Archives for August 22, 2016

DURIAN lovers, rejoice! Your favourite season has graced us once more. From the much beloved Musang King, to the D13, durian connoisseurs can look forward to their annual hunt for durians.

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysians in Sabah and Sarawak are just as pleased with the performance of the Olympians.

SEREMBAN: The name Ibrahim Anon may not ring a bell. But Ujang and Aku Budak Minang might jog the memory. A renowned cartoonist, Ujang is the creative mind behind many legendary comic characters that many of us grew up with.

The buttes and mesas captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars look of similar shape and condition to the buttes and mesas on Earth, especially the southwestern US.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) arrested two local men in possession of four bear paws and one gall bladder, suspected to be from at least one poached sun bear, yesterday.

Peter Johns found himself preparing to celebrate his daughter’s 18th birthday in in Cheshire and the doting father didn’t think jewellery or clothes were ‘special’ enough, so decided to write a book.

KOTA BELUD: Two teachers were killed when the boat they were travelling in capsized at Sungai Rampaian Laut near here.

Team GB stunned the world by relegating China into third in the final table last night with a staggering 67 medals. Traditional rivals such as France, Germany and Australia were left trailing.

Study lead author Doctor James Iveniuk, of the University of Toronto in Canada, said: ‘We found that older individuals who had more family in their network were less likely to die.’