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Sumadi Ibrahim poses with golf balls inside his diving suit that he recovered in a pond at a course in Shah Alam, Selangoron Nov 11, 2024. — AFP pic,
Life  / 9 h ago

How a retired Malaysian Navy frogman makes RM8,000 a month diving for golf balls

SAPP president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee today announced the party's exit from Perikatan Nasional. — Picture by Devan Manuel
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Sabah’s SAPP quits Perikatan, claims Opposition pact insists on putting West Malaysian candidates in upcoming state polls

A general view of the Chagee Eco Grandeur outlet in Shah Alam, November 21, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

From Mixue to Chagee, how Chinese milk tea chains are now outpacing Taiwanese and local brands

Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is opposing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s request to postpone the payment of the judgment debt of RM1.402 million in their defamation case. — Bernama pics  
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Lim Guan Eng opposes Muhyiddin’s bid to delay RM1.4m judgment debt payment

Lawyer Datuk Ahmad Zaharil Muhaiyar (second right) and Safwan Roshdy (right) lodges a police report on December 13, 2024. — Picture from Facebook/Mr Wan Cai Official
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

What we know so far: ‘Frozen’ stillborn baby case in Klang private hospital now under police probe

A screenshot from the live stream shows the upside-down Malaysian flag stitched on national badminton men’s singles’ player Lee Zii Jia during his match against Taiwan’s Chou Tien Chen in the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals on December 11, 2024.
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Fahmi labels Lee Zii Jia’s jersey blunder a critical lapse in judgment, urges moderation in public comments

Former MACC chief Latheefa Koya said the public prosecutor’s withdrawal to appeal against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s 40 foreign visa system contract charges is a huge blow to to the fight against corruption. — File picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Ex-MACC chief says decision to charge Zahid in VLN case was thorough, shocked by AGC’s claim of ‘no basis’

PAS vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (third right) has recently resigned as Perikatan Nasional treasurer-general. — Picture By Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

PAS, Perikatan allies left baffled as Ahmad Samsuri resigns as opposition pact’s treasurer-general

A file photo shows Toh Ee Wei (left) and Chen Tang Jie at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 27, 2024. — AFP pic
Sports  / 10 h ago

Malaysia mixed doubles pair reach last hurdle of badminton World Tour Finals for first time

Malaysia Airlines’ first commercial A330neo flight is scheduled for Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne and it will operate 6x flights weekly between the two destinations. — Picture courtesy of Malaysia Airlines
Life  / 7 h ago

Flying KL-Melbourne on Malaysia Airlines from Dec 19? Welcome aboard the new Airbus A330neo

Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik signs the impeachment resolution against South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Speaker’s Office in Seoul on December 14, 2024. — AFP pic
World  / 4 h ago

South Korean parliament vote to impeach President Yoon over martial law bid, 204 out of 300 lawmakers in favour

This delay follows a similar disruption involving another flight from Cape Town earlier in the week. — Reuters pic
Singapore  / 5 h ago

SIA’s Johannesburg to Singapore flight delayed by 36 hours, second South Africa technical hitch this week

The body of Zhang Cao, in his 30s, is recovered by civilian divers in the waters of Pulau Mabul. — Picture courtesy of Royal Malaysia Police
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Police: Bricks found in backpack of drowned Chinese tourist in Semporna

Zainab Ash Shughra Amer is the first Muslim woman embalmer — and currently the only one — in Singapore. It is understood that there are no Muslim women embalmers in Malaysia too. — Picture from TikTok/doktermayat7
Singapore  / 14 h ago

Concierge by day, embalmer at night: The trailblazing Muslim woman redefining death care in Singapore (VIDEO)

LZS CEO Mohd Sabirin Mohd Sarbini said that efforts are ongoing to locate the couple and verify their story. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Selangor Zakat Board urges baby’s parents to come forward in Klang hospital morgue case

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Education is one of the most fast-changing sectors in our society. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Opinion / 28 Apr 2024

How can tuition centres become more relevant?

People are seen eating at a mamak shop in Ipoh August 15, 2022. ― Picture by Farhan Najib
Opinion / 25 Apr 2024

If we give up our late-night mamak, what’s left of our dignity?

The writer wishes that children, and adults, would understand is that it's not skill that stops them from learning new things but a world that favours one kind of learning and one type of learner above all. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Opinion / 24 Apr 2024

Life (and learning) is more a jigsaw puzzle than a box of chocolates

A scene from ‘The First Omen’. — Screen capture via YouTube/20th Century Studios
Opinion / 20 Apr 2024

Is ‘The First Omen’ the first good film in The Omen franchise?

According to the writer, when we quit the doom scrolling we will likely feel our anxiety and anger dissipate; we may not be so eager to 'fix' those strangers on X who hold directly opposed socio-political narratives from ours, thereby saving energy for other things. ― AFP pic
Opinion / 19 Apr 2024

Disconnect to reconnect: Going on a social media fast

For the vast majority of Malaysian children, public school is where they exercise. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Opinion / 18 Apr 2024

Not running in track-bottoms, how the heatwave adds to the excuses

Scottie Scheffler of the US celebrates with his green jacket and the trophy after winning The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta April 14, 2024. ― Reuters pic
Opinion / 17 Apr 2024

Winning the Masters Tournament for the second time in three years ― Scottie Scheffler

What the writer learned over many years, and varied careers, is that people are different as are job environments. — Reuters pic
Opinion / 17 Apr 2024

The great unpredictability of employability

The writer says physical books take up space in your life and schedule in a way that a PDF cannot. — ETX Studio pic
Opinion / 15 Apr 2024

The joy of reading physical books

The writer says by how prime ministers have operated since, the old Malaysia is still the new Malaysia. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Opinion / 11 Apr 2024

More of Malaysia to run Malaysia

GenAI has invented nonexistent cases for legal briefs, and written fallacies presented as fact, with too many websites propagating false information and popping up in Google searches or Twitter (no, it's not X) trends. — Reuters pic
Opinion / 10 Apr 2024

Analog dreams in a digital world

Australian star Min Woo Lee. — Getty Images pic
Opinion / 08 Apr 2024

Returning to Augusta National — Min Woo Lee

The very essence of Islam, with its foundations in peace, submission to the divine, and the pursuit of knowledge, is often overshadowed by the acts of a few who, driven by a distorted understanding of their own faith, commit atrocities in its name. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Opinion / 07 Apr 2024

Beyond the shadows: Islam’s true nemesis

According to the writer, today a student finishing her SPM exam and entering college may face something of a culture shock. ― Picture by Farhan Najib
Opinion / 05 Apr 2024

Can we prepare students for AI-assisted learning with open book exams?

Remember, Malaysians, when you were good to each other and all that mattered was not what race or faith was on our identification documents, but that we needed each other. ― Picture by Raymond Manuel
Opinion / 03 Apr 2024

When Malaysians forgot to be hateful during the pandemic