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Nation
Kebaya Sunday to promote heritage attire
TO encourage the use of kebaya in everyday wear, the company Miss Malaysia Kebaya introduced the Kebaya Sunday movement, Utusan Malaysia reported.
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Nation
Bridesmaid’s extreme diet backfires on her
HER bid to look good in a bridesmaid's dress drove a woman in Hangzhou, China, to go on an extreme diet, only to end up with much higher blood sugar levels, China Press reported.
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Nation
MAF retirees’ bid to appeal pension case denied
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has dismissed an application for leave to appeal by 50 retired Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) personnel seeking to overturn a ruling on pension adjustments.
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China
‘Strange’ weather brings rare snowfall to Shanghai
A wave of low temperature sweeping southern China brought rare snowfall to Shanghai, delighting residents of the financial hub as authorities warned that the frigid weather could last for at least three days.
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Japan
Tourism hits record high despite China rift
A record number of tourists flocked to Japan in 2025, officials said despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo rumbled on.
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Japan
Panda-less period to begin after 50-year run
Two hugely popular pandas at a Japanese zoo will depart on Jan 27 to join their sister in China, the Tokyo government and media said, leaving Japan panda-less for the first time in half a century.
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Football
Small cushion for Giants
PETALING JAYA: Selangor have their work cut out for them after narrowly getting past Kelantan the Real Warriors 2-1 in their Malaysia Cup round of 16 first-leg match on Monday.
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Bangladesh
Monk pleads not guilty at start of high-profile murder trial
THE nation opened the trial of outspoken Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das over a lawyer's murder in 2024, a case that has highlighted religious strife in the mainly Muslim country.
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Cambodia
More than 400 Indonesians ‘released’ by scam networks
Cyberscam networks here have freed more than 400 Indonesians this month, Jakarta said, after Phnom Penh announced a fresh crackdown on the illicit industry.
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Pakistan
Over 60 missing from Karachi mall fire feared dead
Firefighters were clearing the charred ruins of a Karachi mall as they tried to locate 63 people still missing after a fire that burned for nearly two days and killed 21 people.
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South Korea
Lee calls for improved monitoring to avoid provoking North
President Lee Jae-myung said that there appeared to be a loophole in his country's monitoring system to detect drones operated by civilians flying into North Korea, warning that such incidents risked inflaming tensions.
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On A Shared Future
Why Western Carmakers Are Losing Ground to China
AS geopolitical tensions dominate headlines — from Greenland to Ukraine — a quieter but equally consequential shift is unfolding in the global economy.
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Vietnam
Lam pledges graft crackdown
The country's top leader promised to fight corruption in an address to a twice-a-decade congress of the Communist Party, where he is seeking expanded powers similar to China's political structure.
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Japan
Authorities arrest man over AI-generated celebrity porn
Police have arrested a man suspected of using generative AI to create more than 500,000 obscene images resembling women celebrities and selling them online, a police spokesman and media reports said.
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Letters
Public speaking a core skill for leaders
From DEBORAH CHRIS RAJ, Lecture,r Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor's University.
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Letters
Implement standards to improve access to digital space
From SARAL JAMES MANIAM, Secretary-general, Malaysian Association of Standards Users.
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Letters
What the new education plan means for our children
From AMARJEET SINGH @ AJ Education, policy and nation-building observer Kuala Lumpur.
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Nation
Trashy habits know no borders, data shows
JOHOR BARU: There is no distinction between bad behaviour and littering, with offenders comprising both Malaysians and foreigners equally in the analysis of the 55 notices issued to those apprehended since the start of this year.
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Economy
Brazil coffee exports hit record US$16bil
Brazilian coffee exports hit a record US$15.6bil in 2025 even though the country's total shipments of 60kg bags declined by a fifth, as higher average coffee prices offset the impact of a fall in volumes, according to exporters group Cecafe.
