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Singapore braces for severe transboundary haze ahead of F1 Grand Prix weekend

SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 -- The ghost of the 2019 haze continues to haunt the Singapore Grand Prix. Seven years after air quality tanked during the race weekend, threatening to derail one of the city-state... Read More


A hotel born with Merdeka: The Federal Kuala Lumpur reopens in Bukit Bintang

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 -- Long before Bukit Bintang became synonymous with mega malls, neon-lit nightlife and some of Kuala Lumpur's busiest streets, The Federal Kuala Lumpur was already welcoming trav... Read More


MACC urged to clarify status of two-month-old petroleum cargo commingling report

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 19 -- KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 - Maritime industry observer Datuk Seri Jeyenderan Ramasamy has urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to provide a written update on a rep... Read More


Syed Saddiq, Bella Astillah to wed on Oct 10 in all-white ceremony at Menara Merdeka Maybank (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 -- Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and his fiancee, singer-actress Bella Astillah, have reportedly announced that they will marry on October 10 at Level 118 of Menara Merde... Read More


Teen sensation Lim You blasts seven goals past Saudis as Malaysia advance in Srikandi Merdeka Cup (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 -- Fourteen-year-old forward Lim You produced a stunning individual performance, netting seven goals as the Malayan Tigress Under-17s dismantled Saudi Arabia 9-0 in their final G... Read More


Singapore overhauls visa and tax rules to lure top global fund managers

SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has introduced three new measures aimed at strengthening Singapore's position as a leading asset management hub. These initiatives are ... Read More


Indian actress Twisha Sharma's husband and retired judge mother-in-law charged over her death five months after wedding

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- India's federal investigators have charged the husband and mother-in-law of model and actor Twisha Sharma with abetment to suicide and cruelty, months after her death triggered inte... Read More


China's best-known comic Guo Degang investigated after jokingly rewriting revolutionary song

BEIJING, Aug. 19 -- One improvised lyric has landed one of China's biggest comedians in decidedly unfunny territory. Guo Degang, the household-name performer credited with reviving traditional Chines... Read More


Former Chief Justice Richard Malanjum returns to practice as advocate and solicitor

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18 -- Former Chief Justice Tun Richard Malanjum has been officially admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. Malanjum, 73, holds a historic p... Read More


Too good to be human? NYC mayor Mamdani posts blooper reel after multilingual videos spark AI claims (VIDEO)

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has come up with a decidedly low-tech response to claims that artificial intelligence helped him speak several languages on camera: a blooper re... Read More