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Industrial park operators plead for road resurfacing

STAKEHOLDERS at Spring Crest Industrial Park in Taman Batu Muda, Kuala Lumpur, are urging authorities to resurface the roads, which they say are riddled with potholes and uneven surfaces.

Metro News

Pudu walkways get much-needed upgrades

THE deteriorating five-foot ways in the Pudu commercial district of Kuala Lumpur are gradually being upgraded to enhance pedestrian safety.

Nation

Sisters clinch silver medals at international speech competition

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Sisters P. Mevishka Isha and P. Darlinia Isha clinched silver medals at a recent international speech competition, with one of them now aiming to take a shot at an online audition for America's Got Talent.

Football

Riding Mexico’s third wave of World Cup history

PETALING JAYA: The iconic "Mexican wave" was born in the country's football cauldrons decades ago.

Nation

Don’t worry, be happy and laugh online

JOHOR BARU: For the past six years, they would gather online daily without fail, simply to laugh freely.

Motorsport

Zulfahmi: Hakim’s resilience key to his maiden Moto3 podium finish

PETALING JAYA: Sepang International Circuit (SIC) Racing team manager Zulfahmi Khairuddin hailed Hakim Danish Ramli's resilience after the teenager battled back from a crash-hit weekend to claim his maiden Moto3 World Championship podium at the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello on Sunday.

Sabah & Sarawak

A proud legacy crowned in glory

PENAMPANG: Having grown up in a family with strong ties to the Unduk Ngadau stage, Gelvia Vanessa Jenny etched her own name into Sabah's pageant history after being crowned the 66th Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan.

Nation

Parties’ election machinery grinds into gear for polls

JOHOR BARU: While Pakatan Harapan is ready to face the upcoming state polls following the dissolution of the Johor legislative assembly, it has questioned the rationale behind the assembly sitting scheduled for June 22.

Squash

Stern test awaits Eain Yow against world No. 1 Mostafa

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Ng Eain Yow faces a tall order of getting past world No. 1 Mostafa Asal of Egypt to equal his best result of reaching the British Open quarter-finals.

Metro News

‘Loopholes leave KL’s public spaces vulnerable to degazettement’

THE authorities have been urged to provide stronger safeguards for all gazetted green and public open spaces in Kuala Lumpur to ensure they remain permanently protected.

India

Junta chief arrives for trade, security talks

Myanmar's junta leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing received a red carpet welcome on his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader.

Indonesia

Five killed in suspected WWII shell explosion

A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in a fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said.

Indonesia

Local-born giant panda cub makes public debut

Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) has officially introduced Rio, the first giant panda cub born in the country, to the public in Bogor, south of Jakarta.

Laos

Cave rescuers search for alternative route

Rescue workers in Laos have searched for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rainfall flooded the main ent­rance, making it impassable.

Japan

Eight crested ibises take flight

Eight crested ibises were released into the wild, decades after the birds went extinct in the country.

South Korea

Five dead, two hurt in blast

Five people have died and two others were injured after an explosion and fire on a production line for rocket propellant at a factory operated by Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, officials said.

Focus

Lost limbs, destroyed hopes

FOURTEEN-year-old Fadel al-Naji used to be a keen footballer but is now largely confined to his home in Gaza City since both his legs were severed in an Israeli drone attack in September.

Philippines

Standing united for maritime safety

Manila and Hanoi have agreed to strengthen defence ties to help bolster maritime security in the region and maintain peace in the South China Sea.

Focus

Crude ambitions in a fragile frontier

ON a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of a friend's wooden shack, watching heavy rain hammer down on what is now called Nova Conquista – New Conquest – an expanse where pristine Amazon rainforest stood just a year ago.

Nation

Diplomatic corps praises Sultan Ibrahim’s wise leadership

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, under His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia's reign, continues to be admired as a nation that upholds harmony, moderation, mutual respect and peaceful coexistence.