A new 10-minute film brings a welcome escape from the incessant race-religion rhetoric, with the feel good drama showcasing the beauty of our country, especially Penang.

Having a strategy to boost the country's diplomatic work is all good, but attention is also needed for the Foreign Ministry's staff welfare.

FROM the supermarkets in the Klang Valley to the rural kedai runcit, the crisp rustle of traditional banknotes being taken out of wallets and purses is steadily being replaced by the quick, clean beep of digital payments.

Rafizi lit the spark and DAP leaders have jumped onboard to press for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption in the MACC.

Child sexual exploitation is a national emergency, and what we choose to do next will define not only our laws but our humanity as well. 

TRAFFIC in Kuching, Sarawak, was horrendous in the days leading up to Chinese New Year as many roads were choked with vehicles at all hours in the last-minute scramble to prepare for the celebration.

WHEN Goh Liu Ying was playing competitive badminton, life was far from a bed of roses.

Jimmy Choo's shoes gave the world an idea of what it would be like to add a little Malaysia to its strut. Michelle Yeoh has gone further, leaving the country's stamp now on the globe's most famous walkway.

HERE'S what I noticed recently. We now "wave" our smartphones more often than we wave hello.

EACH day, almost 3,000 heavy vehicles use the Sultan Abu Bakar Customs, Immigration and Qua­ran­­­­tine (CIQ) Complex (KSAB) in Iskan­dar Puteri, Johor, to travel to and from Singapore.

WHEN I was told that for my Prominent Professorial Lecture at UCSI University I was being paired with renowned academic and scientist Tan Sri Prof Dr Omar Abdul Rahman, I was exci­ted, but I also felt a great weight of humility.

THE drama did not start over the weekend. It began on Friday morning as Arsenal decided to play their matchweek 31st against Wolves early to avoid fixture congestion in the future.