China

China conducts naval and air patrols around disputed South China Sea; promises move is done for peace in area

China conducted naval and air patrols in the South China Sea from Monday to Friday, the China Southern Theater Command said in a statement on Saturday.

Other Sports

Olympics-Biathlon-Fanatical Fans brave early start and bitter cold as Winter Games come to Anterselva

ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb ‌8 (Reuters) - Italy's diehard biathlon fans were up before dawn in freezing temperatures on ‌Sunday ahead of the first competition, but these hardships were shrugged off ‌when the sun came out and the Olympics arrived in Anterselva in the far north of the country. 

Indonesia

Indonesia’s Finance Minister Purbaya pushes back as rating warning hits markets

Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa pushed back after Moody's Ratings lowered the outlook on the nation's credit rating to negative and triggered further selling of local stocks, bonds and the rupiah.

Badminton

Cruel injury setback for June Wei in Azerbaijan final

PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Cheam June Wei's bid to end his seven-year wait for a title in the Azerbaijan International was cruelly cut short by injury.

Other Sports

Olympics-Alpine skiing-French meteorologist's lifelong cloud-watching shapes Games forecasts

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Sitting on a ‌primary school bench in western France, Thierry Robert-Luciani would gaze at the clouds — not to daydream, but to decode them.

World

Portugal votes in presidential runoff with Socialist poised for victory

LISBON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Portugal was voting ‌in a presidential runoff poll on Sunday to choose between leftist Antonio Jose Seguro and ‌far-right contender Andre Ventura, with surveys pointing to a landslide win for Seguro.

Japan

Takaichi set for big election win as Japan's ruling party regains majority in election: media projections

Japan's ruling party is set to regain a majority in snap lower house elections, media projections showed on Sunday in what would be a big victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Other Sports

Olympics-Alpine skiing-Vonn crashes out of women's downhill

CORTINA ‌D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌skier Lindsey Vonn crashed out of ‌the women's Alpine skiing Olympic downhill on Sunday with the race halted as she received medical ‍attention.

AseanPlus News

After the shocking robbery, are Hong Kong foreign exchange firms secure enough?

After a shocking 51 million yen robbery last week, the South China Morning Post examines the risks in the city's cash exchange trade

World

Distrust, desertions, and dwindling bonuses undermine Socialist Party’s grip on Venezuela

(Reuters) Feb 8 - On the edge of Venezuela's main oil city Maracaibo, members of a local branch of the ruling socialist ‌party went door-to-door in the weeks after U.S. forces captured President Nicolas Maduro, asking residents if they still supported the party that has run the country for nearly 20 years. The result: about half of members said they no longer did.

Nation

Tabung Amanah Sultan Kedah aims to strengthen targeted welfare support, says Raja Muda

PETALING JAYA: The launch of the Tabung Amanah Sultan Kedah (Task) is aimed at strengthening targeted welfare support for the poor and vulnerable in Kedah, said Raja Muda of Kedah Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah Sultan Sallehuddin.

Swimming

Yu Jing takes positives despite missing title

Technology

Analysis-Investors chase cheaper, smaller companies as risk aversion hits tech sector

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Investors are turning to cheaper, smaller companies ‌while reassessing how much risk they are willing to take owning volatile assets after market whipsaws pounded some sectors and assets.

Other Sports

For many, this year's Super Bowl features a salad - and food companies are racing to react

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pizza, pasta or Chinese take-out ‌used to be the go-to Super Bowl spread for Marla Senzon's family - until the Florida retiree began taking a GLP‑1 appetite‑suppressing medication two years ago.

Fashion

Kinshasa students stitch creatively bold ambition into Congo’s fashion future

At a Kinshasa fashion institute, young designers are honing their craft and turning raw creativity into a vision for Congo's emerging fashion industry.

Other Sports

Olympics-Figure skating-Canadian Schizas had good excuse for missing university assignment

MILAN, Feb ‌8 (Reuters) - Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas found herself juggling ‌Olympic pressure and student life this week after realising ‌a university sociology assignment was due sooner she thought.

Nation

Three arrested for drink driving in Kluang

KLUANG: Three men have been arrested for drunk driving during a weekend traffic operation in Kluang.

Nation

German luxury cruise ship AIDAdiva makes maiden call at Penang port

GEORGE TOWN: Penang Port celebrated a significant milestone on Sunday (Feb 8) with the arrival of AIDAdiva at the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT), here marking the first-ever maiden call by a German luxury cruise ship to Penang.

Athletics

Hurdler Armin not done yet after smashing 20-year record in Tianjin

PETALING JAYA: Fresh off breaking the national indoor record in Tianjin, Mohd Armin Zahryl Abdul Latif says the mark is only the beginning as he builds towards an even faster outdoor season.

Nation

Bersatu disciplinary board used to stifle dissent, says sacked leader

PETALING JAYA: A recently sacked Bersatu leader has hit out at Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for abusing the disciplinary board to hold on to power.