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Wan Azizah: Seeking freedom main reason children going missing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, told the Dewan Rakyat today that wanting to gain freedom is one of the five primary causes of children going missing in Malaysia. She
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Congress Party in doldrums after Gandhi’s resignation
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi has spurned appeals to reconsider his resignation as leader of India’s Congress Party after losing a second general election to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an aide said yesterday, as the party faces its worst crisis in
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Pasir Salak MP ejected from Dewan Rakyat for four days
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (Pasir Salak – Umno) was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat session today by Deputy Speaker Nga Kor Ming as the former repeatedly interrupted the Question Time session. Nga initially cited Clause 44(2) of
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Dalai Lama: I was just joking about female successor
Good news, the Dalai Lama wasn’t being serious about a female version of him having to be hot. It was all a joke! What a rapscallion, that Dalai Lama. In a recent interview with the BBC, the Tibetan Buddhist icon had maintained his
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Man falls to death in London garden from Kenya Airways flight
A man dropped to his death from a Kenya Airways plane flying over London. His body was discovered from a residential garden in London. In a horrifying discovery, a man’s body was found at a property in Offerton Road, Clapham
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Viral video: Cow plays football with group of boys on field
In a video that has surfaced on the internet today, a cow is seen playing football with a group of boys on a field. Twitter cannot stop laughing. Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has posted the “funniest thing you will
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Hong Kong violence: China may tighten screws on the island
BEIJING: China criticised the violence in Hong Kong that saw protesters ransack the city’s legislature yesterday, fuelling expectations it will take a tougher line on the territory, even as details of the scenes of vandalism went largely unreported on the
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Baby rhino tries to wake its dead mother killed by poachers
A heart-wrenching video of a baby rhino trying to wake its dead mother is going viral online. The video was shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan. Nothing haunts as much as death and a heart-wrenching video
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Jesus, Firmino seal Brazil spot for Copa America final
Brazil is headed to the Copa America final, while Argentina heads back to the drawing board as its trophy drought continues. Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino each assisted each other, as Brazil beat Argentina 2-0 Tuesday night at Estadio Mineirão
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Civil service decline: Evidence and perception
The response to the World Bank report that the performance of Malaysia’s civil service has been declining since 2014 is remarkable. World Bank lead public sector specialist Rajni Bajpai said that the report decided to compare Malaysia with OECD countries
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