Sale of pre-loved items slowly picking up
PETALING JAYA: The popularity of secondhand shopping in Malaysia is regaining its momentum, with business owners starting to see a pick-up in sales. Read full story
Contractor vows to replace broken artwork
GEORGE TOWN: In 2017, three terrible storms flayed Penang and gigantic roadside trees, some planted way before independence, fell. Read full story
Last hurrah for Sabah floral decorator
KOTA KINABALU: Floral designer Renn Limun is grateful to have been able to decorate the venue for the Sabah government’s Hari Raya open house one last time before she retires. Read full story
Tearful housewife pleads not guilty
JOHOR BARU: A 31-year-old housewife charged with child neglect of a toddler under her care burst into tears when the judge asked her the ages of her own children. Read full story
‘Wheelie’ youth faces the music for dangerous riding
KOTA BARU: A labourer has pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court here to pulling dangerous stunts while riding a motorcycle with his wife. Read full story
All tapped out in rubber estates
THE current heatwave has affected rubber tappers as the latex dries too quickly, and this has seen their income drop, reported Mingguan Malaysia. Read full story
Online striptease leads to blackmail and failed ambush
A SALESWOMAN became a blackmail victim after she stripped naked for an online acquaintance she had just befriended via Instagram, China Press reported. Read full story
BJP’s Tamil song stunt backfires
A POLITICAL stunt by the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) to garner Tamil support in India’s Karnataka state backfired when the singing of the Tamizh Thai Vaazthu was abandoned halfway, Malaysia Nanban reported. Read full story
UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha today in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Considered the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis by the United Nations, Guterres’s quandary has been deepened by the Taliban administration’s move to stop girls going to school and […]
Time to prioritise social justice
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