Some Malaysians may have forgotten that it was during Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s first tenure as prime minister that religion was used, with a passion, to win votes. When the Iranian Revolution swept across Iran at
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Heads roll as ‘mind power’ egg scandal rocks China
Local authorities are investigating after a Chinese journal published a paper claiming students had been able to hatch a chick from a boiled egg.Pexels CHINA – A vocational college in China has been shut down
Read moreThe choppy waters faced in selling Jho Low’s yacht
KUALA LUMPUR: When the superyacht Equanimity was seized in Indonesian waters in 2018, many saw it as a glimmer of hope in the stormy sea of the 1MDB corruption scandal. Once the property of fugitive
Read moreLawyer hails Khairuddin as ‘trigger’ who opened up 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told today that former Batu Kawan Umno division chief Khairuddin Abu Hassan was the person who triggered the string of revelations about 1MDB which led to the downfall of
Read moreMalaysia’s Mahathir urges king to lift Covid-19 emergency
PUBLISHEDAPR 20, 2021, 6:38 PM SGT FACEBOOKTWITTER KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad delivered a petition to the national palace on Tuesday (April 20) urging the king to revoke a Covid-19 state
Read moreMalaysian ex-PM Najib faces bankruptcy over tax bill
Malaysia’s scandal-plagued former prime minister Najib Razak is facing bankruptcy for allegedly failing to pay more than $400 million in taxes, which could bring his political career to an end. Najib lost power in 2018 when his party, which had
Read moreLee Zii Jia: 5 Things To Know About Malaysia’s New Badminton Star
The 23-year-old Kedah-born shuttler Lee Zii Jia scored the highly coveted All England crown over the weekend, raising Malaysia’s name on the global stage and thrilling Malaysians everywhere On March 21, Lee Zii Jia made
Read moreTokyo Olympics hit by another scandal over sexist comment
Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning comments about a well-known female celebrity. It is yet another setback for the postponed games and another involving comments about women. Tokyo Olympics creative
Read moreAmid conspiracy theories, MoH explains different needles for PM’s Covid-19 vaccination
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Different needles are used to draw and inject Covid-19 vaccines, the Health Ministry (MoH) said today after conspiracy theories emerged over the two used for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Read moreMalaysia considers procuring CanSino’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine
PUTRAJAYA (March 8): National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said Malaysia may look to procure the single-dose CanSino Covid-19 vaccine from China. He said the CanSino option looks better than the one from Johnson & Johnson
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