SEOUL: South Korean entertainment companies riding the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, are scrambling to widen their global reach as Asia’s fourth-largest economy bets on cultural exports at a time of growing protectionist barriers for traditional manufacturers. Although growing fast from a low base, thanks to substantial government support and high visibility on the world stage…
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BASKETBALL at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin two days before the opening ceremony takes place on July 14, the sport’s governing body (FIBA) said on Wednesday. “This adjustment allows the quarter-finals to be played over two days and will also ensure that no game will start earlier than 12:00 PM, enhancing the overall…
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LUIS SUAREZ converted twice from the penalty spot, including an 89th-minute winner, and Inter Miami overcame Lionel Messi’s injury absence to defeat Tigres UANL 2-1 in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Miami manager Javier Mascherano was also sent off at halftime. However, none of that prevented the Herons from reaching…
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PREMIER LEAGUE club Everton have agreed a partnership with Japan’s Nagoya Grampus which will see them work together on the development of emerging talent, both teams said on Thursday. “There will also be regular collaboration between coaching and performance staff to share knowledge and expertise across both men’s and women’s football,“ Everton said in a…
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BANGKOK: A criminal court in Thailand will on Friday deliver a verdict in a high-profile case of royal insult involving influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the first in a series of upcoming rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra dynasty. Despite officially being retired, divisive billionaire Thaksin remains a major force in Thai politics and is accused…
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia possesses strong intelligence capabilities and a comprehensive security framework to counter espionage threats posed by foreign elements, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in Parliament yesterday. He said espionage is a global threat affecting all nations, and Malaysia is no exception. “We classify espionage as a serious national security issue…
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BANGKOK: A criminal court in Thailand will on Friday deliver a verdict in a high-profile case of royal insult involving influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the first in a series of upcoming rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra dynasty. Despite officially being retired, divisive billionaire Thaksin remains a major force in Thai politics and is accused…
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GOOGLE has struck a major cloud computing deal worth more than $10 billion with Meta Platforms, The Information reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud’s servers, storage, networking and other services, the report said. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. – REUTERS
KUANTAN: Loud explosions resembling missile strikes were clearly heard around Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport (Kuantan Air Base), said one of the witnesses to the incident involving a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet last night. Mazlan Abdullah, 61, who was at a food stall opposite the air base at the time, said…
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GOOGLE has struck a cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms worth more than $10 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud’s servers, storage, networking and other services, the source added. Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The deal…
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KUANTAN: Bunyi letupan kuat seperti peluru berpandu jelas kedengaran dari sekitar kawasan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah (Pangkalan Udara Kuantan), kata seorang daripada saksi insiden kemalangan pesawat tempur F/A-18D Hornet milik Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM), malam tadi. Mazlan Abdullah, 61, yang ketika itu berada di kedai makan berhadapan Pangkalan Udara itu berkata dia mendengar…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Corporation Bhd (BCorp) has deepened its role in community healthcare, donating five haemodialysis machines and cash aid that push its total support for the Ampang Kau Ong Yah Haemodialysis Centre to nearly RM500,000. The latest support, valued at RM215,000 for the machines and an additional RM100,000 for rooftop replacement, was handed over…
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SHAH ALAM: SP Setia Bhd (Setia) launched the Setia AI & Proptech Innovation Challenge, a key initiative under the Bengkel Inovasi GLC (BIG) Programme aimed at addressing two significant agendas: inclusive homeowner-ship and improved construction quality. These agendas are instrumental to Setia’s mission of creating sustainable and inclusive communities. The Malaysia Madani agenda focuses on…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia has emphasised that all employers are required to comply with the accreditation and compliance process for construction personnel as outlined under the Construction Industry Development Board Act 1994 (Act 520). This requirement ensures that all foreign construction workers nationwide possess the necessary competency level, adhere to…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The MUI Group and Mah Sing Group Bhd have inked an agreement which saw the MUI Group divesting its prime 1.485-acre freehold parcel of land in the heart of KLCC precinct. The strategically located land, housing Corus KLCC hotel and within 5 minutes walking distance of the iconic Petronas Twin Towers and Suria…
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PETALING JAYA: An F/A-18D Hornet aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) crashed at the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport runway in Kuantan at 9.05pm on Thursday (Aug 21). According to a statement released by RMAF, the incident reported occurred during a night flight training exercise. The RMAF also stated that it is…
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GEORGE TOWN: Jabatan Kerja Raya akan bekerjasama dengan Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang untuk mendapatkan laporan geoteknikal kejadian tanah runtuh di Jalan Paya Terubong, Ayer Itam. Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi berkata hasil siasatan teknikal itu akan menjadi panduan penting bagi memastikan struktur cerun lebih stabil serta mengelakkan risiko berulang. “Dimaklumkan JKR Pulau…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Agenda pemerkasaan sosioekonomi bumiputera yang ditetapkan menerusi Pelan Transformasi Ekonomi Bumiputera 2035 (PuTERA 35) terus diberi penekanan dalam Rancangan Malaysia ke-13 (RMK13). Menteri Kewangan II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan berkata langkah itu akan memastikan tiada pihak terpinggir dalam pelaksanaan RMK13 dan pada masa sama, kerajaan akan terus membasmi kemiskinan tanpa mengira kaum.…
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KOTA BHARU: The proposal to rename Rafflesia with a local term represents a symbolic effort to decolonise the national consciousness and reclaim Malaysia’s identity. Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Faculty of Earth Sciences Dean Associate Prof Dr Zulhazman Hamzah stated this idea requires careful consideration despite its symbolic importance. He said the idea reflects an aspiration to…
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KUALA LUMPUR: The bumiputera socio-economic empowerment agenda outlined in the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Plan 2035 continues to be emphasised in the 13th Malaysia Plan. Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan stated this effort ensures that no one is marginalised during the 13MP implementation period. “In principle, the government has always abided by what…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Grab Malaysia has urged the government to ensure the upcoming Gig Workers Bill contains well-crafted regulations that reflect gig work realities rather than rushed measures. The company stated that the proposed legislation should follow three guiding principles of flexibility, balance, and innovation. “We remain committed to collaborative efforts to ensure that regulations are…
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MADRID: Spain’s environmental prosecutor has instructed officials to verify whether municipalities affected by recent wildfires complied with their legal obligation to adopt prevention plans. The investigation follows mounting tensions between Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government and conservative-led regional authorities over fire management strategies. Under Spain’s decentralised system, regional governments lead the response to disasters…
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TUNIS: Hundreds of members and supporters of Tunisia’s largest trade union rallied Thursday in support of the organisation facing mounting pressure from President Kais Saied. This marked the largest demonstration Tunisia has seen in recent months, coinciding with what rights groups have denounced as a rollback of freedoms in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.…
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STOCKHOLM: Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem has appealed the life sentence he received in July for the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group. The Stockholm district court became the first judicial body to try an individual for this internationally condemned killing. Krayem’s lawyer filed the appeal on Thursday to…
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GENEVA: United Nations human rights experts have condemned widespread atrocities against Syria’s Druze minority in the southern Sweida region over the past month. A panel of more than a dozen UN specialists denounced what they described as an outbreak of massacres, sexual violence and kidnappings targeting the religious minority. “The scale of violence reported —…
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SULAIMANIYAH: A court in Iraqi Kurdistan extended the detention of opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid following his arrest last week. Abdulwahid heads the New Generation party, which holds 15 of the 100 seats in the autonomous northern region’s parliament. He was taken into custody on August 12 after receiving a six-month prison sentence handed down in…
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BERLIN: A Ukrainian national has been arrested in Italy for allegedly orchestrating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia to Europe. German prosecutors identified the suspect as Serhii K., accusing him of coordinating a cell that planted explosive devices on both Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. The group…
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GENEVA: United Nations human rights experts have accused Russia of systematically using sexual torture against Ukrainian civilians as a deliberate intimidation tactic. The independent experts mandated by the UN Human Rights Council documented ten cases of Ukrainian civilians tortured under Russian occupation in newly-seized territories. All victims endured repeated electric shocks applied directly to their…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 27 sungai atau empat peratus daripada 672 sungai utama yang dipantau di seluruh negara pada 2024 berada pada tahap tercemar. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof menjelaskan bahawa berdasarkan laporan Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS), daripada 672 sungai berkenaan, 475 atau 71 peratus berada pada kategori bersih manakala 170 atau 25 peratus…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia mencatatkan peningkatan sebanyak 70 mata sehingga hari ini sejak Rancangan Malaysia Ke-13 (RMK13) dibentangkan. Menteri Kewangan II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan berkata kenaikan prestasi Bursa Malaysia menunjukkan penerimaan RMK13 oleh pasaran. “Kita harus melihat data secara keseluruhan dan tidak hanya bergantung kepada satu data sahaja,” katanya ketika menggulung perbahasan usul…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Cadangan penubuhan Kementerian Undang-Undang oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini selaras dengan agenda Malaysia MADANI yang mengangkat integriti, ketelusan dan kedaulatan undang-undang sebagai asas kemajuan negara. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said berkata pengumuman Perdana Menteri itu menunjukkan pentingnya kementerian itu bagi…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must develop internal technological capabilities rather than continuing to depend on foreign technology according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He emphasised the need for building domestic expertise in areas including cloud computing to safeguard the country’s classified information and strategic assets. This matter received attention during his chairing of the…
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LABUAN: Seorang veteran Angkatan Tentera Malaysia didenda RM48,000 oleh Mahkamah Khas Rasuah selepas mengaku bersalah atas 12 pertuduhan menggunakan dokumen palsu. Fairuzul Fazillah Musa yang pernah bertugas di ATM Labuan didakwa di bawah Seksyen 471 dibaca bersama Seksyen 468 Kanun Keseksaan. Dia didakwa menggunakan dokumen diketahui palsu sebagai tulen untuk membuat tuntutan Elaun Latihan Tempatan…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat hari ini meluluskan Rancangan Malaysia Ke-13 (RMK13), yang merupakan rancangan serta hala tuju pembangunan negara untuk tempoh 2026 hingga 2030. Timbalan Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat Alice Lau Kiong Yieng berkata usul itu diluluskan selepas lebih suara bersetuju berbanding tidak bersetuju. Terdahulu, usul RMK13 itu dibahaskan selama lapan hari bermula 4 Ogos…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-seven major rivers in Malaysia were found to be polluted during nationwide monitoring in 2024 according to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He revealed that 4% of the 672 major rivers monitored nationwide showed concerning pollution levels based on Department of Environment data. Fadillah stated that 475 rivers or 71% were…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Laporan terperinci berhubung cadangan pengharaman rokok elektronik atau vape sedang dilengkapkan jawatankuasa kepakaran Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM). Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad menyatakan laporan berkenaan akan dibentangkan kepada jemaah Kabinet kelak tanpa mendedahkan garis masa proses menyiapkan laporan itu. Beliau berkata laporan itu turut mengambil kira penggunaan kandungan terlarang dalam cecair…
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JERUSALEM: The Israeli military has instructed medical personnel and aid organisations in northern Gaza to begin preparing evacuation plans before a major offensive operation. Military officials this week informed “medical officials and international organizations in the northern Gaza Strip to prepare for the evacuation of the population to the southern Gaza Strip”. This announcement follows…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Sumber Manusia sedang dalam proses memperluas tahap pensijilan kemahiran di bawah Sistem Persijilan Kemahiran Malaysia ke tahap 6, 7 dan 8 berbanding hanya tahap 1 hingga 5 pada masa ini. Menteri Steven Sim berkata usaha itu akan direalisasikan melalui pindaan Akta Pembangunan Kemahiran Kebangsaan 2006. “Ia bermatlamat memartabatkan Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Australia mengalu-alukan peranan penting Malaysia sebagai Pengerusi ASEAN termasuk dalam mengendalikan konflik Myanmar. Negara jiran itu turut menghargai usaha gencatan senjata Kemboja-Thailand serta proses kemasukan Timor-Leste sebagai anggota baharu blok serantau. Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata perkara itu disampaikan kepada beliau ketika menerima kunjungan hormat Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Pertahanan…
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TAIPEI: Taiwanese Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of next month’s world championships in Liverpool. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender controversy during the 2024 Paris Olympics where both athletes secured gold medals in their respective weight categories. World Boxing announced on Wednesday that female…
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AN Australian Rules star received a four-match suspension on Thursday for using a homophobic slur against an opponent during a match. Adelaide’s Izak Rankine admitted the offence committed during his team’s three-point victory over Collingwood last weekend. The sport’s governing body described the language used as “offensive, hurtful and highly inappropriate”. Australian Football League general…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Rang Undang-Undang Pembaharuan Semula Bandar 2025 telah dibentangkan untuk bacaan kali pertama di Dewan Rakyat hari ini. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Nga Kor Ming yang membentangkan rang undang-undang itu turut memaklumkan bacaan kali kedua akan dibuat pada persidangan Dewan Rakyat kali ini. Akta baharu itu antara lain bertujuan untuk mengadakan peruntukan bagi…
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PUTRAJAYA: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia mencadangkan prosiding perbicaraan kes rasuah berprofil tinggi disiarkan secara langsung bagi meningkatkan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap proses kehakiman. Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM Tan Sri Azam Baki berkata cadangan ini dibuat ekoran segelintir pihak menggunakan media sosial untuk memanipulasi fakta yang didedahkan di mahkamah. “Antara cadangan adalah untuk membenarkan penstriman langsung perbicaraan kes…
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KOTA BHARU: More than 20,000 children in Kelantan aged between six and 59 months have received vaccination shots under the Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunisation Activity (MRSIA). Kelantan Health Department director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said the initiative by the Ministry of Health (MOH), which began on August 4, aims to boost herd immunity and…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must transition to a value creation-based economy by increasing economic diversification to raise the ceiling of national growth. Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan stated that the focus will be on high-value technology and innovation-based sectors and industries. “This transition will cultivate a culture of creation, in line with the…
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BUKIT MERTAJAM: Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) Pulau Pinang menyita 38 kenderaan mewah bernilai lebih RM10 juta dalam Ops Luxury atas kesalahan tidak memiliki cukai jalan (LKM) dan insurans kenderaan yang sah. Pengarah JPJ Pulau Pinang Zulkifli Ismail berkata operasi dijalankan sejak Jun hingga semalam itu secara keseluruhannya menumpukan terhadap kenderaan mewah yang digunakan di jalan…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Islamic community centres should function as inclusive spaces that unite people from diverse backgrounds rather than merely serving as places of worship. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar emphasised their potential to nurture interfaith relations and strengthen community bonds. He highlighted their role in creating opportunities…
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ALOR SETAR: Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM) Kedah menahan 52 pekerja asing pelbagai warganegara dalam satu serbuan di sebuah kilang pembuatan barang komponen elektrik di Kulim, semalam. Pengarah Imigresen Kedah Mohd Ridzzuan Mohd Zain berkata serbuan yang bermula pukul 11.30 pagi itu, dilaksanakan menerusi Operasi Mahir hasil risikan dan aduan diterima. “Pasukan operasi telah membuat pemeriksaan…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s proposal to establish a Ministry of Law aligns with the Malaysia MADANI agenda’s emphasis on integrity, transparency and the rule of law as foundations for national progress. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said stated that this announcement highlights…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Rang Undang-Undang Bantuan Guaman dan Pembelaan Awam 2025 telah dibentang untuk bacaan kali pertama di Dewan Rakyat hari ini. RUU ini bertujuan menambah baik dan mereformasikan khidmat bantuan guaman sedia ada. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said menyatakan bacaan kali kedua dan ketiga akan dibuat…
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