Cover Media Video: Cameron Diaz’s ring sparks engagement rumours |
- Cover Media Video: Cameron Diaz’s ring sparks engagement rumours
- England’s Hodgson slams Liverpool’s Rodgers over Sterling’s fitness woes
- Far-right is alright? First elected UKIP lawmaker sworn in
- Asian stocks fall, extending rout in global equities
- A little education goes a long way — Gareth Corsi
- Mh17: Dutch return to crash site, resumes search
| Cover Media Video: Cameron Diaz’s ring sparks engagement rumours Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:57 PM PDT Duration: 01:06, Published 14 Oct 2014 Since George Clooney has resigned from his post as Hollywood's most eligible bachelor, it now appears that his counterpart may be doing the same, as Cameron Diaz has been spotted with a sparkly ring on her finger. — Cover Media  |
| England’s Hodgson slams Liverpool’s Rodgers over Sterling’s fitness woes Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:52 PM PDT
Hodgson's relationship with Rodgers was again put in the spotlight after he claimed Liverpool midfielder Raheem Sterling asked to be excluded from the England team for Sunday's 1-0 win in Estonia because he felt tired. Shortly after revealing the details of the conversation with Sterling, Hodgson told Rodgers he must do his bit to ensure the 19-year-old does not suffer from further physical and mental fatigue. The 67-year-old then went a step further by criticising one of the methods Rodgers uses to try to ensure his quickest players, presumably including Sterling, recover properly from matches. Rodgers revealed last month that he is a strong believer in giving his "fast" players two-days to recover from matches due to the stresses and strains their speed causes on their bodies. Rodgers spoke of his frustration at Hodgson's refusal to adopt the two-day recovery method for Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge last month after he pulled a thigh muscle during a sprint at an England training session. And it is understood Rodgers also gives Sterling two days off after games as he thinks it aids the pacy player's return to peak fitness. But Hodgson says there is little evidence the programme benefits players' recovery times. "Raheem might say it is something that is becoming ingrained in him and that he felt the need to talk about being tired more than he would normally do," Hodgson said. "But we have never had any problems with that. I don't think there is a lot of medical evidence to support the 'two-day recovery'. "So if you want to, you might want to research that one. "Certainly, the Germans who you admire so much—they don't do it. That is for certain. "I would expect players not to take it for granted that there will be two-day recoveries." Twitter blast In the early hours of Monday morning Sterling responded on Twitter to those who had ridiculed him for asking to be rested just eight weeks into the season. "Now, listening too... Excuse me for being human??," the 19-year-old wrote after retweeting two critical messages posted to him on the micro-blogging website. It is understood that England's medical staff will be contacting their counterparts at Liverpool this week to talk about Sterling's fitness. And Hodgson himself will call Rodgers to discuss the matter. "I think I should speak to Brendan, but it really is very simple and I am sure he understands that situation," Hodgson said. "Raheem has played a lot of games recently and it is the first year in the Champions League for Liverpool for a while so the games have obviously been quite high pressure games, and I will tell him he looked a bit tired and I made the decision from that to play Adam Lallana. "But Brendan has been talking anyway about the pressures Raheem has been under and the fatigue that may have set in a little bit so I am pretty sure that he will be dealing over the next month with Raheem as he sees fair." Meanwhile, England captain Wayne Rooney has revealed he will celebrate racking up a century of caps by walking out at Wembley next month with his two children. Rooney will soon be bracketed alongside the likes of Bobby Moore, David Beckham and Bobby Charlton, with his 100th cap set to arrive in next month's European Championship qualifier against Slovenia. "It will be great. It's a great honour to get 100 caps for England," Rooney said. "I did not think it was possible when I first got into the team. "Obviously, my two boys will walk onto the pitch with me, but that will be it I think." — AFP |
| Far-right is alright? First elected UKIP lawmaker sworn in Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:42 PM PDT
Douglas Carswell defected from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives but was re-elected in his old seat of Clacton, southeast England, last week with a majority of over 12,000. Watching from a gallery, Farage grinned broadly as Carswell was sworn in amid silence in the Commons, promising to be "faithful to her majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God". Carswell later took his seat on the other side of the chamber to his former Conservative colleagues, among members of the main opposition Labour party. As he arrived at parliament in pouring rain to represent his new party for the first time earlier, Carswell was on cheerful form, posing in front of the Big Ben clock tower with his thumbs up. "I'm reinvigorated. Democracy works... I think change is coming—people in the country feel let down by the two-party system," he said. Meanwhile, Farage was asked by journalists if Carswell's swearing in felt like an emotional moment for the party. "It does. I think it is a moment," he said. But some Conservative lawmakers seemed uneasy at Farage's presence in the Commons, even though he could join their number if he wins the seat he is standing for at next year's general election. "Farage is NOT behind glass. Can he be trusted not to hurl something at us?" one Conservative MP, Michael Fabricant, joked on Twitter. The rise of UKIP, which emerged as victors in Britain in May's European elections, has sent jitters through Cameron's centre-right Conservatives as it threatens to split the right-wing vote at the 2015 general election. The party once dismissed by the prime minister as "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" wants Britain to leave the European Union and to severely restrict immigration, capitalising on increasing disenchantment with Westminster's main political parties. Carswell's win came on the same day as UKIP narrowly lost out on a shock victory in a second seat, Heywood and Middleton in northwest England, traditionally a stronghold of the main opposition Labour party. A second former Conservative MP, Mark Reckless, has also defected to UKIP and a by-election in his seat of Rochester and Strood, southeast England, is expected to be held next month. — AFP |
| Asian stocks fall, extending rout in global equities Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:41 PM PDT
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.6 per cent to 135.60 as of 9.04am in Tokyo before markets in China and Hong Kong open. The gauge dropped 8.8 per cent from its year high in July through yesterday as the Federal Reserve contemplates when to raise interest rates and a faltering recovery in Europe sparked concern global economic growth will slow. "Pessimism is coming back into the market amid the slump in US equities," said Nader Naeimi, who helps manage about US$125 billion (RM407.6 billion) as head of dynamic asset allocation at Sydney-based AMP Capital Investors Ltd. "It's been a while since we had a gut-shaking correction in the US It will take a while before the market can build a firmer base. There are a lot of worries about global growth." Japan's Topix index tumbled 2 per cent after markets reopened from a holiday. South Korea's Kospi index was little changed. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 0.4 per cent. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index lost 0.8 per cent. Futures on the S&P 500 added 0.4 per cent. The underlying gauge declined 1.7 per cent yesterday in New York, bringing losses the past three days to 4.8 per cent, the most since November 2011. A rout in global equities wiped US$1.54 trillion from shares last week, with the S&P 500 tumbling 3.1 per cent for its worst drop in two years, amid growing concern of an international economic slowdown. Fed officials said over the weekend that the threat from overseas may lead to rate increases being delayed. The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global growth last week and said the euro area faces the risk of a recession. Tensions escalated in Hong Kong yesterday as a mob tried to tear down barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters near the city's business district, and student leaders vowed to defend front lines under threat of police moves to clear them. ― Bloomberg |
| A little education goes a long way — Gareth Corsi Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:40 PM PDT
It works and I know it works because my best friend, Ian, is a product of such a system. And, aside from the occasional beer-fuelled rant, he is one of the most interesting and well-rounded individuals I have come across in near enough four decades on this planet. We did not grow up together, were not neighbours or from the same hometown. In fact, as young Welshmen, we did not meet until we were at university, drunk in a dark dingy rock club, discussing the nuances of the Nine Inch Nails like they were the works of Plato or Aristotle. In England. Despite both sets of parents not speaking a word of Welsh, Ian's parents decided to send him to a Welsh-speaking school. Meanwhile, I went to an English-speaking state school. In terms of fees, teaching and curriculums, there was no difference. The two sets of schools were entirely state funded, we learnt exactly the same subjects in exactly the same way, the only difference being he learnt in Welsh, I learnt in English. As such, by the time we left school, he was fully bilingual and my Welsh was utterly pathetic. One thing to note was that we also went to school just before a turning point in Welsh education. With the "mother tongue" on the decline in Wales in the 1980s, the government decided to act and from the year behind me in school, children were all required to learn Welsh at least as a second language up to the age of 16. As such, from a mere 20 per cent of the population speaking Welsh in 1980s, now this figure is in the high 80s. Welsh language and culture flourishes. You could draw parallels between Wales and Malaysia, and no doubt the proponents of the vernacular school system will rejoice. But there are significant differences. Before this turnaround, English-Welsh relations were decidedly frosty. We were a down-trodden people who, for several centuries, had to put up with English domination. However, over the past 20 years or so, the country has been transformed in no small part to allowing the Welsh the freedom to speak their own language and celebrate their culture. Far from dividing the two countries, it has ushered in a new era of integration and cooperation. So now, unlike Scotland, less than three per cent of Welshmen are in favour of independence. We appreciate what the English have done for us, not least for giving us rugby — a sport in which we take great pleasure in destroying them. Regularly. Old rivalries and all that. Yet, in Malaysia, education here is divisive in nature. State schools appear geared towards the Malay majority, while vernacular schools are similarly focused on Chinese or Tamil culture. While all the political rhetoric drones on about harmony etc, there doesn't seem to be a middle ground in education. This breeds racism and resentment from an early age, not least with bumiputera policies overshadowing everything. It is as plain as day. You can tell people who have been educated almost entirely with their own kind, because as adults they gravitate to their own kind more than those who were exposured to different cultures, to the point where some will not mix, full stop. These people are also more overtly racist, clearly expressing their desire for social exclusion, not inclusion. I see and hear it every day, at every level of society. Malaysian education needs an overhaul. If vernacular schools are to stay, then they should be entirely funded by the state and enshrined in the Constitution. Malaysian children in every school need extensive education in the other languages and cultures of this fair country, be taught to include and find each other's strengths, not view theirs from a different background as the enemy. They need to understand their brethren, even if they don't agree. That appreciation will go a long way to cutting out many of the petty and pathetic arguments that dominate our national headlines today. Or bury our heads in the sand, point fingers and remain a divided nation. * Gareth Corsi is a news editor at Malay Mail. He can be contacted at [email protected] ** This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of Malay Mail Online. |
| Mh17: Dutch return to crash site, resumes search Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:37 PM PDT
The Dutch were part of an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) team that has brokered a return to the place where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in rebel-held territory on July 17. All 298 people on board the flight were killed, two-thirds of them Dutch. "Four Dutch nationals were at the disaster site, as part of an OSCE team," Justice Ministry spokesman Jean Fransman told AFP. "Trucks are at the scene to take what's found somewhere before they're returned to the Netherlands," he said. Members of Ukraine's State Emergency Services (SES) are conducting the search for body parts and possessions that resumed yesterday, he said. "Some personal effects have already been collected by the local population," Fransman said. Nevertheless the 40 SES members involved have already found a range of items including clothing, suitcases, photos, passports, jewellery and cuddly toys, he added. Dutch forensic experts called off their search of the area in early August because of the ongoing fighting, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte lamenting the lack of access to the site. A fragile truce has been agreed in the area, with Ukrainian and Russian officials trying to shore up the ceasefire. Flight MH17 was shot down on July 17 while flying over insurgent-held territory in conflict-wracked eastern Ukraine. The Netherlands is in charge of identifying the bodies and probing what caused the crash. A total of 272 of the dead have so far been identified. The findings of an initial report by a Dutch-led team of air crash investigators appear to back up claims that the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile. Kiev and the West have accused Moscow-backed separatists of shooting it down with a surface-to-air BUK missile supplied by Russia. Moscow denies the charge and has pointed the finger at Kiev. — AFP |
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