The Chinese community would be ushering the year of the Wood Snake tomorrow in conjunction with the Chinese New Year. What does this mean? It is the sixth animal in the zodiac and it has a complex and mysterious nature. The Wood Snake is a charming, intelligent and creative sign, but also secretive, cunning and…
Microsoft is negotiating to buy over TikTok, said US president Donald Trump. He previously said he was discussing a possible purchase of TikTok and would decide within a month. It was also previously reported that software company Oracle and investors intended to take control of the social media app. Under the deal being negotiated by…
Ringgit jumped to its highest level in almost three months against the US dollar at the close on Friday after US President Donald Trump adopted a softer tone on China tariffs and signalled that he wanted lower interest rates. At 6 pm, the ringgit surged to 4.3750/3800 against the greenback, compared to Thursday’s close of…
Kepala Batas MP Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad who is in the news today for paying RM830,000 over a defamation suit has hit a double whammy by drawing similarities between pigs and infidels, generally attributed to non-Muslims. In the now taken down post, she insinuated that “a pig will still be a pig even if it…
Serdang police chief AA Anbalagan confirmed that the culprit who are providing Ayurvedic treatment while claiming to be a doctor in Puchong is under police investigation. He said that the suspect is believed to be giving Ayurvedic treatment without license or certification from the authorities. Anbalagan confirmed that the Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) raided…
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk – the owner of social media platform X – buying Chinese-owned app TikTok. “I would be if he wanted to buy it,” Trump told reporters when asked if he was open to Musk, world’s richest man and the head of…
US president Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app’s Chinese owner. The executive order delayed implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which took effect Jan 19 and would prohibit…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reportedly said he does not wish for disgraced former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to suffer in prison like he did. Speaking to UK-based Financial Times, Anwar defended the reduced jail conditions for Najib after he was convicted of money-laundering in the 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal….
Indonesia is mulling over ways that it can bring back Guantamo Bay detainee Riduan Isamuddin who is better known as Hambali. Hambali who stands accused of some of the deadliest attacks in Indonesia including the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia and financing the Jakarta Mariott Hotel bombing in 2003. Hambali who led Jemaah Islamiyah was…
BY: SYERLEENA ABD RASHID The recent attack on a person with disabilities (OKU) is not only shocking but profoundly heart-breaking. It forces us to confront a deeply unsettling question: what has become of our humanity? More painful than the heinous act itself is the inaction of those who stood by, watching without lifting a hand…
