PHNOM PENH: After missing out on a final ticket in men’s singles at the 2023 SEA Games here, national shuttler Leong Jun Hao is now looking forward to making things right in the Malaysia Masters 2023 next week. The world number 64 said he hoped to make the cut to
BERLIN: The total number of known executions carried out around the world in 2022 rose by 53 per cent on the figure recorded for 2021, reported the German Press Agency (dpa) According to an Amnesty International report on the worldwide use of the death penalty released on Tuesday, there were
PHNOM PENH: The Malaysian contingent’s chances of achieving event the modest target of 40 gold medals at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games look impossible with only one of competition remaining before the games draws down its curtain on Wednesday (May 17). Though on paper there is one day to go,
WASHINGTON: The US has congratulated the Turkish people on holding “peaceful” nationwide presidential and parliamentary polls on Sunday. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Monday said the Biden administration lauds “the Turkish people for expressing their desires at the ballot box in a peaceful way.” “President (Joe) Biden is
NEW DELHI: More than 7,000 people have been arrested in the Pakistani government’s widening crackdown on opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan’s supporters across the country. “Thousands of people are under arrest without access to lawyers. They have been picked up and kept illegally without following the due
By Soon Li Wei & Rohani Mohd Ibrahim SEKINCHAN: Hate going to the wet market early in the morning just to get some fresh seafood? With fresh seafood deliveries, you don’t have to worry about that anymore. All you need to do is to place your order on Bang Amat’s
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit improved versus the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid hopes for an agreement on raising the US debt ceiling. At 9 am, the local note rose to 4.4910/4935 versus the greenback from Monday’s closing rate of 4.4960/4985. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd
WASHINGTON: Non-sugar sweeteners do not provide any long-term benefits for adults or children seeking to lose body fat, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a newly released guideline Monday. The WHO recommends people refrain from using NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases, reported
IPOH: The police arrested a local man who allegedly hurled racist remarks in an incident in a fast food restaurant in Falim, near here, in a video clip which went viral on Twitter. Ipoh district police chief ACP Yahaya Hassan said the 42-year-old man was arrested in Ampang Baru, at
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is calling on the international community to come together and work towards an end to the oppression of Palestinians. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the time had come for all parties to gather strength with the goal of ending injustice to the Palestinian people. “To
