PARIS, Feb 2 — Small dogs with long noses, such as whippets and miniature dachshunds, live for years longer than large flat-faced breeds such as English bulldogs, new research said on Thursday. The study, which is based on data from more than half a million dogs across the UK, aims to help people planning to … Read more
COMMENTARY, Dec 21 — This looks like another bowl of homemade tong sui or Cantonese dessert soup. Hot soy milk, sun-kissed orbs of ginkgo… and round rice dumplings. Sometimes it’s a clear ginger soup, sweetened with brown sugar. Sometimes it’s red bean soup or black sesame soup. Hung dau sui or zi ma wu. Sometimes … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Former health minister and MCA vice president Datuk Chua Jui Meng has died today. The death of 80-year-old Chua, who was also the country’s longest-serving health minister, was announced by Segamat MP R. Yuneswaran. “My condolences to the Datuk Chua Jui Meng’s family. He has returned to his creator earlier … Read more
PUTRAJAYA – Tangga Putrajaya di Taman Putra Perdana Presint 1, Putrajaya diiktiraf sebagai “The Longest Stairway In A Public Park” oleh Malaysia Book of Record (MBOR). Pengarah Komunikasi Korporat PPj Norzita Abdul Razak dalam kenyataannya berkata, Tangga Putrajaya seluas 1.2 ekar di atas cerun Taman Putra Perdana menarik perhatian pelancong seperti mana di Spanish Steps … Read more
HANOI: A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said Wednesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LOS ANGELES: The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which will bathe the Moon in red, will be visible Thursday and Friday for a big slice of humanity. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
