ALOR STAR: Kedah and Perak scored wins over Singapore sides in their final group matches of the AFC Cup tournament last night to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Newly-crowned Super League champions Kedah ended Singapore’s Home United winning run in Group D with a thumping 4-1 win while Perak stunned Singapore Armed Forces 2-0 in Group [...]

WENCHUAN, China (Reuters) – The death toll from China’s massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble.

Rescue workers look for survivors in a collapsed apartment block in Dujiangyan in Sichuan province May 15, 2008. The [...]

The government has no plans to amend its policy based on the spirit of the New Economic Policy (NEP) which is aimed at improving the socio-economic lot of not only Bumiputeras but also Malaysians of Indian origin, the Orang Asli and minority groups in Sabah and Sarawak, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Minister in [...]

Sabah Umno deputy chief Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah Umno deputy chief Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal has come out strongly to condemn political crossovers as immoral.

“Crossing over is not impossible. But what (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim is doing is immoral.
“It’s the basic fundamental of democracy – [...]

THE celebrations looked a touch overdone but Wong Choong Hann can be forgiven for the outpouring of emotion following his Thomas Cup quarter-final second singles win over Japan’s Kenichi Sato at Istora Senayan yesterday.

Victory, which gave Malaysia an unassailable 3-0 lead, was achieved in fairly routine fashion but the celebrations were actually more [...]

Malaysia’s Wong Mew Choo plays a shot to South Korea’s Hwang Hye Youn yesterday. Mew Choo won 21-16, 21-5.
WONG Mew Choo rattled the South Koreans by earning the first point but it did little to inspire her teammates as Malaysia lost 3-1 in the Uber Cup quarter-finals at Istora Senayan yesterday.

However, if only [...]

IPOH: K. Kamine Devi was shocked that the Public Services Department (PSD) had turned down her application to study medicine overseas despite her having scored 10A1s in last year’s SPM.
This after the PSD had issued a statement recently guaranteeing scholarships for students who scored 9As in their SPM.
Let down: Kamine showing Sivanesan her SPM [...]