IT’S like a movie. Leonard Glenn Francis, aka Fat Leonard, staged a dramatic escape from house arrest in the United States and made a bid to reach Russia earlier this month before he was recaptured in Venezuela on Wednesday.

THERE has been a lot of talk on social media recently about decisions our judges have been making in important court cases, with debates getting heated and – a particularly Malaysian habit online – viciously personal and racial.

ON Friday, we will celebrate Malaysia Day.

DAYS before the High Court is set to deliver its judgment on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s solar hybrid graft trial, a perception game was being played out to cast doubt on the judiciary’s integrity.

ON Wednesday, it will be 65 years since we gained our independence from the British colonists.

ON Aug 6, a mother of three took her own life in her Subang Jaya home in Selangor after being cyberbullied on social media. The 44-year-old reportedly received a barrage of hateful comments about her appearance and handbag collection when she uploaded some videos on TikTok.

THE move to impose heavier penalties on mat rempit, with a RM10,000 fine, jail time and higher insurance to curb this road menace, is something all thinking Malaysians would surely welcome.

THE good news is that the long-awaited Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill, also known as the “Generational End Game” (GEG), was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat last Wednesday.

THE passing of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill by the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday was a milestone in what has been more than a two-decade-long push by women’s rights groups for a law that protects victims of harassment and gives them a channel to report violations they’ve experienced.

HAVE you noticed that service is irritatingly slow at your favourite mamak restaurant? Don’t complain, just be glad that it’s still open.

MALAYSIA and other countries in the Western Pacific region are currently experiencing the La Nina phenomenon.

ON Friday, Malaysia reported its highest food inflation rate in 11 years.