KUALA LUMPUR: With a sape in one hand and a stool in the other, Desmond Jak Maan sets up his “stage” along the Kuching waterfront, hoping to earn more from busking today than the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR: Agriculture and logging activities are drawing out bacteria from deep beneath the soil, contributing to incidences of melioidosis — a rare but fatal disease.

KUALA LUMPUR: N. Poolohgasingam did not think he was unwell when his son commented that he had lost weight during a visit in 2020.