Monthly Archives: December 2022
Surging UK energy bills spark tensions among tenants
LONDON (AFP) - Britain’s cost-of-living crisis has turned into a bitter winter in households trying to keep their energy bills down: Some lecture flatmates...
Brazilian football legend Pelé dead at 82
SAO PAULO (AFP) - Brazilian football icon Pelé, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time,...
Beautiful sights, delicious food
Lyna Mohammad
From digging into the authentic taste of laksa Sarawak and kolo mee to treating myself to generous servings of seafood and the ever...
Travellers entering Malaysia must go through fever screening, says health minister
PUTRAJAYA (BERNAMA) - All travellers arriving from abroad, including from China, must go through a fever screening at the International Entry Points (PMA) in...
Fearing the worst
BAN KO SAMAESAN (AFP) - Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of...
17 pushers netted in ‘Sai-Gone’ raid: NCB
Lyna Mohamad
Despite serving time in jail and caned for an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) Chapter 27 and released in 2020,...
ExxonMobil seeks to block EU tax on windfall energy profits
NEW YORK (AFP) - United States energy giant ExxonMobil filed suit on Wednesday against the European Union (EU) seeking to block its temporary tax...
‘You have lung cancer’: UK patients told in text error
LONDON (AFP) - A doctors' surgery in England has apologised after sending patients a text telling them they had advanced lung cancer instead of...
Crumbling Clermont braced for Toulouse in Top 14
PARIS (AFP) - All eyes will be on Clermont on New Year’s Day as they welcome Toulouse to the Stade Marcel Michelin at a...
Food for thought
Nancy Clanton
ANN/THE STAR - Numerous studies have linked the consumption of ultra-processed foods with a greater risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cancer, obesity...