KUALA LUMPUR: While giant pandas are known for their low birth rate, this is not the case with the Malaysian couple, Xing Xing and Liang Liang. On loan from China since 2014, the pair – originally named Fu Wa and Feng Yi – defied the stereotype of the species to …

PETALING JAYA: Everything comes at a cost and that is set to be the case with the government’s decision to allow flexible withdrawals from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and to raise civil servants’ pay since the last raise over more than a decade ago. Critics have panned the government …

Federal Government has allocated RM1.69bil to Selangor Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) to implement five high-priority flood mitigation projects in Klang, Petaling and Sepang districts. Selangor DID director Nasser Salim said apart from the flood mitigation projects, the department had also implemented projects to stabilise and strengthen riverbanks, upgrade drainage …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said. Below are some facts about Andrei Removich Belousov: * …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Arsenal are exactly where they want to be with one game remaining in front of their fans at the Emirates Stadium and the possibility of claiming a first Premier League trophy in 20 years, manager Mikel Arteta said on Sunday. Leandro Trossard scored in the 20th …

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United Women can be one of the elite teams in the game with the backing of the club’s new owners Ineos, manager Marc Skinner said after they won their first FA Cup on Sunday. United thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in the final at Wembley Stadium to …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard capitalised on dreadful Manchester United defending to secure a 1-0 win on Sunday that saw his side provisionally overtake Manchester City atop the Premier League and guaranteed the title race will go down to the final day. While Arsenal, who won for just …

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with a law on “foreign agents” that has sparked a political crisis, after opponents of the bill rallied in one of the largest protests seen since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Kobakhidze told a …

NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Weeks after securing the boost of a $60 billion U.S. aid package, Ukraine is waging a tough new battle on its border, fending off a heavy Russian bombardment of northeastern Kharkiv region in an assault that will stretch Kyiv’s manpower. Russian forces smashed through the …

TORONTO (Reuters) – The season’s first major wildfire continued to burn across Western Canada as firefighters tamed the fast spreading blaze while authorities evacuated a town in British Columbia and advised residents of an oil hub in Alberta to prepare to leave. Alberta said the wildfire was extreme and out …