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Threat at home and abroad
While claims that Malaysian fighters have been nabbed in Afghanistan are being verified, history shows that such fighters had been in the country from as early as in the 1980s.
We need a host of measures to fight this virus
Malaysia should adopt a multi-layered strategy featuring a host of actions – vaccines, prophylactics, new antiviral drugs, and even the latest devices to check the spread of the virus indoors.
A black market amid the pandemic
As the inoculation drive is ramped up in Malaysia, demand is also rising for a medication touted as a Covid-19 cure.
Some cheer amid the despair
Those suffering from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are finding hope in the White Flag campaign, a shining example of Malaysian generosity.
End the abuse of migrant workers
There are enough laws, but the government needs to do more to prevent the rising cases of exploitation of foreign workers by unscrupulous agents and employers.
In the dark for 45 years
The investigation report into the June 6, 1976, Sabah air crash which took 11 lives, including the state’s top leaders, should be made public if there is indeed nothing to hide.
Shifting views on Gaza conflict
The latest round of hostilities is changing opinions over the plight of the Palestinians and Israel’s ‘always the victim’ narrative, both in the United States and around the world.
Questions over coastal corridor
IT’S a mega project touted to lure in RM100bil of investments over the next 15 years and has been flaunted as a “game changer”, but locals are more wary than thrilled about the Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (M-WEZ).
Toxic move radiates outrage
MONDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, regarded as the worst nuclear accident in history. But some scientists contend that the damage caused by an earthquake and tsunami to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 10 years ago was equally severe.
The shifting of world power
EVENTS of the past two weeks have signalled a dramatic turning point in the world’s balance of power as tensions escalate between the United States and the increasingly close allies Russia and China.
Likely delay for Undi 18
HISTORY was created on July 17,2019, when a motion to amend the Federal Constitution was passed with 211 votes – by more than two-thirds of the majority in the 222-member Dewan Rakyat and with undivided support from both sides of the political divide.
Titled drug lords and VVIP backers
The police probe to net Tan Sri and Datuk drug kingpins is commendable and it is hoped that they will be nabbed soon, as their activities seem to have been going on for far too long.
