Other Sports

Olympics-Freestyle-World champion Melville Ives crashes out of halfpipe qualifiers

LIVIGNO, ⁠Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Fin Melville Ives crashed badly from a mid-air ⁠flip on Friday and had to be stretchered away from the Winter Olympics ‌men's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifiers, ruling out one of the top medal hopefuls.

Nation

Anwar holds talks with Singapore PM Lawrence Wong

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong in conjunction with Wong's special visit to Malaysia on Friday (Feb 20).

Entertainment

Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, set to become a father

Nigel Ng disclosed on social media on Feb 20 that his wife Sabrina Ahmed is pregnant.

Fitness

Ever experienced these common sport aches and pains?

It's not unusual to experience some sort of pain during or after a workout; here's how to deal with them.

AseanPlus News

Hong Kong authorities offer support to family of man found dead in Taipei hotel

Suicide note and chemical substances found in hotel room, with investigators ruling out foul play, according to media reports

Motorsport

Motor racing-Honda battery issue adds to Aston Martin's testing woes

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Aston Martin's woes deepened ⁠on Friday after a Honda power unit issue sidelined the team on the ⁠final day of Formula One's pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Other Sports

Olympics-Nordic combined-Norway dominate, women absent, in sport's possible last hurrah

PREDAZZO, Italy, ⁠Feb 20 (Reuters) - Nordic combined closed on a bittersweet note at the Winter Games, with these Olympics ⁠possibly the sport's last and women glaringly missing from competition. 

AseanPlus News

Eight feared dead after a bus with Chinese tourists sinks into Russia's Lake Baikal

Seven Chinese tourists and a bus driver are feared dead after a tourist bus driving across a frozen stretch of Lake Baikal in Russia's Siberia.

Other Sports

As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model

MILAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - As the lights go out on the Winter Games ⁠this weekend, the Olympic movement is already pivoting towards Los Angeles 2028 — a privately financed showpiece the IOC is betting will reboot a commercial model that has underwritten the Games for four decades but is now ⁠straining in a more sophisticated marketing climate.

Arts

Weekend for the arts: Cerikapak digital show, Hamidi Hadi's 'Menjejak Hening'

A list of arts and culture events to check out this weekend and beyond

Rugby

Rugby-France reshuffle second row for Six Nations clash with Italy

PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - France coach ⁠Fabien Galthie on Friday made changes to his second row for ⁠Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy in Lille, with Emmanuel Meafou ‌and Thibaud Flament coming into the starting XV.

Football

Soccer-MLS in the spotlight in World Cup year as Messi's Miami begin title defence

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Major League Soccer kicks ⁠off its most pivotal season yet, with marquee names, record transfers and World Cup preparation converging as North American football ⁠steps into the international spotlight ahead of this summer's tournament.

Laos

Outspoken Laos lawmaker's election exit sparks rare dissent

When one of the few lawmakers willing to call out corruption in single-party Laos was left off the candidate list ahead of this weekend's heavily managed election, a rare wave of dissent erupted.

World

Norway moves some of its 60 soldiers in Middle East due to security situation

COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - ⁠Norway is relocating some of the around ⁠60 soldiers it has in the ‌Middle East to Norway as well as to other countries in the region on security grounds, a spokesperson for ​the Norwegian armed forces said ⁠on Friday.

Nation

ROS refutes allegations of power abuse by MIPP

PUTRAJAYA: The Registrar of Societies Malaysia (ROS) stresses that it does not intervene in the internal affairs of any political party or registered organisation.

Singapore

22,000 Singapore civil servants to get up to nine per cent pay rise from Aug 1

A total of 22,000 eligible civil servants in Singapore will receive a salary increment between two and nine per cent beginning Aug 1, according to the Public Service Division (PSD)

Forex

Ringgit closes higher against greenback on cautious market sentiment

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit closed higher against the US dollar on Friday, supported by cautious market sentiment amid ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran regarding the nuclear programme, said an economist.

AseanPlus News

Chinese military urged to overhaul English teaching to improve language skills

Senior lecturers warn that troops are not being given the communication skills they need to operate on the international stage

Nation

Cops on the hunt for duo who broke into Sitiawan mosque, stole from donation boxes

MANJUNG: Police are hunting for two suspects following a break-in at a mosque in Sitiawan near here that resulted in the theft of cash from donation boxes.

Technology

Analysis-New cybersecurity rules for US defense industry create barrier for some small suppliers

Feb 20 (Reuters) - New U.S. ⁠cybersecurity rules for the defense sector are leading some small suppliers to rethink military work due to high compliance costs, raising ⁠production risks at a time when the Trump administration is pressuring contractors to boost output and diversify the supply base.