(Reuters) – Lukhanyo Am is fully fit and raring to go after being called up as an injury replacement for South Africa ahead of a potential Rugby World Cup quarter-final next weekend, with the outside centre admitting it was tough to watch from the sidelines. Am has joined the squad …

KOTA KINABALU: Former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani and educationist-cum-developer Datuk Tang Yong Chew are among the 1,209 recipients of state awards in conjunction with the 70th birthday of Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin on Saturday (Oct 7). According to the list made available …

KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has claimed that she would not get a fair trial due to an overlap in 17 money laundering and tax evasion charges against her. The wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said this in her response filed on Sept 22 …

KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove Corporation Bhd is banking that an uptrend in the average selling prices (ASPs) of its gloves will lead to higher earnings in the next six to 12 months. Executive chairman Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai said the ASPs have hit an all-time low and are …

PETALING JAYA: Messages of congratulations poured in for Malaysian-born billionaire and businessman Tan Sri Robert Kuok who celebrated his 100th birthday. According to the South China Morning Post, Kuok, dubbed the Sugar King of the East, was born in Johor in 1923 to Fujianese parents. According to a report by …

CHENNAI (Reuters) – Australia’s Steve Smith believes team mate Marnus Labuschagne has regained his 50-overs batting rhythm just in time for the World Cup and expects the 29-year-old to nail down his place in the top-four. Labuschagne was left out of Australia’s provisional squad but struck rich form in South …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian patriotic bloggers on Friday poured scorn on President Vladimir Putin’s intimation that mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was blown up with hand grenades while those on board were high on cocaine and alcohol. The private Embraer jet on which Prigozhin was travelling to St Petersburg crashed …

KUALA LUMPUR: Former health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been appointed as Chancellor of the University of Cyberjaya (UoC), effective Oct 1. UoC in a statement said Dr Noor Hisham will be replacing Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Anwar Ali who has been with the university since 2019. …

WALL Street’s main indexes were poised for a sharply lower open on Friday after a strong jobs report deepened fears that interest rates may stay elevated for an extended period. The Labor Department’s report showed non-farm payrolls increased by 336,000 jobs in September on a monthly basis, against expectations of …

BENTONG: The Health Ministry (MOH) is prepared to face the Northeast Monsoon (MTL), by establishing 453 alternative clinics for the 552 MOH health facilities at-risk of flooding nationwide. Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the alternative clinics would be fully operational and provide services to patients in MOH health facilities …