BTS’ V announces new single ‘FRI(END)S’ to be released on March 15 (VIDEO)

BTS’ V announces new single ‘FRI(END)S’ to be released on March 15 (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — V of Kpop boy band BTS will be back with a new single dropping on March 15. Announced on BTS’ Instagram Story yesterday (March 3), FRI(END)S will be a romantic and witty pop soul R&B track that is written entirely in English. The artwork features a smashed old iPhone with … Read more

Usher dazzles at Super Bowl halftime show with help from his friends

Usher dazzles at Super Bowl halftime show with help from his friends

LAS VEGAS, Feb 12 — Usher delivered a high-energy Super Bowl halftime show yesterday that featured surprise appearances by some of his most famous collaborators as the R&B star rolled through a parade of his hits. Sitting at a red piano, Alicia Keys was the first to be revealed as the two united to perform … Read more

Money laundering case: Prosecution objects to Muhyiddin’s passport release to attend friend’s restaurant opening in Bangkok

Money laundering case: Prosecution objects to Muhyiddin’s passport release to attend friend’s restaurant opening in Bangkok

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The prosecution in former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s money laundering case has objected to his application to obtain a temporary release of his international passport again, this time to travel to Bangkok, Thailand on February 15. In the prosecution’s counter affidavit to the application obtained by the media, … Read more

Taiwan funny man Jacky Wu and friends to perform at Arena of Stars in April

Taiwan funny man Jacky Wu and friends to perform at Arena of Stars in April

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Get ready to have your funny bone tickled this April when Taiwanese TV personality Jacky Wu performs with his friends at the Arena of Stars. In the 6pm show on April 20, Wu will be performing alongside Coke Lee, Seafood, Miusa, Chris Chen and Rick Wu, also known as LucyPIE. … Read more

Two friends charged with housebreaking involving losses worth more than RM1m in Ipoh

Two friends charged with housebreaking involving losses worth more than RM1m in Ipoh

IPOH, Jan 26 ― A carpenter and his salesman friend were jointly charged in the Sessions Court here today with breaking into a house, resulting in losses of more than RM1 million, last month. Tan Kok Leong, 56, and Chan Weng Aon, 39, pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read out before Judge … Read more

Alor Gajah cops nab teen for hatching ‘arrest’ plot with friends to grift mum

Alor Gajah cops nab teen for hatching ‘arrest’ plot with friends to grift mum

ALOR GAJAH, Jan 18 — A teenage boy, who concocted a plan for his own ‘arrest’ with two other friends impersonating policemen so that they could deceive his mother into paying for his ‘release’, was arrested recently, police said. Alor Gajah district police chief Supt Arshad Abu, in a statement today, said on November 25, … Read more

Have critical friends outside of your inner circles, Anwar tells Cabinet members

Have critical friends outside of your inner circles, Anwar tells Cabinet members

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 23 — Cabinet members must not restrict themselves to the views of yes-men and should have other advisers who could be critical of their decisions on policies, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today. Speaking to senior editors in a dialogue session, Anwar conceded that members of his administration have been grappling … Read more

Apes also remember friends they haven’t seen for ages, say scientists

Apes also remember friends they haven’t seen for ages, say scientists

PARIS, Dec 22 — For many people, the festive season is an opportunity to catch up with old acquaintances, sometimes going back years or even decades without face-to-face contact. And now a study published in the journal PNAS shows that we’re not the only species that can recall and recognise friends we haven’t seen for … Read more

Four friends spot Malayan tiger along Jalan Gua Musang-Lojing

Four friends spot Malayan tiger along Jalan Gua Musang-Lojing

GUA MUSANG, Dec 15 — It was an unforgettable journey for four friends who were travelling from Cameron Highlands to Kuala Terengganu when they spotted a Malayan tiger along Jalan Gua Musang-Lojing, here yesterday. Norra Haiyu Rashid, 44, said the incident occurred at about 3.15pm when the four of them, who are civil servants, had … Read more

Analysts: PAS using ‘Dr Sam’ as Perikatan’s future PM candidate to win over both friends and foes

Analysts: PAS using ‘Dr Sam’ as Perikatan’s future PM candidate to win over both friends and foes

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — PAS’ sudden representation of Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as a candidate to be its prime minister was the Islamist party’s acknowledgement that it must still court the moderate and non-Malay vote for this to happen, according to analysts. Despite the party’s embrace of communal politics heading … Read more