IN A display of skill and ingenuity, Malaysian teenagers Anson Tan and Cho Ji Shen clinched top honours at the World Robot Games 2023 Taipei (WRG2023). The duo finished in first place in the Senior Sumo Doubles 3kg (Autonomous) category after their robots soundly defeated their Filipino counterparts in the …

MELAKA: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil (pic) said he agrees with Umno Supreme Council’s proposal to urge the government to immediately establish the Malaysia Gig Economy Commission and will endeavour to bring the matter to the Cabinet meeting next week. The Madani government spokesman said that there was merit in the …

KOTA KINABALU: The government should start the proposed abolition of pension schemes by reviewing the benefits for elected representatives, says Libaran MP Datuk Suhaimi Nasir. “It is unfair to civil servants who on average have served more than 30 years before being eligible to pension benefits, while elected representatives who …

KUALA LUMPUR: The new pension scheme that was recently announced is only a proposal and no decision has been made on the matter, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In response to various concerns voiced regarding the new pension scheme, the Prime Minister said that the proposal would be …

Employers are gradually realising how hiring people with disabilities (PWD) is advantageous and makes good business sense. Given employment opportunities, disabled staff often outperform their able-bodied peers. Operating on this premise, the Kasih Templer Autism Community Rehabilitation Centre (PDK) has been training PWD at its centre’s silk oyster mushroom farm …

KUALA LUMPUR: A military jury at Guantanamo Bay has sentenced two Malaysians to an additional five years in confinement on Friday for conspiring in the 2002 terrorist bombing that killed 202 people in Bali, Indonesia. A jury of five US military officers, was assembled to decide a sentence in the …

Many of us have an automatic reflex to grab our cellphone first thing in the morning upon waking. We scroll through social media feeds and reply to messages left over from the previous night. However, if you want to maintain optimal brain health, it’s a habit that should be reconsidered. …

Architect Jack Oon is grateful that people sprang into action when he collapsed on a futsal pitch late last year as he now lives to tell the tale. The 60-year-old was half an hour into a match with his friends in Kota Damansara, Selangor on Nov 4 when he had …

MORE than 600km of old water pipes have been replaced by the Johor government in the last three years with an annual allocation of RM200mil. Johor works, transportation and infrastructure committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said there were over 6,000km of old pipes that were more than 10 years …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA’s rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published on Friday. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous …