KOTA KINABALU: Young people are taking the lead in preserving the marine ecosystem, particularly in restoring coral reefs at Mabul Island off Sabah’s East coast Semporna district. The members of Pemimpin Belia Iklim Mabul – a youth empowerment and climate activist NGO – have been hard at work preparing for …

KANALIA, Greece (Reuters) – Sitting in a small motorboat, farmer Babis Evangelinos glides over land he once cultivated on the Thessaly plain in central Greece, the nearby trunks of his fruitless almond trees submerged by floodwater. His small plot, near Lake Karla, is among tens of thousands of acres of …

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal has vowed to reinstate a clause in the Sabah Constitution that guides the Governor in choosing a Chief Minister if Parti Warisan came back to power after the next state elections. The Warisan president said Article 6(7) was democratically critical in guiding the …

(Reuters) – Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on Saturday demanded that Russian authorities release his body for burial and accused a “demonic” Russian President Vladimir Putin of “torturing” his corpse. In a six minute video posted on YouTube, Navalnaya accused Putin of holding …

KOTA KINABALU: The opening of the Sabah branch of Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) fits in well with Sabah’s aspiration to develop a quality human capital pool, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. The Chief Minister said the state welcomed TAR UMT’s initiative to expand its …

(Reuters) – Bringing the energy and language of the street to the buttoned-down and staid Olympic Games, the names of ‘Raygun’ and ‘J-Attack’ will be unconventional additions to Australia’s team travelling to Paris in July and August. Otherwise known as Rachael Gunn and Jeff Dunne, the pair were confirmed on …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board (Tourism Malaysia) director-general Datuk Dr Ammar Abd Ghapar is now the deputy director-general due to his underperformance, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. The Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister said that Ammar was not fired, but relegated due to underperformance and added that this …

BATU GAJAH: Perak has opened its doors to its latest tourism product at a former mining site in Tanjung Tualang near here, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. A private company, working jointly with Mentri Besar Incorporated (MB Inc), has launched an adventure-themed park known as the Nature Inspirational Park. The …

PASIR GUDANG: Johor Pakatan Harapan should not put themselves down by begging for positions from the state government, says Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim. The PKR man said while he respects and sees merit in state Pakatan deputy chairman Aminolhuda Hassan’s view, he believes that the latter should not go …

KUALA LUMPUR: All maintenance and improvement projects at the entry points into the country including airports and ports should be sped up to accommodate the increase in the arrival of foreign tourists, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim He said facilities at the entry points into the country needed …