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Wellness

Do you really need a stent?

Another large study shows that you don't really need a stent if you have stable coronary artery disease.

Motorsport

Esports - Slovenian gamer wins a seat on McLaren Shadow team

LONDON (Reuters) - Slovenian student Kevin Siggy Rebernak secured a place on the McLaren esports team on Saturday after emerging from hundreds of thousands of entrants to win the Shadow Project final.

World

French union calls for break in transport strikes over Christmas

PARIS (Reuters) - France's CFDT union is opposed to transport strikes over the Christmas period but will call for new actions in January if the government does not drop a pension reform proposal that would encourage more years of work, its leader said on Sunday.

World

Democrat lawmaker opposed to impeachment will switch parties - report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic U.S. lawmaker who opposed his party's moves to impeach President Donald Trump told staff on Saturday he will become a Republican as soon as next week, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the discussions.

Nation

Mother of disabled child fears fast-flowing floodwater

PETALING JAYA: After experiencing the worst flood of the century in Kelantan five years ago, Salihah Harapan Abdullah fears fast-flowing floodwater now, as it would endanger the life of her bed-ridden 12-year-old daughter Natasha Mohd Zailani.

Nation

Number of flood evacuees continues to climb

PETALING JAYA: The number of flood evacuees nationwide has risen after more than 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes following heavy rains in Johor and Pahang.

The Star Says

Listen to our young on climate change

TEENAGE Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named the youngest Time’s Person of the Year on Wednesday.

Nation

Highland horror greeted firemen

IPOH: The scene of the tragic bus accident that killed 27 people in Simpang Pulai some nine years ago is still fresh in Fire and Rescue Department operations senior officer Zulkifli Mohamad’s mind.

Nation

Ex-residents: Commemorate Towers tragedy

KUALA LUMPUR: Two abandoned buildings stand at the site of Highland Towers, a grim and sombre reminder of the worst housing tragedy the nation has seen.

Nation

Nightmare from above

JOHOR BARU: Come December, retiree Sulaiman Othman will recall the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines System Flight 653 (MH653) that crashed into a mangrove forest in Tanjung Kupang 42 years ago.

Nation

Timely phone call saved coconut drink stall seller’s mum

GEORGE TOWN: Never having heard of a tsunami, M. Govindoo recalled standing and staring at the water subsiding as she stood at her son’s drink stall that fateful morning on Dec 26,2004, when the first wave hit the shore in Teluk Bahang.

Nation

All riled up over rail project

LABIS: Residents in the town here are upset the double-tracking rail project between Gemas and Johor Baru is going on without any regard to their objections or safety concerns.

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Lannister or Stark?

In Myanmar’s ‘Game of Thrones’, the Rohingya lose as the much-revered Lady becomes much reviled.

Technology

Gadgets and apps for skiers and snowboarders

If you’re heading off for a skiing or snowboarding holiday in the mountains, here is some stuff you never knew you needed.

Nation

Govt bans pork products from Indonesia

GEORGE TOWN: The government has banned pork-related products from Indonesia as a precautionary measure against the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.

Football

Atletico go fourth after dominant win over Osasuna

MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid moved back into the top four by earning a commanding 2-0 win at home to Osasuna on Saturday for their first victory in four La Liga games.

World

Mexico objects to labour enforcement provision in North American trade deal

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's deputy foreign minister, Jesus Seade, said on Saturday he sent a letter to the top U.S. trade official expressing surprise and concern over a labour enforcement provision proposed by a U.S. congressional committee in the new North American trade deal.

Football

West Ham's Pellegrini says he always trusted his players

(Reuters) - West Ham United manager Manuel Pellegrini said he always retained trust in his players despite a run of five defeats in six Premier League games that had dropped his team into the relegation dogfight.

Football

Arsenal's Tierney to have shoulder surgery, out for three months

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal have confirmed that defender Kieran Tierney faces around three months on the sidelines after suffering a dislocated right shoulder in Monday's Premier League win at West Ham United.

World

Jamaican wins Miss World title, says will work for sustainable change

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh was crowned as Miss World 2019 on Saturday and said she wanted to use her title to work for "sustainable change" for women and their children.