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Another hospitality veteran bows out as Hotel Miramar shuts after five decades

SINGAPORE, Aug. 30 -- Hotel Miramar Singapore on Havelock Road, opened in 1971, will cease business operations at the end of October. The move will also result in the termination of 108 employees, Si... Read More


Granny Q Pulau Tikus Penang is now at PJ SS2 Restoran Station 8 with an assortment of 'laksa'

PETALING JAYA, Aug. 30 -- Heads up, lemak laksa lovers, there's no need to go all the way up north now to scratch your itch for Granny Q Pulau Tikus Penang. Now that bowl of bright orange, ultra crea... Read More


Legal loop-a-loop on Trump's tariff regime - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 30 -- When the United States Court of Appeals ruled that former president Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to justify punitive tariffs was legally unsound, many in foreign cap... Read More


Escaping the middle-income trap - Ahmad Ibrahim

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 30 -- The spectre of the "middle-income trap" haunts many nations. Having clawed their way out of poverty through grit and low-cost manufacturing, they find progress stalling. Wag... Read More


Sultan Ibrahim decrees special prayers across Johor after series of Segamat quakes

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30 -- His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, has called for mosques and suraus across Johor to hold solat hajat and doa selamat after a string of tremors struck Segamat over ... Read More


Sabah tourism rebounds with 2.1 million visitors in first seven months of 2025, says state minister

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 30 -- Sabah's tourism industry has shown remarkable recovery and growth, with over 2.1 million domestic and international arrivals recorded from January to July 2025, according to ... Read More


Warisan clarifies it does not operate TikTok account allegedly insulting Kadazan Dusun community

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 30 -- Parti Warisan (Warisan) has condemned the emergence of a fake TikTok account using the party's name to post racially provocative content allegedly insulting the Kadazan Dusun... Read More


Segamat shaken by 2.7 magnitude earthquake, fifth tremor in a week

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30 -- Another mild earthquake shook Segamat early this morning, the sixth tremor to hit the northern Johor town in the span of a week. In a Facebook post, the Malaysian Meteorologi... Read More


Segamat shaken by 2.7 magnitude earthquake, sixth tremor in a week

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30 -- Another mild earthquake shook Segamat early this morning, the sixth tremor to hit the northern Johor town in the span of a week. In a Facebook post, the Malaysian Meteorologi... Read More


Family of four injured after car crashes into tree along Jalan FAC-Kampung Selang in Kuching

KUCHING, Aug. 30 -- A family of four sustained injuries when the vehicle they were in crashed into a roadside tree along Jalan FAC-Kampung Selang here this afternoon. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Depa... Read More