Democracy should be about choosing the best candidates to run the country, competent people with integrity. It should not be about narrow ethnic prejudices.

Sabahans say the new targeted diesel subsidy scheme overlooks how families, businesses, and long-distance travel work in the country's second-largest state.

Becoming a 'middle power' need not be a rite of passage for smaller nations, even if and when everyone can agree on what it means.

Constitutional literacy must be a prerequisite for political leadership, says the writer.

I am not sure how Tourism Malaysia measures its full key performance indicator (KPI). For an ordinary rakyat Malaysia like me, what I hear is the number of visitors coming into the country every year.

Countries, health systems, and patients across the Global South face significant challenges in accessing treatment due to high costs, particularly for cancer and rare diseases. Novel targeted cancer therapies can reach RM15,000–20,000 per dose, and personalised gene therapies for rare conditions may exceed several million ringgit. This puts them far beyond what most patients and healthcare systems can afford.

Stronger protection framework needed to safeguard KL's green spaces.

THE past few days have been frustrating to follow as a football fan, to put it mildly.

SO, Keir Starmer has quit. He left office two days ago, becoming the fifth British prime minister to leave office in just 10 years since David Cameron quit in June 2016 over the Brexit vote.

This state election is not just about which political party governs Johor; it is also about who governs those political parties — and how far political influence is allowed to shape decision-making beyond the ballot box.

Allocations to states are supposed to level the playing field, not widen the gap.