By Alan Ting KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — It was a letter from former Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein to his Chinese counterpart Zhou Enlai in 1971 that started the ball rolling for the establishment of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations. As both nations celebrate the 40th anniversary of M …
Read More »Ousted Egyptian leader Mubarak gets three years jail for embezzling millions
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for embezzling millions in public funds for lavish renovations to family properties. The verdict may please some Egyptians who lived through three decades of autocracy under Mu …
Read More »Egyptian court sentences ousted leader Mubarak to three years jail
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison on a conviction for stealing public funds. The verdict may please some Egyptians who lived through three decades of autocracy under Mubarak before a 2011 uprising toppled him. …
Read More »Together again after 53 years
KUALA LUMPUR: Tears flowed unabated as Maria Chiteradewi Oaland wrapped her arms tightly around her long lost elder sister in an emotional reunion at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The first words she uttered to Muniammal Thambusamy when they met for the first time in 53 years were: “I’ve b …
Read More »Australia budgets RM272mil towards MH370 search over 2 years
CANBERRA: Australia has committed up to AUD89.9mil (RM272.3mil) towards the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 over two years, budget papers released on Tuesday revealed. Australia has been leading the hunt for the plane, which was carrying 239 people when it disappeared on March 8 en …
Read More »Malaysian records keep tumbling 19 years on
PETALING JAYA: Nineteen years on, and the records and feats keep on coming. There is just no stopping Malaysians from breaking records. The Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) held its biggest event yet, “The Night of Achievers”, to honour more than 90 record holders, 60 of whom were present to accept th …
Read More »Who art thou, William? 4 Shakespearean mysteries unsolved after 450 years
Yo, Shakespeare, it’s your birthday! For a man who would’ve been 450 years old today, it’s shocking how little we know of William the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon. Every year, Shakespeare’s literary legacy is performed and adapted, discussed and criticised, celebrated and satirised, publi …
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