The teen years are a time of rapid and significant social and emotional self-discovery.

OUR national shuttlers did the country proud on our 68th National Day.

This mosquito-borne disease, which is endemic in Malaysia, is breaking out in other parts of the world too.

MALAYSIA'S debt debate remains trapped in numbers: 64% of GDP, RM1.304 trillion, the statutory ceiling. Yet ceilings are political constructs, often gamed by guarantees and off-budget tricks (see "Debt, Deceit and Delay" by EMIR Research). The more vital question is not how high the ceiling sits, but how strong the floor is. What real fiscal space does Malaysia have once interest costs, rollover obligations, and household burdens are counted? And, crucially, what do we gain in return for every ringgit borrowed?

THE government, as well as all Members of Parliament, must start listening.

WE were spared. Sadly, not so for Afghanistan. The several mini earthquakes that occurred last week in Johor were nothing compared to what happened in Afghanistan on Sunday.

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the flaws in our public healthcare system, which still have not been addressed adequately.

THEY say sport has the power to unite people, and that could not be more true.

AS the 68th National Day fell on a Sunday, we started our morning church service by singing Negaraku. 

THE last time Liverpool had a midfielder wearing the No. 8 shirt who could play in everyposition, excelled at rightback, and had a habit of scoring crucial goals in big games was Steven Gerrard.

WHEN Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second term, the world braced for a more aggressive and unpredictable chapter of US foreign policy.

On Sept 3, the whole world celebrates the day of the end of World War II, the most destructive and violent conflict in human history.