AseanPlus News

China achieves tamper-proof quantum communication over 100km with single atoms

Physicist Pan Jianwei and his team said their study helped to close the gap between the experimental and real-world applications

AseanPlus News

Panama’s ‘dangerous precedent’: Why global ports appear pawns as politics beat contracts

Panama's move to void CK Hutchison's deal fuels fears of broader asset seizures, with analysts warning of rising risks for Chinese operators in the US sphere

Nation

Anwar warns Garah rally participants: ‘Do not challenge the law or threaten national security’

GOMBAK: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has issued a stern warning to participants of the Anti-Illegal Houses of Worship rally, cautioning them against challenging the law or threatening public security.

AseanPlus News

Asian markets extend global retreat as tech worries build

Asian equities sank again on Friday as a tech rout that battered Wall Street for the third day in a row showed no sign of letting up amid growing unease about the hundreds of billions splashed out on artificial intelligence.

Singapore

Oil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict after both benchmarks fell overnight

Oil prices settled higher on Friday, reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week's talks between the US and Iran had failed to reduce the risk of a military conflict between the two countries.

Nation

Beware fake investment news article posing as The Star

STAR Media Group Berhad, which publishes The Star print products and online portal, refers to a site misusing The Star's brand identity.

Indonesia

Indonesian woman collapses after 140 lashes for extramarital sex and drinking alcohol

Three female officers took turns striking the woman with a rattan cane before she lost consciousness, witnesses said.

Nation

Work hard or step aside, Anwar tells PKR members

GOMBAK: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has warned that only members willing to work hard to build and strengthen PKR should remain in the party, while those unwilling to pull their weight should step aside.

Nation

CNY joy for 71-year-old as crumbling home rebuilt under village programme

SUNGAI SIPUT: The Year of the Horse gallops in with extra luck for 71-year-old Chan Fook Yan, who will celebrate the festive period in a newly rebuilt house.

AseanPlus News

China’s humanoid robot makers pivot from ‘body’ to ‘brain’ as commercial race heats up

Dobot claims its self-developed vision-language-action model lets humanoid robots react to the real world rather than just perform preprogrammed tasks

Nation

Speaker Johari urges MPs to champion refugee issues in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul has encouraged Members of Parliament to take up refugee-related issues in the august House.

World

Two Polish airports reopen after NATO jets activated over Russian strikes on Ukraine

WARSAW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - ‌Poland's Lublin and Rzeszow airports reopened on Saturday after authorities said ‌they had ended military aviation operations including flights by NATO ‌aircraft in the country's airspace, triggered by Russian strikes on Ukraine.

China

Many Chinese are choosing South-East Asia over Japan for Chinese New Year holiday as bilateral spat hits flights

High flight prices, especially to Japan (around 9,500 yuan), are causing Chinese tourists to choose cheaper South-east Asian destinations like Bangkok (3,200 yuan) as geopolitical tensions between China and Japan continue to rise.

Sabah & Sarawak

RM22mil boost for Sabah rubber smallholders under new Risda initiatives

KOTA KINABALU: The government, through the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda), has allocated RM22.308mil to assist Sabah's rubber smallholders through comprehensive development initiatives.

Cricket

Cricket-Madushan replaces Malinga in Sri Lanka T20 World Cup squad

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The ‌International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday confirmed pacer ‌Pramod Madushan as the replacement for Sri Lanka ‌quick Eshan Malinga, who was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup on home soil after dislocating his shoulder against ‍England last week.

Nation

Modi begins two-day official visit to Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has departed from New Delhi for his two-day official visit to Malaysia.

China

Shanxi’s green leap: renewables surpass coal in China’s energy hub

Where Shanxi goes, China goes, in their broad energy overhaul, as the region with a quarter of the nation's coal serves as the ultimate proving ground for Beijing's 'dual carbon' strategy

Arts

A flock of bird murals roost on the forgotten walls of a Hong Kong island

A flock has landed in Wang Tong Village, a peaceful corner of Lantau Island on Hong Kong's southwestern edge. But this flock is unlike others: Its birds are made of paint.

Sabah & Sarawak

Three men nabbed with 25kg ketum, 18g syabu

KOTA KINABALU: Three men were arrested in two separate operations in the east coast Lahad Datu district following the seizure of 25 kilograms of suspected ketum powder and 18.84g of syabu (methamphetamine).

Books

'Mona's Eyes': how an obscure French art historian swept the globe

Thomas Schlesser is still adjusting to life as a global best-selling author after his breakout hit 'Mona's Eyes'