A devoted mum till the end

SRI AMAN: Siti Aishah Abdullah was a devoted mother who would be up and about whenever her children were sent back to school in Kuching.

Floods worsen in Johor

JOHOR BARU: Continuous heavy rain since New Year’s Day in Johor has forced some 1,800 people to seek shelter at 28 temporary relief centres in four districts.

Opinion: What America has learned from Iranian social media

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has empowered a small staff at the US State Department to use Iranian social media to help craft US public diplomacy with Iranians.

Boy finally gets his citizenship

IPOH: For almost six years, Teh Kelloon had been worried that his son could not get into primary school because the latter did not hold a MyKid.

Fearing COVID-19, Chinese tourists opt for new year close to home

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic, are limiting their journeys further to nearby cities and avoiding leaving their provinces.

A skateboarder just like dad

KULAI: Skateboarding is a way for enthusiast Muhammad Haziq Hussein to bond with his three-year-old son who recently wowed people with his tricks as one of the youngest skateboarders.

Parents share their screen time management tips...

Teacher’s video advice to wear long johns goes viral in wintry China, where some young people shun the underwear as old-fashioned

Seeing two of her pupils without long johns – which youngsters in China consider lack taste – teacher in central province of Henan posts some adviceViewers praised her instructions on how to wear long johns to ward off colds, but it was the teacher’s concern for her students that made her a sensation

Traffickers found guilty of manslaughter of 39 victims

TWO people smug­glers were found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck in October last year as they tried to make their way to Britain.

Malaysians are wishing for a Covid-free 2021

GEORGE TOWN: It has been a year that many wish were a bad dream that would go away when they wake up.