critical condition after they were struck by lightning when playing football in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district on Tuesday (April 25). Read full story

Landslide shuts out Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy building in Persiaran Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Kuala Lumpur has been temporarily shut after a massive landslide destroyed a guard post near its entrance. The City Fire and Rescue Department, in a statement, said its operations commander E. Yogeswaran, along with seven others and a fire engine, were deployed to the scene.

Rape allegation against Trump heads to civil trial

JURY selection is scheduled to start today in a civil trial pitting Donald Trump against a prominent former American columnist, who says he raped her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll, 79, said Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store and then defamed her after she went public with the allegations years […]

Guatemala leader vows to stand by ‘solid’ ally Taiwan

GUATEMALAN President Alejandro Giammattei today pledged support for “solid diplomatic ally” Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island that has been slammed by China. The Central American nation is one of the few remaining countries to recognise Taiwan, a list that has shrunk in recent years as Beijing moves to isolate Taipei on the international […]

Over 10,000 Buddhists expected to celebrate Wesak at Malacca temple

MORE than 10,000 Buddhists and visitors will congregate at the Seck Kia Eenh Temple in Kampung Chetti, Jalan Gajah Berang from tomorrow until May 4 to celebrate Wesak Day.  Malacca Buddhist Association Wesak Day Celebration Committee chairman Cedric Tan said this Wesak Day celebration will be the first time it is being held again after a three-year […]