NEW YORK: Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies.

KUALA LUMPUR: Four people were killed after their car, heading towards Ulu Klang on the Middle Ring Road 2, was rammed by a car careering down Bukit Antarabangsa.

HONG KONG: He has trained on Broadway and been a Wall Street banker. Now, Adrian Cheng, 33-year-old scion of the world's largest jewellery retailer and one of Asia's leading property developers is gearing up for his latest challenge - modernizing his family's $25 billion empire for what ...

NEW YORK: With the broad S&P 500 Index gliding once again into uncharted territory and posting four straight weeks of gains, the talk of Wall Street's rally inevitably hitting a ceiling is starting to get old.

DUNGUN: A 12-hour fire, suspected of being started by the open burning of rubbish, razed more than 40ha of forest in Kuala Abang here.

GEORGE TOWN: The state government's Thanksgiving rally drew a large crowd of Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the Esplanade, Padang Kota lama here on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country.

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday.

NEW YORK: Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.

PETALING JAYA: Four decades ago, Dennis Lewis was a young bank officer in London ready to scale the corporate ladder.

KUALA LUMPUR: Another day, another record tumbles.

NEW YORK: Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the SandP 500 finished at fresh record highs, driven by gains in energ...

LE MANS: Teenager Hafizh Syahrin needs a dose of good luck if he is to get a good result on race day of the France MotoGP Grand Prix at Le Mans today.

KUANTAN: Pahang's Danial Nuqman Khairul Nizam made a memorable debut in the National Schools Athletic Championships (MSSM) when he smashed the 19-year-old record in the boys' Under-12 blue riband event at the Darul Makmur Stadium last night.

ALOR SETAR 18 Mei - Menteri Besar, Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr. Mahathir mengarahkan aktiviti pembalakan di Gunung Inas Baling dan Tasik Pedu Padang Terap yang dibantah rakyat, dihentikan bagi mengelakkan ia memberi...

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Mei - Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) akan menjalankan siasatan menyeluruh berhubung dakwaan konspirasi menggulingkan kerajaan melalui demonstrasi jalanan dan rusuhan dengan nama Malaysia...

MOBILE, Alabama: American Jennifer Johnson fired a seven-under par 65 on Sunday to seize her first LPGA title, posting a one-shot victory over Pornanong Phatlum and Jessica Korda in the Mobile Bay Classic.

KUALA LUMPUR 17 Mei - Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) mempelawa semua pihak termasuk pemimpin sayap pemuda parti-parti pembangkang untuk memberi sebarang idea dalam mengembalikan kerukunan serta perpaduan...

KUALA LUMPUR 17 Mei - Kerajaan tidak akan memberi sebarang amaran kepada mana-mana pihak yang bercadang mahu mencetuskan huru-hara sebaliknya akan terus bertindak secara tegas. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Mei - Pelbagai pihak tampil menyatakan sokongan terhadap kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi supaya mana-mana pihak yang berterusan menjadikan undi popular...

PETALING JAYA: New Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will look into the ongoing and proposed projects by the ministry before making any decisions.

(NST) -  Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has been asked to justify the reappointment of PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Selangor economic adviser. Kuang assemblyman Abdul Shukur Idrus said in the past five years Anwar had brought no apparent investment into S...

The number of recruited “988 Secret Tune Secret Agent” is steadily increasing. You too should be an agent if you want to win a car.

Another gorgeous model fronts The MTV Show but VJ Hanli is far from just a pretty face.

Video parodi "Sayang" yang dimuat naik di laman YouTube nyata membawa tuah buat Bobo apabila dia kini sah menjadi artis bawah naungan Metrowealth International Group yang diterajui oleh penerbit terkenal David Teo.

  JOHANNESBURG, May 19 — South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 per cent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labour climate. Africa...

KABUL, May 19 — Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan’s disputed border with Pakistan. Kabul’s overtures to Ne...

Sesuai dengan kemunculan Ryan Sky Dalton dalam hidup penyanyi senior popular, Ning Baizura dengan suaminya Omar Chris Dalton, penyanyi berkenaan telah melancarkan lagu dan muzik video berjudul Pelangi Untukmu.

CANNES, France: A decades-old rivalry between a Bollywood wannabe and a brutal police chief shines a light on Mumbai's dark side, in Indian director Anurag Kashyap's fast-moving psychological thriller "Ugly" about the kidnapping of a young girl.

There's no slowing down The Fast And The Furious franchise that introduced us to heart-thumping street racing and high-speed heists.

KUALA LUMPUR: Empat maut dalam kemalangan ngeri di Lebuhraya Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2) berhampiran Bukit Antarabangsa, di sini, petang tadi.

SANDAKAN - Usahawan bumiputera perlu bersifat agresif dan tidak takut untuk mencuba agar mereka mampu bersaing dengan usahawan lain yang jelas memonopoli sektor-sektor tertentu di negara ini.

NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said Saturday.

PARIS: A capacity crowd chanting his name, the Eiffel Tower in the background: even by his own glamorous standards, David Beckham got a special send-off on Saturday as he headed into retirement with another title in the bag. “Tonight was a nice way to go out, in front of my family an...

GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – Thousands turned up at the Esplanade to attend the Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government rally this evening despite the police declaring it an illegal rally. The crowd started streaming in from 7pm and by 10pm, they had filled more than half the field. The crow...

MAY 19 — An old Native American saying gives this sage advice: "If you are unfortunate enough to find yourself on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount immediately." Sadly, I did not follow this wise counsel and found myself on the carcass of a PPP steed that had passed on f...

VATICAN CITY, May 19 — Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200,000 people, urging the faithful to be open and present in a new and changing world. The Church should ask itself daily whether it is r...

KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar akan bekerjasama dengan kerajaan negeri menubuhkan pasukan khas bagi melihat isu pemusnahan hutan dan cerun bukit di negara ini.

Kuala Terengganu: Calon yang bertanding pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) ke-13 diminta memastikan semua bahan kempen mereka, termasuk replika dan bendera, diturunkan selewat-lewatnya hari ini.

SUNGAI PETANI - Seorang bapa hari ini merayu agar anak gadisnya yang menghilangkan diri sejak dua bulan lalu, kembali ke pangkuan keluarga.

Meena Lakshana, fz.comPakatan Rakyat's popular vote win in GE13 is limited to four states and Kuala Lumpur, according to an analysis by Sinar Harian. The daily said that even though Pakatan obtained 52% of the national popular vote against 47% by BN, it did not secure the popular vote ...

Medan (Indonesia): Apabila saya genggam al-Quran itu (al-Quran mini atau turut dipanggil al-Quran Istanbul) dan minta kawan tetak tangan dengan parang, tangan saya langsung tak cedera,” kata lelaki Malaysia yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Cik Mat.

BESUT - Seorang pesawah parah ditetak ketika menunggang motosikal untuk pulang ke rumahnya di Kampung Pak Wong, Jerteh di sini, Rabu lepas.

The opposition leader tells a crowd of 20,000 at a Black 505 rally in Seremban that he may be branded a traitorZefry Dahalan, FMT Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim last night told of about 20,000 at a Black 505 rally in Seremban last night that he may be arrested soon and charged. “I wan...

Eric Loo, fz.comA friend emailed a photo story on May 3 of "foreign workers" arriving at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal, KLIA, in Sepang. It said the workers were being brought in to vote for Barisan Nasional (BN). Phantom voters! I checked with a colleague if the story was accurate. ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia suffered a shocking 2-3 defeat to lowly Taiwan in their opening Group C Sudirman Cup match at the Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, here, Sunday. The embarrassing loss, especially by the top men's double pair Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, drew f...

Billionaire Carlos Slim's latest acquisitive foray meets resistanceSlim ventured into soccer in Sept, when he bought 30% of the shares in the Leon and Pachuca teams through his company America Movil.

PETALING JAYA - Kementerian Belia dan Sukan akan menyiasat dakwaan kehadiran sebilangan bookie semasa perlawanan Liga Perdana antara Kuala Lumpur dan Sime Darby FC di Stadium Bola Sepak Kuala Lumpur, Cheras, semalam.

Boo Su-Lyn, TMI Student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim was arrested this afternoon under the Sedition Act that his lawyer believes is due to his remarks at a forum on May 13. Adam Adli, 24 (picture), had apparently told a forum at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall th...