Journalists at the front lines battling fake news
KUALA LUMPUR: Journalists play a superhero-like role in combating the spread of fake news in cyberspace, which is becoming more rampant with the advancement of technology, says Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching. Read full story
From luxury condos to overcrowded quarters
GEORGE TOWN: As Penang’s economy recovers and the need for labour intensifies, even RM1.25mil apartments are being converted into workers’ quarters. Read full story
Foreign workers moving to hostel in Batu Maung
GEORGE TOWN: Flat dwellers in Penang’s Macallum Street Ghaut will be bidding adieu to some 600 foreigners when they move out to a hostel soon. Read full story
Make a difference Yeoh style
PETALING JAYA: Staying loose, knowing your limits, and finding your people. Read full story
Boulder lands on excavator in Simpang Pulai quarry, kills driver
IPOH: A 48-year-old excavator operator was killed after a 10-tonne boulder fell onto his vehicle at a quarry in Simpang Pulai, here. Read full story
Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy party to disband
THE Civic Party, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy groups, voted today to disband due to a leadership vacuum, after its members were squeezed out of local councils and charged under Beijing’s national security law. Nicknamed “the barristers’ party”, it was founded in 2006 by professional elites – mostly from the legal sector […]
Azizulhasni Awang rockets to third gold
NATIONAL track cycling ace Mohd Azizulhasni Awang pocketed his third gold medal within 24 hours after dominating the men’s keirin event in the 2023 Hong Kong International Track Cup II at the Hong Kong Velodrome tonight. Azizul, nicknamed ‘The Pocket Rocketman’, produced an energetic ride to beat team Astana’s Sergey Ponomaryov, who took silver, while the […]
Wei Chong-Kai Wun also enter Malaysian Masters final
IT was a fruitful day for the national badminton camp when Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun stormed into the men’s doubles final – on the same day Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah did the same in the women’s doubles – in the Malaysia Masters. Wei Chong-Kai Wun found themselves just one step away from a maiden Super 500 title […]
Erdogan pays homage to Islamic idol on eve of Turkey vote
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays homage today to his executed Islamic predecessor in an attempt to rally his conservative base on the eve of a historic runoff vote. Erdogan’s visit to Istanbul’s Adnan Menderes mausoleum takes him back to the man he cited when he called early polls for May 14 in a bid […]
PM Anwar saddened by demise of national hero Awang Askandar
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his sadness and sympathy for the loss of national hero Lt Kol Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, who died on May 19 while ascending Mount Everest. Read full story