JOHOR BARU: For the past two months, art teacher Chiang Kek How has dedicated hours guiding his students in creating the perfect traditional dragon paintings to usher in the Chinese New Year. Chiang, 51, said they started the dragon paintings about two months ago so they could complete them in …

PETALING JAYA: Being of mixed parentage, Wan Adlinn Diyana Wan Ahmad Kamal has the privilege of not only celebrating Hari Raya but also Chinese New Year and Christmas. While the 35-year-old now lives in the United Kingdom with her husband and their two children, she is continuing the tradition of …

MELAKA: After 12 years of no review of their salary structure, civil servants will see new salary rules before the end of the year. The results of the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) study will be announced then, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there have long …

PETALING JAYA: Traders of a traditional Chinese market in Kuala Terengganu, who have been asked to move out of their decades-old trading area, received some Lunar New Year cheer to ease their hardships. About 40 merchants of the Kampung Tiong market and food court received an ang pow of RM3,800 …

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ange Capuozzo returns to the Italy team which takes on Ireland in Dublin in the Six Nations on Sunday, with four changes from the side which lost to England last weekend. Capuozzo had been named in the side to face England but withdrew due to illness, and …

LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull Formula One team boss Christian Horner attended a hearing on Friday to answer allegations about his conduct that have cast doubt on his future and could overshadow the champions’ car launch next week. Red Bull Racing and the Austrian energy drink parent company, who have …

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has had a “wake-up call” after being dropped over a disciplinary issue and must spur himself on to be more consistent, the Premier League club’s former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Friday. The 26-year-old England international missed a training session after reportedly …

KYIV (Reuters) – The sweeping military shakeup that replaced Ukraine’s popular army chief this week throws up big political and military risks for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the war with Russia heads towards its third year. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who led Ukraine’s war effort through the darkest days of the full-scale …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants, tripling the size of their alleged fraud scheme to more than $3 billion. James had in October sued DCG, its Genesis Global Capital unit, and Gemini Trust, …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City can provisionally return to the top of the table with a home win over Everton in the early Premier League match on Saturday, although manager Pep Guardiola said he preferred to see where his team stood once the schedule evened out. The champions are …