Appeals Court Upholds Jail Sentence, Whipping On Ex-teacher For Sexual Assault Of Pupils

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal today upheld a seven-year jail sentence and one stroke of the cane meted out on a former physical education teacher convicted of sexual assault against two female students at a primary school in Dungun, Terengganu, five…

Vietnamese Deputy PM engages in bilateral meetings at UNGA 79

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with the foreign ministers of Cuba, Latvia and Uzbekistan and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the UN…

Three Cheers As Brothers Get Podium Finishes After Switching From track To Pool

KUCHING, The decision by three visually-impaired brothers from Kapit, Sarawak to switch from athletics to swimming paid off when they delivered medals for the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) hosts at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre here tod…

Ample room remains for Vietnam-Belarus trade cooperation

Vietnam and Belarus have complementary economic advantages and great potential to promote their trade ties, according to participants at the Belarus-Vietnam Business Forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 23.

The forum was organised by the Ho C…

Penang Port Set To Exceed 1.5 Mln TEUs By Year-end, Says CEO

BUTTERWORTH, Penang Port Sdn Bhd is expected to exceed a container handling capacity of 1.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) by the end of this year, said its chief executive officer Datuk Sasedharan Vasudevan.

He said the target was slig…

HCM City to pioneer in realising Vietnam-Japan cooperation deals: city leader

Ho Chi Minh City will pioneer in realising cooperation agreements between Vietnam and Japan, contributing to reinforcing and developing the friendly relations between the two countries, affirmed Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People’s Commit…

Ahmad Fikri’s Unconventional Rise From Bottle-hurling To Para SUKMA Javelin Champ

KUCHING, Who would have thought that fooling around with his friends by throwing bottles during their school days would one day lead to Ahmad Fikri Omar making a name for himself as a javelin thrower in the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA)?

Wel…