Rugby

Rugby-Ireland demolish sloppy England in record 42-21 victory

LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ireland ⁠blew England away in a record-breaking 42-21 victory at Twickenham on Saturday to keep alive ⁠their slim Six Nations title hopes and end those of their below-par hosts.

Motorsport

Motor racing-Hamilton says he forgot who he was but has re-set for new season

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ferrari's Lewis ⁠Hamilton has admitted he "forgot who I was" but is now ⁠excited for the new Formula One season and ready to ‌go racing again.

World

Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct

Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct

Other Sports

Olympics-SkiMo-Spain's Alonso Rodriguez heads home with two bronzes four months after being hit by car

BORMIO, Italy, Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - Spain's Ana Alonso Rodriguez is going home with two bronze ⁠Olympic medals just four months after being hit by a car ‌and tearing her ACL. 

Other Sports

Olympics-Curling-Homan finally gets her medal as Canada beat US to win women's bronze

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Canada ⁠beat the United States 10-7 to claim the women's curling bronze medal at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, ⁠as skip Rachel Homan ended her long wait for a Games medal.

Other Sports

Olympics-Biathlon-Oceane rides wave of energy to stunning Olympic gold for France

ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Oceane ⁠Michelon found an unexpected reserve of energy to power to the Olympic gold ⁠medal in the women's mass start on Saturday, bringing the biathlon competitions at ‌Milano Cortina to a stunning climax in a race that was decided on the last lap. 

Other Sports

Olympics-Speed skating-Dutchman Bergsma wins men's mass start at Milano Cortina

MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - ‌Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma captured the ​men's mass ⁠start title ⁠at the Winter ⁠Olympics ‌on ⁠Saturday, securing the second ​Olympic ‌gold medal of ⁠his ​career.

Sabah & Sarawak

Flood situation worsens in northern Sabah as evacuees rise to 4,761

KOTA KINABALU: Floodwaters continued to inundate villages across northern Sabah on Saturday (Feb 21), forcing nearly 5,000 people from their homes as evacuation centres filled up by evening.

World

Ukraine strikes ballistic missile producer deep inside Russia, Kyiv says

KYIV, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine hit ⁠a Russian plant manufacturing ballistic missiles in a missile strike in ⁠the remote Udmurtia region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on ‌Saturday.

Nation

TB outbreak: Johor Ramadan bazaar SOPs unchanged, says exco rep

BATU PAHAT: The standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Ramadan bazaars throughout Johor remain unchanged as in previous years, with no additional conditions imposed despite the spread of Tuberculosis (TB) cases.

World

Indonesia president says ready to face all possibilities after US Supreme Court rejects Trump's global tariffs

JAKARTA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - ⁠Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday ⁠that his government is ready to face ‌all possibilities after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's global tariffs.

Nation

Bersatu crisis: Raub, Lipis divisions dissolved today

KUANTAN: The Raub and Lipis divisions of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) announced the dissolution of their respective division committees effective Saturday (Feb 21).

Other Sports

Olympics-Owners recount panic after Nazgul gatecrashes race on doggy day out

TESERO, Italy, ⁠Feb 20 (Reuters) - When the Varesco family headed off to watch the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on ⁠Wednesday they left their two-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog Nazgul locked in his kennel at home in Tesero.

Other Sports

Olympics-Berlin still a 2036 candidate despite concern over Nazi Games anniversary

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - Germany will remain in the running for the 2036 Summer Olympics despite ⁠its president expressing concern about the 100th anniversary of the Nazi-era Berlin Games, ‌the nation's Olympic sports head Thomas Weikert said on Saturday.

World

Pezeshkian says Iran will not bow to pressure amid US nuclear talks

Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - Iranian President ⁠Masoud Pezeshkian said ‌on Saturday that his country would not ​bow its head ⁠to pressure ⁠from world powers amid ⁠nuclear ‌talks with the ⁠United States.

Nation

Smooth traffic reported on several main highways as at 9.40pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic flow on several major highways across the country has been reported to be smooth and under control as of 9.40pm Saturday (Feb 21).

AseanPlus News

Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Saturday (Feb 21, 2026)

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (Feb 21, 2026).

Nation

Health Ministry accelerates efforts to strengthen food safety control to achieve target by 2030

KUALA SELANGOR: The Health Ministry is accelerating efforts to strengthen food safety control at all levels to achieve the target of less than 50 cases of food poisoning per 100,000 population by the year 2030.

Football

Soccer-Milner set to break Premier League appearance record with 654th game

LONDON, Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - James Milner will break ⁠the record for most appearances ‌in the Premier League on Saturday after he was named in the starting lineup ​for Brighton & Hove Albion's ⁠game away ⁠at Brentford - his 654th game in England's ⁠top ‌flight.

Nation

Pahang Sultan, Tengku Ampuan express sadness, sympathy at Trooper Indiran's death

KUANTAN: The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah expressed their profound sadness and sympathy over the passing of army personnel Trooper K. Indiran, who passed away on Thursday (Feb 19).