Agong meets Prince Albert II at Palace of Monaco

YANG di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah met Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert II, at the Palace of Monaco yesterday. According to a post on the Istana Negara Facebook page today, the king was welcomed on arrival at the Palace of Monaco by Prince Albert II at 10.30am local time (4.30pm Malaysia time).

Spain’s local polls increase pressure on PM

SPANIARDS began voting today in local and regional polls that will be a barometer for a year-end general election that surveys suggest Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will lose, heralding a return of the right.   The stakes are high for Sanchez, whose Socialist party governs the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy in coalition with the far-left Podemos.  

MOHE, MOE to address glut of graduate teachers

THE Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) will work closely with the Education Ministry (MOE) to address the glut of graduate teachers in the country, Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said. “It is very important for us to know the projections (of the needed teachers), which can only be provided by the MOE in our effort to address this issue.

Pearly-Thinaah miss first title on home turf

THE nation’s top women’s doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah missed out a glorious chance to bag their first title on home turf after going down to South Korea’s Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee in the Malaysia Masters 2023 final today.  Pearly-Thinaah got off to a shaky start as they were behind 4-6 before the umpire stopped the […]

3 killed, 5 wounded in US motorcycle rally shootout

AT least three people were killed and five others wounded in a shootout at a biker rally yesterday in the US state of New Mexico, local media reported. The shooting occurred around 5pm (2300 GMT) as 20,000 bikers took part in an annual Memorial Day motorcycle rally in Red River, a small town near the […]