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PETALING JAYA — A McDonald’s Singapore advertisement highlighting its Malaysian workers unable to reunite with loved ones during Ramadan is tugging hearts online. The ad, released in conjunction with the holy fasting month for Muslims, focuses on the chain’s Singapore-based Malaysian workers separated from their family due to Covid-19 that necessitated border closures. “During Ramadan, […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Citigroup Inc has reneged on many promises while reaping hefty profits from years of operating in Malaysia, and as such, should never be allowed to return to operate in the country, said National Union of Bank Employees (Nube) secretary-general J. Solomon. He said Citi had provided only a vague statement on the […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Do you remember Botak Chin? The answer usually exposes a Malaysian’s age. In the 1980s, it was a convenient name parents commandeered to warn children how bad decisions can lead to a life of crime and expectedly, misery. Indeed, for the last quarter of the 20th century, the infamous armed robber captured […]

Krakow, Poland – An unusual-looking “animal” hanging from a tree urged nearby residents to lock their windows in fear. Said “animal” turns out to be a croissant. The famous pastry made headlines on Thursday (April 15) as animal welfare officers in Krakow received a call for assistance regarding an “unusual animal” lurking in a tree. […]

KUALA LUMPUR — There are always never-ending arguments among health freaks about which diet is the best. However, health and nutrition experts have always highlighted that diets focusing on fresh, whole ingredients are superior for overall health and wellness. And it seems, plant-based diet does just that. According to dietitian Goo Chui Hoong, a plant-based […]

BANGKOK — We scoop the rice into our bowls, every grain separate yet without the tell-tale slick of oil. There is a floral – no, it’s more smoky than floral, surely – fragrance. Then we pour cold water on top of the rice. Water perfumed with summer flowers. And then we add ice. What on […]

PETALING JAYA — A video of a building’s glass windows shattering during yesterday’s thunderstorm in Kuala Lumpur has set many social media users on edge. The six-second clip was filmed at the Akademi Etiqa building on Jalan Melaka and shows a group of people scurrying into the lobby for shelter from the heavy rain and […]

PARIS — Stuck at home during the lockdown, you cannot help noticing how slow your phone has become. Don’t despair, you probably don’t need to buy a new one just yet. Here are five tips to breathe new life into an ailing device that is not as nimble as it used to be. 1. Adapt […]

In the wake of a record antitrust fine slapped on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd by China, Mr Jack Ma’s fortunes increased by S$3 billion (US$2.3 billion), Bloomberg reported. The depositary receipts of Alibaba in the US rose by 9.3 per cent on Monday (Apr 12), marking its biggest increase in nearly four years, and causing […]

KUALA LUMPUR — An Indonesian man named his newborn son ‘Dinas Komunikasi Informatika Statistik’ – after the department he works in. Indonesian portal Kompas reported that Slamet ‘Yoga’ Wahyudi, 38, from Brebes Regency, Central Java had come to an agreement with his then pregnant wife, Ririn Linda Tunggal Sari, that he would be allowed to […]

BERKELEY — American researchers have developed an entirely autonomous robot capable of guiding partially and non-sighted humans around obstacles and in confined spaces. In the future, the new invention could provide a robotic alternative to traditional guide dogs for the blind. Drawing on innovative technologies, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United […]

KUALA LUMPUR — A Chihuahua in the US has gone viral on social media thanks to a hilarious adoption post by its rescuer. In her Facebook post, Tyfanee Fortuna said she had been trying to get Prancer adopted for months but to no avail. Describing the two-year-old as neurotic, man-hating, animal-hating and children-hating dog that […]

KUCHING — The Sessions Court here on Wednesday (April 7) sentenced an Indonesian to a total of six months in jail for encroaching on Dered Krian National Park and removing objects of geological interest in the area. Lukas Baidie, 36, pleaded guilty to the two charges read to him by a court interpreter. According to […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s “Sugar King” Robert Kuok remains the wealthiest man in Malaysia and even saw his estimated wealth increase to US$12.6 billion (RM51.9 billion) this year amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires List. The 97-year-old Hong Kong-based businessman however saw a rankings slip and is now the world’s 171st […]

KUALA LUMPUR — An Australian art director is using his Covid-19 quarantine time to create cowboy regalia from brown paper bags that contained meals sent to his hotel room. Apart from a ‘horse’, which David Marriott named Russell (as in ‘rustle’), he also created a cowboy attire and styled a poke bowl into a cowboy […]