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Nation
India PM’s visit to further boost bilateral relations
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pic) will arrive here today on an official visit at the invitation of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Nation
AKPS chief ready for tough challenges in reforming border security
PETALING JAYA: Tasked with cleaning up Malaysia's porous entry points and years of entrenched corruption, Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director-general Datuk Seri Comm Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain is under no illusion about the enormous job he has inherited.
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Insight
Stepping out of shadow AI
You may have seen the viral video of a professor screaming at his students at the top of his lungs. "Do you think I can't tell that you're all using ChatGPT?" he yells, throwing their assignment papers into the air in rage. "How immature," we judge silently.
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Star Biz7
Swatch turns Monet into wearable art
On the Bund in Shanghai, inside a stately heritage building crowned with a red-tiled roof and anchored by a watch boutique at street level, Carlo Giordanetti (pic) is imagining a big bang.
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Nation
Online joke ends in homework avalanche for six-year-old
A PLAYFUL joke about being bored during the school holidays unexpectedly escalated for a six-year-old girl in China, who ended up receiving many exercise books from online strangers.
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Star Biz7
High stakes in Wallenberg drama
THE Wallenberg dynasty is corporate royalty in Sweden, known for its strict hierarchy, sense of civic duty and firm-handed guidance. But it was the experiment of a family icebreaker at the home of elder statesman Peter "Poker" Wallenberg Jr (pic) more than a decade ago that set the stage for its latest succession efforts.
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Star Biz7
Maeko makes food waste a resource
Every year, about a billion tonnes of food waste is generated globally.
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Star Biz7
Painful trade-offs
As Malaysia grapples with rising medical inflation and intensifying debate over insurance reform, policymakers are increasingly looking outwards for answers.
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Star Biz7
US policy boosts Singapore banks
The outlook for Singapore's banking sector this year tilts towards stability after a period of sharp swings in rates and liquidity, with global monetary signals becoming clearer and capital flows less one-way.
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Star Biz7
Bond buyers scour Americas
Investors from T Rowe Price Group Inc to TCW Group Inc are embracing a strategy that's rapidly becoming the norm in emerging markets: pour money into Latin American countries aligned with US President Donald Trump.
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Star Biz7
Indonesian hiccup or structural concern?
Despite the recent sharp decline, the outlook for Indonesian equities still leans towards recovery rather than long-term damage, with policy support, earnings growth and structural reforms expected to reassert themselves once near-term volatility fades.
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Insight
New drivers steering China equities
Despite the strong recovery in both onshore and offshore China equities over the past two years, investors have largely remained underweight, unconvinced that the stock market rally is sustainable.
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Star Biz7
Investors chase broadening markets
As the new year progresses, equity investors seem to be looking beyond the winners of the past decade, seeking opportunities in a broadening market where policy support and innovation collide.
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Insight
Indonesia’s MSCI debacle
It was at the height of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, when MSCI removed Malaysia from its global indices following the imposition of capital controls.
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Insight
The slow climb out of PN17
Practice Note 17, otherwise known as PN17, is part of Bursa Malaysia's Listing Requirements for the Main Market.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo burn dual flames for Winter Games
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - With the lighting of the two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina d'Ampezzo — the Winter Olympics got under way, marking the first time in history that the Games have begun with dual host-city flames.
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World
2nd LD Writethru: Dow tops 50,000 in snapback of U.S. stock markets
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 50,000 points for the first time on Friday as sentiment improved and investors bought after corrections in previous sessions.
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World
Commentary: A new chapter for Olympic Movement
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- As the Olympic flame was lit against the backdrop of the Alps, the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened not only a celebration of winter sports, but also a new chapter for the Olympic Movement itself.
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Football
Soccer-Rights groups issue Florida travel alert ahead of World Cup, citing detention risks
Feb 6 (Reuters) - A coalition of civil and human rights organizations on Friday issued a statewide travel alert for Florida ahead of this year's World Cup soccer tournament.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni light Games cauldron in Milan
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champions Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni lit the cauldron in Milan on Friday at the culmination of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
