PETALING JAYA: Ardent Everton FC supporter Richard Wee has denied making a complaint regarding racist and homophobic comments against him on Twitter, which resulted in the poster’s ban from attending the club’s matches at Goodison Park in Liverpool, Britain. “People have been accusing me …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) — Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary and AirAsia’s head honcho, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, emerged in the Forbes Asia’s latest annual Heroes of Philanthropy list. In a statement Thursday, Forbes Asia said Syed Mokhtar had donated US$ 500 million (RM1.6 bil …

PETALING JAYA: Luis Suarez is hogging the headlines for the wrong reasons…Again! This time the mercurial Uruguay and Liverpool striker was accused of biting Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder during his team’s World Cup victory over Italy. On Wednesday, FIFA said that it has begun proceedings …

SUBANG JAYA, June 26 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) is urging local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to explore the untapped potential markets like the African region, central Asia and Latin America, to boost their business growth and network inter …

Published: Thursday June 26, 2014 MYT 3:12:00 PMUpdated: Thursday June 26, 2014 MYT 3:14:33 PM Here is a compilation of photos and videos from various sites on the Internet revealing the identities of Malaysian jihadists involved in the Syrian civil war. … The Star Online Highlights

MANAUS Brazil (Reuters) – A rampant Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout stage and will locks horns with Argentina in the last 16 after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave them a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday. The result in no way flattered the resilient Swiss, who bounced back …

Saturday June 21, 2014 By CINDY YAPmystarjob@leaderonomics.com

THE World Cup 2014 has finally arrived. Here are some pictures for today, 26th June 2014. Gallery: World Cup 2014: Today in pictures

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib on Wednesday announced the appointment of three new full ministers and three deputy ministers comprising Barisan Nasional (BN) component party leaders from MCA and Gerakan to be in his cabinet. When announcing the inclusion of the …

BAU (Sarawak), June 25 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was puzzled why the construction of the proposed RM45 million SMK Singai was delayed, although the project was approved under the first rolling plan of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP). Muhyiddin, who is also Educat …

JOHOR BARU: State secretary Datuk Ismail Karim announced Thursday, June 26 as a state public holiday after Johor Darul Takzim FC (JDT) were crowned 2014 Malaysia Super League champions. The announcement was made at Dataran Bandaraya here to a gathering of JDT supporters who were watching a live tele …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) — Stopping the issuing of logging licences and stepping up enforcement of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172) are some of the proposals given to reduce the destruction of trees and forests in the country. Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia (Peka) pres …

ARGENTINA have qualified to the next round and will look to top their group by beating Nigeria. However, the Super Eagles need a win to qualify for the next round, but that is still dependant on the Iran-Bosnia matchup! Switzerland and Ecuador will fight it out for the last berth in group E, with Fr …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) — Malaysia has called for immediate action by Indonesia to extinguish and prevent further land and forest fires in Central Sumatra, Indonesia, that were responsible for the crossborder haze. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said …

BACHOK, June 25 (Bernama) — Police arrested 2,290 traffic offenders in 989 operations up to yesterday under “Op Warta Khas” conducted throughout the country. Federal police Internal Security and Public Order director, Datuk Seri Salleh Mat Rasid said 50,694 checks were made on driv …