PAU: The trial of a doctor accused of having poisoned seven terminally-ill patients opened in France today, reviving the debate on euthanasia in a country where the practice is illegal.
KUALA LUMPUR: Actress Abby Abadi is now divorced with "talak satu" from husband Muhammad Noor Farhan Che Bakar after the Gombak Timur Syariah Lower Court here confirmed the divorce utterance he made to her through a short messaging service last May 9.
LONDON: Women who often indulge their cravings for hamburgers, steaks and other red meat may have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
SEREMBAN: Police will not change its stand to not take sides in the issue of children involved in the custody battles between Muslim and non-Muslim parents.
LAWAS: Two cousins who went wildboar hunting lived to tell of the explosions at the Petronas Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline that shocked the district near here.
LONDON: J.K. Rowling says she opposes independence for Scotland and has donated 1 million pound ($1.68 million) to the campaign to keep Britain together.
KUCHING: Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem today received the Asia HRD Awards 2014 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to people development.
ASHGABAT: During a joint press conference with Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Monday, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov repeatedly expressed his confidence in Malaysia as Turkmenistan’s crucial partner in all fields of development.
GEORGE TOWN: THE state executive councillor in charge of Islamic religious affairs today apologised to the family of the late Teoh Cheng Cheng over the actions of the State Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JHEAIPP) officers in taking away the body of the purported Muslim convert on Monday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended marginally higher today on continued buying support on the back of the country’s better industrial production data released earlier today.
HANOI: Vietnam said on Wednesday a Chinese oil rig at the centre of an increasingly bitter territorial dispute appeared to be on the move again, as China denied Vietnamese accusations that it had sent warships to the scene.
JERANTUT: Malaysia is still waiting for a decision from the Chinese government before sending a pair of Tapir as a goodwill gesture to reciprocate China's decision to send two pandas to Malaysia.
SHAH ALAM: Even though the rising temperature expected from El Nino weather phenomenon would affect the water levels at dams across Selangor, the state government is adamant that it would not resort to water rationing again.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) and Media Prima Berhad has forged an understanding to adapt novels into telemovies or movies.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have outlined several standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure that the quality of 1Malaysia notebook being distributed to the targetted group is guaranteed.