KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic at several major highways was reported to be slow moving, as more people begin to return from their home villages after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration last Friday.

PUTRAJAYA: The announcement of the full Cabinet line-up could take place at the end of this week, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on Monday (June 18).

KUALA LUMPUR: Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma has launched the group's first office in South-East Asia here at the UOA corporate building in Bangsar South.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he had a good exchange of ideas on various subjects with Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman Jack Ma at their meeting in Putrajaya on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma has arrived at the UOA corporate building in Bangsar South, accompanied by Chinese ambassador Bai Tian.

PETALING JAYA: AirAsia will double the number of flights between Kota Kinabalu and Singapore to 14 flights weekly from August.

SEREMBAN: Diesel has leaked into a small river near Kuala Pilah after a tanker lorry with 20,000 litres of fuel overturned into a 3m-deep ravine following an accident with a car along Jalan Pelangai Hilir on Monday (June 18).

PETALING JAYA: Former Johor DAP chairman Dr Boo Cheng Hau has urged Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun not to take legal action until the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has completed its investigation into the Ramadan bazaar scandal.

PUTRAJAYA: Japan has expressed willingness to share its expertise in disaster management with Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR: A source has refuted a tendering agent's claims that not many companies can afford the bank guarantee in order to participate in the tender process for medical supplies to the Health Ministry.

PETALING JAYA: Alibaba founder and chief executive officer Jack Ma met Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at his office in Putrajaya on Monday (June 18) morning.

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SHAH ALAM: Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa as Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN), reported Sinar Harian.

MARAN: Police detained a woman for allegedly killing her two-year-old son when she slit his throat at their home here on Sunday (June 17) night.

PETALING JAYA: Government and non-governmental organisations should help curb food wastage during festivals, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

UNIVERSITY students and professionals, including accountants and engineers, are among those syndicates recruit as agents during the World Cup season, Oriental Daily reported.

LANGKAWI: Figuratively speaking, it was a landing that seemed more massive than the famous eagle thats perched on the island.

ACTRESS Noorkhiriah (pic) said she enjoyed playing Aishah in the drama series Nur despite getting brickbats and negative messages on social media over her role, Metro Ahad reported.

KUALA LUMPUR: The next spotlight for the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) saga will be the intense battle of the legal eagles.

PETALING JAYA: Jack Ma is believed to have met Lim Guan Eng over an informal dinner on Sunday (June 17) night ahead of the opening of Alibaba's office in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

PETALING JAYA: A list of the Umno presidential "candidates list", has been sighted by The Star, but not everyone may qualify to be candidates due to criteria specified in the party constitution.

KUALA LUMPUR: Seven names have been submitted for the post of Umno president, the highest number in the party's history.

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin says that his candidacy for the Umno president's post will provide a choice for members that represents a 'generational shift' within the party.

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan Sabah is expected to file several GE14 election petitions on Monday (June 18), including one involving former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman.

PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry will purchase and provide diesel for schools in Sarawak that use generators to generate electricity after the supplier responsible, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, failed to do so.

MIRI: Two plantation workers were arrested on Saturday night (June 16) over the rape of an eight-year-old girl, said Miri police chief Asst Comm Lim Meng Seah.

LANGKAWI: Social media is abuzz with news that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor are in Langkawi.

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddins entrance as a contender for the Umno presidency has received a lot of support, including from Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin has confirmed his candidacy to contest for the post of Umno president.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Noh Omar will contest an Umno supreme council post in the party polls on June 30.

KUANTAN: There is a possibility of bringing the beautiful game to Malaysia in the future as the country can jointly host the 2034 FIFA World Cup with three other Asean countries.

PETALING JAYA: The technical glitch that caused Malaysian websites with .my domain names to be inaccessible since last night has been fixed. The domain service was restored at 3pm on Saturday (June 16), MyNic Bhd confirmed in a statement.

PETALING JAYA: Umno should not be split into two factions in a similar way to what happened in 1987, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

HATYAI: A 29-year-old Malaysian man from Kuala Lumpur slipped and plunged to his death early on Saturday (June 16) from the eighth floor of a hotel in Hatyai near the Thailand-Malaysia border.

PETALING JAYA: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Pribumi) has lodged a police report to investigate claims that a youth leader misused his political powers to overcharge Ramadan bazaar traders in Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA: Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has given a detailed analysis of the voting results for his constituency, refuting allegations of phantom voters.

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Patriots Association (Patriot) on Saturday called for an investigation "with full vigour of the law" against the so-called Ramadan Bazaar scandal, saying it is the "first red mark" for the Government.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Education Ministry is considering increasing allocations for Chinese schools in the state, said Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew.

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said that he won the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat legitimately based on voter support for his long years of service and commitment to the constituency.

KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has confirmed he will contest the post of Umno president.