Malaysia

KUCHING, Aug — Kuching will be host to the country’s first-ever conference on shamanism, to be held from August 25 to 28 at the Borneo Cultures Museum. Organised by the Sarawak Museum Department and the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism (ISARS), the international conference is titled ‘Shamanism and Crisis: Seeking Human Identity, and […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 13 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has reportedly reminded those in Umno who are pushing for snap polls that the latter party would not be able to form a government without his coalition’s support. He was quoted by Free Malaysia Today warning that PN would not hesitate to […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Food delivery rider Muhammad Khuzaimie Lemat has gone viral on social media, which has earned him praises after a video of him helping a lost senior citizen was posted. The 24-year-old posted a TikTok video yesterday which shows him trying to help an elderly woman who was looking to get back home. […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — Malaysian authorities should stop “conversion” programmes involving the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community including mukhayyam camps, said Human Rights Watch. In a report on the discrimination against the LGBT in Malaysia, the rights advocacy group said public funds were being used on the camps that even attempt to […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s “unholy silence” over the multibillion scandal involving six littoral combat ships (LCS) was irresponsible given the government’s swift response to a row between civil service officers, said DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng. Lim noted that Ismail Sabri’s Cabinet moved with “surprising speed” to […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — The Bersatu-led Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition might pull its support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, which could trigger the collapse of the federal government. Citing unnamed sources, The Star reported last week that PN, which jointly forms the government with the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, is upset […]

GEORGE TOWN — United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) scientist Florence Tan may have been involved in launching multiple missions to Mars, Saturn, Titan and the Moon, but one of her proudest career moments was winning her almost five-year battle for a breastfeeding room to be set up for new mothers at Nasa. […]

An aggressive and controlling partner makes for a difficult life. Stereotypically it is generally the male who is aggressive but it can also be the female. A partner like this often makes you feel angry, sad or like you’re walking on eggshells. Although it is always better to look for signs earlier on in the […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — Bukit Aman rejects reports that linked Malaysian police to fake social media accounts as asserted by Meta, the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram. Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) secretary Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin said it views the allegations seriously. “RMP denies the allegation and is gathering further information about it,” she […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — The Malaysian Bar has reiterated its call for the enactment of political financing laws without further delay. In a statement, its president Karen Cheah Yee Lynn said the professional body has been working on a draft Bill with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Political Financing in the hopes that this will […]

KUCHING — The Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) has confirmed that the Chinese Long March 5B rocket debris was detected in Malaysian airspace at about 12.55am this morning. In a statement today, MYSA said the burnt debris was recorded to have fallen at Sulu Sea. “The rocket debris caught fire while entering the earth’s airspace and […]

The Registrar of Societies (RoS) has approved Umno’s application to amend its constitution allowing internal polls to be deferred to after Malaysia’s national election, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan announced this evening. The Umno secretary-general said he received official confirmation from the RoS today. “Please be informed that the RoS has approved the application related to […]