NILAI, May 9 (Bernama) — The ranking of local universities at the international level is not the main consideration in accelerating the country’s higher education towards excellence, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. He said this was because most of the criteria …

KOTA KINABALU: A three-year-old boy is missing after the pick-up car he was sleeping in was driven off. Low Yee Sheng, 31, left his son in the vehicle with the engine running next to a petrol station to use the toilet at 5.50am yesterday. He found the vehicle later but the boy, Low Min You, was nowh …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — Umrah pilgrims have been urged to wear surgical masks to reduce the risk of contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV). Director-general of health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the masks were able to prevent inhalation of …

PETALING JAYA: Don’t be surprised when you run into a guide dog wearing a vest telling people not to feed it or pat it in public spaces. That’s probably a guide dog for the blind, Lashawn Chan, which started guiding Stevens Chan, the founder and CEO of the Malaysian chapter of social business enterp …

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will coordinate the participation of 22 Malaysian exhibitors at the Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-14. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with th …

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …

BANGKOK: Thai protesters vowed Friday to besiege television stations and police positions as they launched a launched a “final fight” to topple a government that is on the ropes after its leader was dismissed. Several thousand protesters left their main encampment in a park in the city&# …

GERIK (Perak), May 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday urged the relevant agencies to consider whether the Belum-Temenggor rainforest can be recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. He said if the 300,000-hectare expanse of the rainforest in Perak met the crite …

HAADYAI: Police here have released CCTV footage of the four suspects involved in the bombing of the city. The footage showed one suspect riding off with an accomplice after parking the bomb-strapped motorcycle outside the 7-Eleven in Ponpichai Road. Another clip showed the driver of a black pick-up …

JOHOR BARU: A gullible single mother has lost everything – including her house – after falling victim in two separate scams. In the first scam, the 30-year-old was duped into paying RM3,200 to bogus courier agents to release a parcel purportedly containing valuables and cash totalling US$ 800,000 (R …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) — Malaysian companies participating at the Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair, held on April 27-30 in Hong Kong, reported sales of RM10.65 million. The fair was Asia’s leading gifts and premium show and one of the largest in the world, said Malaysia External T …

PETALING JAYA, May 8 (Bernama) — Several highway concessionaires have submitted feedback to the government regarding issues on the toll, said Works Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof. He said the feedback, which were obtained following several meetings between him and the concession companies earli …

PETALING JAYA: AirAsia and AirAsia X bosses and staff took to Twitter Thursday to bid farewell to the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT), as the budget airline closed down its operations there before moving to KLIA2 beginning Friday. In a tweet on Thursday night, AirAsia Group chief executive officer …

BANGKOK, May 8 (Bernama) — The media covering the ongoing political conflict in Thailand have increasingly become the target of harassment although many incidents affecting them have gone unreported. In recent months, some local and foreign journalists have chosen not to report attacks on them …