MY daughter was talking about how hard it is to teach Bahasa Melayu to her non-Malay international school students when I found my eye caught by a book on the living room bookshelves: Lat's Town Boy, published almost half a century ago.

THE title race is still on, as Manchester City won for the third time at Anfield, marking the first time in a very long time with crowds in the stands.

ASEAN is on track to become the world's fourth-largest economy by 2030, but it faces a dual challenge: navigating economic recovery amid trade fragmentation and managing an urgent energy transition.

I am a 55-year-old man who is not in the best of health.

Land in Selangor is both scarce and expensive, so having less productive livestock farming there needs a rethink. Instead, farms could be moved to the Bornean states where vast tracts are available.

A who's who in our neighbour's general elections – whose results, some say, will be controlled by 'hidden hands'.

A reckless trade war collapses, a strategic alliance erodes from within and a century-old order struggles to retain a semblance of meaning and purpose.

TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is back in the headlines following an outbreak in Johor where 33 people were detected with the disease.

In an unprecedented escalation, lawyers in Australia and Malaysia have collaborated to formally call upon the Malaysian Government to issue an extradition request for Israeli President Isaac Herzog, based on the principle of universal jurisdiction for genocide and crimes against humanity.

Despite the barrage of attacks, the Federal Territories Minister has shown focus, strategy and quite a bit of finesse in her new portfolio.

LAST month, I joined 26 journalists from South Asia and South-East Asia at a two-day workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, titled "Combating disinformation and misinformation".

I USED to love the view from my house when I first moved in. There was a huge mining pond with smooth waves running over it, a soothing sight at any time of the day.