Nation

Bringing the sea closer to the people

PETALING JAYA: After more than a decade of its establishment, marine research and conservation NGO MareCet Research Organisation has brought the sea "closer" to the community.

India

School building roof collapses in Rajasthan

At least four children were killed and 17 injured in India's western state of Rajasthan after the roof of a school building collapsed, local media reported, with dozens still feared trapped under the rubble.

Nation

Porn VCDs, fake money among case items destroyed by cops

KUALA LUMPUR: Case items worth RM721,239, including pornographic VCDs, counterfeit currency and mobile phones, have been disposed of by police following the conclusion of legal proceedings.

Metro News

Artist celebrates 40-year journey at solo exhibition in KL

Ng Foo Cheong is a versatile artist, as can be seen through his many works currently on display at a solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

Nation

Duo linked to armed robbery syndicate shot dead

KUALA LUMPUR: Two foreign men, believed to be the masterminds behind a violent armed robbery and housebreaking syndicate, were shot dead by police.

Nation

50 shards of glass in pupil’s finger after crash 

ONE of the pupils who was injured when a school van overturned in Johor Baru ended up with 50 glass shards in her finger, Makkal Osai reported.

Nation

Wawa not dismissing ‘evil eye’ for health woes

ACTRESS Wawa Zainal, who has been battling a series of health issues since last year, has apologised to her fans, suggesting that her misfortune may be linked to the cultural belief in the evil eye (penyakit ain), Utusan Malaysia reported.

Nation

Woman in detention for verbally abusing mum

A WOMAN from Xianning city, Hubei province in China, was sentenced to seven days of administrative detention after livestreaming herself verbally abusing her mother, Sin Chew Daily reported

Focus

Bitterharvest from acidic waters

EIGHTEEN years ago, farmed oyster larvae began dying en masse in hatcheries across the US Pacific Northwest, mystifying shellfish growers and threatening a thriving part of the region's economy.

Nation

From Pulau Banggi to Geneva

PULAU Banggi is the biggest island that is fully within our country's borders, occupying a land mass larger than the better known Langkawi and Penang islands.

Focus

Pressing times for espresso

ANDREA Consilvio did something this spring that he called "a little crazy" – he bought an old and well-known coffee bar in the northwestern Italian city of Turin, his hometown.

Nation

Progressive shift towards rehabilitation

PETALING JAYA: Rehabilitation advocates and criminal law experts have lauded the proposal to clear minor, non-violent offences from criminal records, describing it as a progressive shift towards rehabilitation and an overdue step towards a second chance for such offenders.

Vietnam

Kids among nine killed in bus crash

At least nine people, including children, were killed in central Vietnam when a bus crashed early yesterday, the government said.

India

Air India warned about breaches of safety rules

AIR India has been warned by India's aviation regulator that it could face enforcement action for breaching safety standards related to crew fatigue management and training, government notices to the airline seen by Reuters showed.

Sabah & Sarawak

Gagasan Rakyat’s direction in polls to be known this weekend 

KOTA KINABALU: The direction for Sabah's top ruling party in the state polls this year – whether it will go solo or work with Sabah Pakatan Harapan – is expected to be set this weekend by its president Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

South Korea

Outrage over migrant worker abuse

The president ordered officials to find ways to prevent abuses of migrant workers after a video showing a Sri Lankan worker being moved by a forklift while tied up at a South Korean factory sparked public outrage.

Nation

Motoring influencer, brother jailed for making false police report 

MUAR: A motoring influencer and his younger brother have to serve a one-month jail sentence and pay a RM1,500 fine each after pleading guilty to lodging a false police report about the former's disappearance.

Philippines

Co-May leaves trail of destruction

Rescuers in the northern Philippines used boats to pick up residents stranded by flooding as Typhoon Co-May was downgraded to a tropical storm and the death toll from a week of monsoon rains edged higher.

Nation

Paying it forward for past care

PETALING JAYA: A widow turned what was once her grief into hope for others by donating a RM42,000 dialysis machine to the centre that took care of her husband.

Food News

A bit of magic in every bite

King's Cross Station in London featured prominently in the Harry Potter universe, and it was also where I first arrived after landing at Heathrow Airport on holiday many years ago.