IPOH: Two prostitution dens and three entertainment outlets offering sexual services have been busted by the Immigration Department during a special operation here. Deputy director-general (operations) Jafri Embok Taha said the operation was conducted on Friday at 11pm, which saw the arrests of 141 people. The operation involved Immigration officers …

KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and those in charge of solving the water supply issue at its campus must have a sense of urgency and prioritise the matter, says Datuk Mustapha Sakmud. The Deputy Higher Education Minister said with this issue having caught national attention, Prime Minister Datuk Seri …

(Reuters) – A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande as they tried to the enter the U.S. from Mexico on Friday night after Texas military officers prevented federal border officials from going to their aid, according to U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar. The deaths come as a dispute …

KLANG: Fed up with constantly having to navigate his vehicle around potholes in his neighbourhood, a Klang resident decided to take matters into his own hands recently. Social activist Mikhael Iskhandhaar hired some workers and set about to patch 10 potholes along Jalan Hulubalang in Taman Sentosa, which garnered him …

GEORGE TOWN: Nothing like properly dried firewood to get a crackling fire going for the Ponggal festival, and seller S. Hemalatha does not disappoint. While getting a claypot overflowing with boiling milk rice is a joyful ceremony for celebrants, this time-honoured tradition is even more meaningful when using a rustic …

KLANG: All retired nurse Shanti Paramaguru wants is to connect with her birth mother who goes by the name Shanta. “I was told that my mother was an underaged girl who was impregnated by an older man who already had a family, and both worked at a cinema in Jalan …

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) has restored water supply to 90.4 per cent of affected consumers (533,000) as of 7pm on Saturday (Jan 13). “Despite a significant loss of water from new leaks in the main pipeline near Sunga Perai yesterday, PBAPP continues to pump water from …

LONDON: The metaverse will become the next stage of the internet and “poses huge opportunities”, a senior Sony executive has said as the technology giant unveiled a new mixed reality headset. The Japanese firm’s chief technology officer, Yoshinori Matsumoto, said he believed the metaverse could follow a similar path to …

PETALING JAYA: It is estimated that more than half of all cervical cancer patients in Malaysia die from the disease, but public health officials are working hard to bring these numbers down to almost nil within the next 10 to 20 years. The latest figures provided by the Global Cancer …

PETALING JAYA: Cervical cancer is ranked as the fourth most common cancer affecting women in Malaysia, with 1,740 cases in 2020 of whom 991 or 57% succumbed to the disease, according to the Global Cancer Observatory (GCO). The GCO estimated that over 12 million women in Malaysia aged 15 and …