BRITISH travel vlogger Ben Frier, known online as Backpacker Ben, struck a raw nerve late last year when he ranked Semporna among Asia's top five dirtiest towns.

WHAT the Devil! It's the end of October already, and the denizens of the underworld are in our midst. It's Halloween, the time when witches, wizards and costumed fiends roam the streets.

IMAGINE one simple, round golden ball. Two brass plates welded together with a blowtorch, hand-engraved and coated with about five kilogrammes of 18-carat gold plating.

LIVING in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the early 2000s, I observed how established democracies were prone to provocateurs inciting and divi­ding people over race, religion and culture.

PETALING JAYA: The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship offers tantalising rewards, but the path to glory leaves little room for error.

Each year during the dry season, many parts of the country become shrouded in smog from the haze – the result of slash- and-burn clearing in parts of Indonesia and, in some cases, locally.

NO, no, no! I will not give up Waze. And it has nothing to do with whether I am pro- or anti-Israel.

IN football, outfield players get most of the glory. A defender is lauded for a goal-saving tackle, a midfielder for controlling the game or creating chances, and a striker collects all theaccolades for scoring.

IT has been a magical fortnight for Malaysian badminton.

Our measures in addressing the gender-based violence epidemic in the country need to be backed by data that shows the foundational causes of this violence, followed by proper analyses.

US mid-term elections have always been part-ritual and part-theatre, but the current predicament of the Trump White House raises the stakes all round like never before.

According to the American Cancer Society, fewer than 1% of all breast cancers occur in men.