India hands out fines to owners of polluting vehicles, building sites
New Delhi is the world's most polluted major city, Swiss group IQAir said in its live rankings.
Mon Nov 04 2024
Ringgit weakness significantly impacts Malaysia's IMD competitiveness ranking - Tengku Zafrul
Drop in rank from 27th to 34th in 2024 due to using outdated 2023 data to assess national competitiveness, ministry study finds.
Fri Jun 21 2024
Harimau Malaya climb three rungs in FIFA rankings, Thailand in Top 100
Harimau Malaya climbed three spots in the latest FIFA rankings, now placed 135th in the world.
Thu Jun 20 2024
London jumps into top 10 in global ‘most expensive cities’ list
Here are the 2024 cost-of-living city rankings from Mercer.
Mon Jun 17 2024
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows
Because of the climate conditions and geography (in South Asia), the pollution has nowhere to go, said Christi Chester Schroeder.
Tue Mar 19 2024
Thailand soars 12 spots in FIFA rankings, now sit at 101
In Southeast Asia, Thailand maintains the highest FIFA ranking, leading ahead of Vietnam, M'sia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Fri Feb 16 2024
Argentina leads 2023 FIFA rankings
World champions Argentina firmly held onto their world No 1 position at the end of 2023, as FIFA announced the year-ending men's world rankings on Thursday, reported Xinhua.
Fri Dec 22 2023
YEARENDER - Djokovic still the man but youngsters knocking on the door
Playing some of his best tennis at 36, Novak Djokovic have crossed a record 400 weeks at the top of the world rankings.
Sat Dec 09 2023
London is Best City in the world - Resonance
The rankings quantify and benchmark the relative quality of place, reputation and competitive identity for the planet's urban centres.
Wed Oct 04 2023
Leading for sustainability: USM maintains fourth place in the world
USM is now ranked first in Asia as a result and in SDG16, USM holds the top global ranking.
Fri Jun 02 2023
Aaron-Wooi Yik drop one spot in world ranking
Reigning men's doubles world champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik slipped one rung down to third spot in world rankings.
Wed May 31 2023
MAHB gears up for transformation initiatives to increase passenger traffic
Datuk Iskandar Mahmood said that this would be critical to bring its airports back to the top-tier global rankings.
Thu Apr 27 2023
Harimau Malaya jump seven rungs in FIFA rankings to to 138th spot
The last time Malaysia reached the same position on the ranking list was in 2011.
Thu Apr 06 2023
World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies at 118 - Retirement home
Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, had survived COVID last year.
Wed Jan 18 2023
Hailey Bieber is the world's most popular beauty icon for 2022
Rankings, retrospectives and trends cascade across the web throughout the last days of the year outline who and what has defined the trends.
Thu Dec 01 2022
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024