2015-05-01 Malaysia Health

The Malaysian Insider   

'Healthcare budget cut not a problem'   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: The quality of care given at government hospitals and clinics has not been compromised despite a RM300mil cut in the Health Ministry's budget following the fall in oil prices, said minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. On April 18, a news ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Science

The Sun Daily   

Japan zoo group puzzled over dolphin hunt exclusion   
The Sun Daily
This handout photo taken on Jan 20, 2014 by environmentalist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society shows bottlenose dolphins trapped in the cove during the selection process by fishermen after a superpod of the mammals was driven into a cove in the ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Entertainment

Free Malaysia Today   

Film producer Julie Dahlan dies   
Free Malaysia Today
Julie Dahlan, 62, who died of complications of the kidney will be buried at the Klang Gates Muslim Cemetery at 10am today. Julie-Dahlan_died_600 Film producer Julie Dahlan died of complications of the kidney at the Ampang Hospital at 7pm today. She was ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Sports

The Star Online   

BAM to wield the axe to make Wei for Lee   
The Star Online
One will have to be sacrificed to accommodate men's singles ace Lee Chong Wei at the World Championships in Jakarta from Aug 10-16. In the world rankings released on Thursday, former world No. 1 Chong Wei has dropped 15 rungs to No. 45 in the world ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Technology

Astro Awani   

The world has offically gone mobile   
Astro Awani
While the PC is still the most commonly owned internet enabled device globally, 80% of consumers now have a smartphone, polls said. close. The content may have been removed, or is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Business

AsiaOne   

MAS to sell or lease A380 fleet?   
AsiaOne
The report said the disposal of all six A380s presented an opportunity to test the market for used A380s. Print. PETALING JAYA - A day before Christoph Mueller took over as managing director/group chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia World

NDTV   

Man apologises after hanging up twice on pope   
The Sun Daily
The pontiff, who often contacts strangers who write to him or whose problems he hears about, called Franco Rabuffi on Monday to comfort him as he was sick. Rabuffi disconnected the call twice thinking the call was a hoax. When the pope rang back a third ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Southeast Asia

The Malaysian Insider   

China says US welcome to use civilian facilities in South China Sea   
The Malaysian Insider
Airstrip construction on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea shows that China has begun building its first airstrip in the contested territory of the Spratly Islands and may be working on another. – AFP pic, May 1, 2015.The United States and other ...

2015-05-01 Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Shouldn't Najib's 'we' lose their heads too?   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
COMMENT It is an ostentatious representation of one man's inextinguishable thirst for grandness where opulent edifices compete with one another for attention, conceived in a mind that values mega-structures more than fundamental liberties. But despite the ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Health

Free Malaysia Today   

All 18 HFM disease pupils in stable condition   
Free Malaysia Today
The school will monitor students for symptoms daily and identify those who do not attend school, says minister. Lick-Hung, subramaniam. PUTRAJAYA: All 18 pupils of SRJK Lick Hung in Subang Jaya, Selangor, who were detected with hand-foot-and-mouth ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Science

The Borneo Post   

Sabah gets WWF's prestigious award   
The Star Online
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has been accorded the prestigious Living Planet Award by WWF for its initiative of creating Malaysia's largest marine park. The creation of the one million hectare Tun Mustapha Marine Park in northern Sabah was a significant move ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Entertainment

brandchannel.com   

Iceland Hopes Tourists Will Warm Up to Its Human Search Engine   
brandchannel.com
Inspired By Iceland, the Nordic island country's newest tourism campaign, has launched “the world's first human search engine” as a human alternative to traditional online search engines. Think of them as a living Goðgle. In a nod to the country's favorite ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Sports

Malay Mail Online   

Chong Wei doping case: Nutritionist insists made right call   
Malay Mail Online
Lee in a WhatsApp message to the media said it was not Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor who gave him the pills. KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — A nutritionist linked to Datuk Lee Chong Wei's doping saga insists she made the right call when the national shuttler ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Technology

TechnoBuffalo   

HTC One M9 gets inked for new special edition handsets   
TechnoBuffalo
The HTC One M9 already looks pretty awesome as is, but the company isn't stopping there. A new series of INK special edition handsets will offer unique designs inspired by the body art of notable artists, designers and fashion icons. HTC is kicking things off ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Business

The Star Online   

BCA stumbles in Q1, BII ends period on high note   
Jakarta Post
Major lenders Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) ended the first quarter of 2015 with different results on their bottom lines, as revealed by their financial reports. BCA — the country's largest private lender in terms of assets — had ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia World

Haaretz   

Saudi King Salman purging monarchy of Abdullah's inner circle   
Haaretz
But strong man in kingdom is no doubt still Mohammed ibn Nayef, who will continue to serve both as interior minister and head of National Security Council. By Zvi Bar'el | Apr. 30, 2015 | 6:22 AM ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Sydney Morning Herald   

It could've been me: Axl Rose's heartfelt plea to Joko Widodo to spare lives of ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Joko Widodo may be a heavy metal fan, but the pleas of Guns 'N' Roses frontman Axl Rose were not enough to dissuade him from executing Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Rose penned a letter to the Indonesian president on April 27, begging him to ...

2015-04-30 Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Dr M: After Najib, my turn to meet Umno on 1MDB   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad now wants to meet Umno grassroots to talk to them about 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), following similar meetings by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. In a post on his blog chedet.cc this morning, Mahathir said ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Health

MobileSyrup.com   

Samsung releases Backup Memory, an app designed to help Alzheimer's ...   
MobileSyrup.com
Backup Memory, a new app from Samsung, aims to help fight the vicious effects of Alzheimer's, and was recently released to the Google Play Store. Both friends, family members and the actual Alzheimer's sufferer need to download the app for it to work ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Science

Financial Post   

Peter Foster: Vatican a climate arm of godless United Nations   
Financial Post
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis leads a mass at St Peter's Basilica on January 1st, 2014 at the Vatican. Twitter · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email · Typo? More. Comments · Tumblr · Pinterest · Reddit · Digg · FarkIt · StumbleUpon. “Climate ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Entertainment

The Sun Daily   

Demi Lovato loves Kylie Jenner's lips   
The Sun Daily
DEMI Lovato (pix) has admitted she loves Kylie Jenner's full lips but says she looks "ridiculous" when she tries a bigger lip look. The 22-year-old singer praised the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star for her "amazing" full pout but says she feels as ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Sports

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Wife of VIP gave Chong Wei tainted pills   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
The wife of a "very influential man" gave national shuttler Lee Chong Wei herbal medicine which resulted in his eight-month ban from competing. According to the 12-page Badminton World Federation (BWF) report, the wife would purchase cordyseps and ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Technology

Financial Express   

Samsung's profit hit by bigger iPhones, sinks 39 percent   
Salon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first quarter net profit plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing earnings from its mobile business to less than half from a year earlier. The company reported ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Business

The Malaysian Insider   

Volatile ringgit ahead with 5% upside: UBS   
The Sun Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: UBS Investment Bank expects the ringgit, which has depreciated 8.63% over the last six months, to continue its volatility, to further appreciate by another 5% towards year-end. "There will be more fluctuation in the ringgit as we go through ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia World

Stuff.co.nz   

Bali 9: Australian police 'have blood on their hands'   
Stuff.co.nz
The Brisbane lawyer who tipped off the Australian police to the Bali 9's activities in 2005 says they "deliberately exposed" the young Australians to the death penalty. The Brisbane-based lawyer for a Bali 9 drug courier spared the death penalty in Indonesia ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Stuff.co.nz   

Bali 9: Australian police 'have blood on their hands'   
Stuff.co.nz
The Brisbane lawyer who tipped off the Australian police to the Bali 9's activities in 2005 says they "deliberately exposed" the young Australians to the death penalty. The Brisbane-based lawyer for a Bali 9 drug courier spared the death penalty in Indonesia ...

2015-04-29 Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Najib ropes in 'we' to battle Dr M   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
COMMENT And so the prime minister has enlisted his second-in-command and the entire cabinet in his war against Dr Mahathir Mohamad. But the former premier is not training his cannons on the rest. He only has Najib Abdul Razak in his crosshairs. He has ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Health

euronews   

China probes doctor over $18 million bribes, 100 houses   
Zee News
Shanghai: China`s top prosecutor is investigating a senior doctor in the country`s western Yunnan province for taking over $18 million worth of bribes in cash, real estate and parking spots, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday. Wang Tianchao, the ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Science

Human contribution to extreme weather rising: study   
GlobalPost (blog)
LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The rarest and most extreme weather events are likely to be more heavily influenced by global warming, which previous study shows is mainly caused by human activity, according to a research paper published Monday by the ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Entertainment

USA TODAY   

Stephen Hawking shares scientific theory about Zayn Malik   
USA TODAY
Heartbroken Zayn Malik fans just got some great news — thanks to theoretical physics. Stephen Hawking beamed into Sydney Opera House Saturday night via hologram to speak about his life, his many accomplishments, his struggles with ALS and …
Stephen Hawking Weighs In On Zayn Malik's Departure From One Direction   Starpulse.com
Hawking: lovelorn girls can win back Zayn in parallel universe   The Australian (blog)
Scientist Hawking tells upset fans Malik may be in parallel One Direction   Daily Times
Los Angeles Times   
Huffington Post   
Daily Star   
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Westword   

Avengers: Age of Ultron An IMAX 3D Experience   
Westword
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a complicated, ticking machine — a cuckoo clock under attack. Returning helmer Joss Whedon is earnestly trying to make a movie out of a bag of bolts: six stars, nine cameos, three enemies, and at least ten films to go before the ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Sports

Silat exponents from 10 countries to take part in OneSilat Championship   
Malay Mail Online
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — The inaugural OneSilat Championship here next month will bring together 20 exponents from 10 countries, including Malaysia. There will be 10 bouts, with the winners of each winning a medal and RM5,400. The event on May 23 is ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Technology

Montreal Gazette   

Apple's latest earnings blow-out shows iPhone is still the engine behind ...   
Montreal Gazette
SAN FRANCISCO - The iPhone is still the engine behind Apple's phenomenal success, even if attention lately has been focused on its new smartwatch. While skeptics question whether the company's future is tied too much to one product, the iPhone's ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Business

The Star Online   

Maxis revenue improves to RM2.15bil   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Telecommunications firm Maxis Bhd's successful transformation is bearing fruit, with revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 inching up to RM2.15bil from RM2.12bil a year ago. However, net profit declined 15.3% to RM410mil in the ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia World

Reuters   

Convicts in isolation cells, await execution in Indonesia   
Reuters
JAKARTA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nine drug traffickers were being held in isolation cells at an Indonesian maximum security prison awaiting execution by firing squad, after Indonesian authorities notified them they had no hope of reprieve. Security at the prison ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Herald Sun   

Bali Nine: Who are the condemned men?   
New Zealand Herald
When they were arrested for their parts in the Bali Nine heroin smuggling effort in 2005, they at least looked the part. Chan, then 21, had a shaved head, gold earrings, tattoos and a smug veneer. Sukumaran, 24, loomed a head above him - silent and defiant.
Guy Pearce urges Prime Minister Abbott to #saveourboys. Source: Supplied   NEWS.com.au
Bali Nine: families of Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran mobbed as they arrive ...   ABC Online
Celeb video shows hatred for PM, not compassion for Bali pair   Herald Sun
The Independent   
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AsiaOne   

Swee Say endorses Chan Chun Sing as the best man for labour chief job   
AsiaOne
WHEN Chan Chun Sing reports for work at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) next Monday as its new secretary-general, he would have only just passed his 100th day as a member of the labour movement. The man he is replacing, Lim Swee Say, ...

2015-04-28 Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysia Chronicle   

Give correct information on GST, Pakatan told   
The Star Online
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been urged to tell the truth about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and refrain from confusing the people with inaccurate information. Penang Barisan Nasional Youth chairman Hng Chee Wey said a lot of ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Health

Malaysia Chronicle   

IS THIS TRUE? M'sian Indians fully support Najib - Subra   
Malaysia Chronicle
KUALA LUMPUR - The relationship between the Indian community in the country and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has always been good, said MIC deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Speaking to the reporters after witnessing ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Science

Times of India   

Embryonic Research   
Financial Express
Weeks after the pioneers of gene-editing techniques warned against germline editing, or the modification of the genome in human embryos, Chinese scientists have confirmed that they indeed tried it out, but with very poor results. Though the Chinese ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Entertainment

The Star Online   

Concertgoers upset over 11th hour cancellation   
The Star Online
Nothing to see here: A security guard closing the door to the venue at MIECC after the event organisers cleared the location. PETALING JAYA: Ticket holders to the “Thirst 2015: We Are All Stardust” concert were anticipating an all-night long party. But just ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Sports

Astro Awani   

Malaysian supporters must upkeep country's image when in Singapore for SEA ...   
Astro Awani
Malaysian fans, supporters and even players should maintain the image of the country when competing in the Singapore SEA Games. close. The content may have been removed, or is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Technology

USA TODAY   

My weekend with Apple Watch — and the verdict is....   
USA TODAY
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — I've spent four days with the new Apple Watch, and have finally worked out the learning curve issues. Am I in love? Not yet. And if I was looking at buying the year's most-hyped tech device, I'd certainly wait for Apple to iron out ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Business

Malay Mail Online   

Share prices open higher on positive sentiment   
The Sun Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: The positive trend in Asian stock markets boosted sentiment on Bursa Malaysia with share prices opening higher this morning. At 9.09am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 2.23 points better at 1,864.81 after ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia World

CBC.ca   

Nepal earthquake: Death toll rises to over 3200   
CBC.ca
The death toll from Nepal's earthquake rose to 3,218 on Monday, two days after the massive quake ripped across this Himalayan nation, leaving tens of thousands shell-shocked and sleeping in streets. Aid groups received the first word from remote mountain ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Herald Sun   

UN Chief Appeals to Indonesia Not to Carry Out Executions   
Jakarta Globe
A handout picture released by the Indonesian presidential palace shows United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, greeting President Joko Widodo during a meeting on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Nov.
Why Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran should not be executed   Herald Sun
The end looms ... the crosses prepared for those to be executed. Picture ...   NEWS.com.au
Indonesia issues execution orders   BBC News

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The Malaysian Insider   

Ops underway to bring stranded Malaysians back from Nepal   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Security Council (NSC) has activated its operations to bring back Malaysians stranded in Nepal following the earthquake on Saturday. NSC secretary Datuk Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab said Malaysians would be ...

2015-04-27 Malaysia Malaysia

Malaysia Chronicle   

HUGE TURNOUT at Rompin forum shows voters swinging to PAS   
Malaysia Chronicle
ROMPIN - Although Rompin is a BN stronghold, yesterday's turnout at a forum was reflective of a possible swing of voters towards PAS. This led political analyst Khoo Kay Peng to describe the Rompin by-election as one that will be determined by ...

2015-04-26 Malaysia Health

Free Malaysia Today   

Academy complementing local varsities in training family physicians   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: In an effort to improve primary care services, the Academy of Family Physicians signed an MoU with the Government to formalise the recognition of its training to produce family physicians. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said ...

2015-04-26 Malaysia Science

Malay Mail Online   

DNA of identical twins separated in scientific first   
Malay Mail Online
Identical twins continue to confuse forensic scientists with their matching DNA, but a recent breakthrough could help distinguish them. — AFP picLONDON, April 25 — The last hurdle in the domain of DNA profiling was cleared when scientists differentiated ...

2015-04-26 Malaysia Entertainment

Hype Malaysia   

Thirst 2015 cancelled   
The Sun Daily
PETALING JAYA: Heineken's Thirst 2015: We Are All Stardust scheduled to take place tonight at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) has been canceled after the sudden revocation of several necessary permits by authorities.
Thirst concertgoers left frustrated after 11th hour cancellation   New Straits Times Online
Authorities shut down Thirst 2015   Malay Mail Online
Thirst concert cancelled at 11th hour   The Star Online
The Rakyat Post   
Hype Malaysia   
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The Star Online   

Evolution of Indian cinema on show at local university   
The Star Online
Bollywood fans: Aditi Singh, 15, (left) and Ashwariya Rastugi, 14, checking out Shah Rukh's poster at the interactive exhibition. — FAIHAN GHANI / The Star. KUALA LUMPUR: Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho was once quoted as saying “Of course, I follow ...