Other Sports

Surfing-Brooks takes three-peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo claims men's win for Brazil

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Canadian teenage surfing phenomenon Erin Brooks claimed ⁠her third straight world championship tour event on Friday with a win at the Trestles Pro, while Brazil's Miguel Pupo took out ⁠Japan's Kanoa Igarashi for his second win of the year.

Technology

OpenAI forecasts cash burn near $280 billion by 2030, FT reports

Sept 18 (Reuters) - OpenAI expects ⁠to burn through $278 billion in cash between 2026 and ⁠2030 as it ramps up spending on computing power and ‌infrastructure, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a company presentation seen by the newspaper.

Technology

Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Google's Gemini model ⁠accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of ⁠its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company's AI systems ‌autonomously committing such an act.

Technology

Oracle's $18 billion data center debt under pressure, FT reports

Sept 18 (Reuters) - About $18 billion ⁠in loans tied to an Oracle-leased data center in New ⁠Mexico has come under pressure, with loans quoted at ‌89 to 91 cents on the dollar by syndicate banks including Santander and Jefferies, the Financial Times reported on Friday. 

World

Father of murdered Spanish student arrives in Mexico after suspect detained

MEXICO CITY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The ⁠father of a Spanish exchange student killed in Mexico arrived in the Mexican ⁠state of Morelos on Friday to identify his daughter's body, a day ‌after authorities detained a suspect in her murder.

True Or Not

QuickCheck: Was Jasmine almost crowned as Malaysia's national flower?

MALAYSIA is a beautiful country and it is not only because of its people and the variety of food we have.

Technology

Trump is talking with Senate's Thune about bill to cut data-center electricity costs

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he ⁠is engaging with Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune about ‌bringing to the floor a bill aimed at protecting households from electricity cost increases tied to the expansion of data centers.

Technology

Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise

Sept 18 (Reuters) - AI lab ⁠Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with Accenture for ⁠the independent evaluation of its frontier AI models, with the ‌companies each committing at least $1 billion over the next five years to build capacity for the work.

World

Trump plans to greet Xi at airport on arrival, officials say

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - ⁠US President Donald Trump plans to greet ⁠Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint ‌Base Andrews, at the airport of the military base just outside Washington, DC, on his arrival next week for ​a White House visit, a ⁠senior US official ⁠told reporters on Friday.

Technology

Nvidia-backed AI cloud firm Nscale reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Nscale, a ⁠British cloud provider backed by chip giant Nvidia, said on Friday its revenue surged 1,252% in the ⁠first half of 2026, as it looks to tap investor appetite for AI stocks.

Nation

Petaling Jaya among five hard-hit areas in Selangor

PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya was among the areas hit hard by the haze as Selangor recorded the highest number of areas with unhealthy air quality readings in Peninsular Malaysia, with five monitoring stations registering Air Pollutant Index (API) readings above 150 as at 6pm yesterday.

Nation

Asean Halal Council launch proposed for late 2027

JAKARTA: Malaysia has proposed the formal establishment and launch of the Asean Halal Council in the country in September 2027 as part of efforts to turn the idea of a regional halal council into a functioning institution, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Nation

‘Research key to ensuring Pisa plan’s success’

Malaysia needs an urgent, detailed plan to improve its performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).

Nation

Umno hopes for Melaka polls boost with Najib decision

JAKARTA: Umno hopes the Pardons Board's decision on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will give the party added momentum ahead of the Melaka election.

South Korea

Thaw in relations possible

President Lee Jae-myung said that US President Donald Trump clearly wants dialogue with Pyongyang and confirmed Seoul will not be deploying troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war.

Nation

Dr Wee: Education reset needed

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs an immediate national education recovery plan with clear timelines and objectives following its disappointing performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) 2025, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic).

Japan

Govt mulls changing prostitution laws

The country should overhaul its prostitution law to punish those who seek to buy sex, experts recommended, in proposals likely to lead to changes to the decades-old legislation.

China

Typhoon Dolphin caused US$5.38bil in losses

The government revealed that direct economic losses incurred from natural disasters in August amounted to 36.03 billion yuan or US$5.38bil (RM22bil), with Typhoon Dolphin causing the most damage.

Sri Lanka

Family fights for last shack standing

Famed seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty inclu­ding Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but now faces demolition under a government-­ordered coastal clean-up.

Pakistan

Nursery ward blaze traced to ‘systemic failure’

A fire that killed 14 infants at a maternity ward in the capital last month followed "systemic and institutional failure" at the hospital, according to an official inquiry.