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Motorsport
Keep the motor running
PETALING JAYA: Former MotoGP rider Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah and Qabil Irfan Azlan won the top honours at the 2025 Aeon Credit Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM) Awards Night in Bukit Kiara on Thursday.
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Nation
It’s all systems go for CNY exodus
PETALING JAYA: With hordes of Malaysians travelling home for Chinese New Year, it's all systems go for buses, trains and even planes.
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Nation
Finding joy in simpler celebrations
PETALING JAYA: As rising costs reshape festive habits, some celebrants are placing greater emphasis on quality food and family time rather than lavish decorations.
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Badminton
Japan defeat highlights Malaysia’s depth issues ahead of Thomas Cup
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's lack of depth in their back-up squad was exposed at the Badminton Asia Team Championships – a worrying sign ahead of the Thomas Cup Finals from April 24–May 3 in Horsens, Denmark.
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Nation
Toll discounts, price caps for CNY
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has agreed to provide highway toll discounts and implement price controls on selected food items in conjunction with the Chinese New Year period, government spokesperson Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said.
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Squash
Path clear for Sivasangari to reach quarters in Chicago
PETALING JAYA: The road is clear for national squash player S. Sivasangari (pic) to reach the quarter-finals of the Windy City Open after pulling off a superb opening round victory in Chicago.
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Star Biz7
Big Tech’s mammoth AI spend
Four of the biggest US technology companies together have forecast capital expenditures that will reach about US$650bil in 2026 – a mind-boggling tide of cash earmarked for new data centres and the long list of equipment needed to make them tick, including artificial intelligence (AI) chips, networking cables and backup generators.
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Star Biz7
Swatch turns Monet into wearable art
On the Bund in Shanghai, inside a stately heritage building crowned with a red-tiled roof and anchored by a watch boutique at street level, Carlo Giordanetti (pic) is imagining a big bang.
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Nation
‘Pengerang TB cluster originated from elderly woman’
JOHOR BARU: The tuberculosis (TB) cluster in Johor, where 33 people tested positive, originated from a female senior citizen, says state health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon (pic).
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Star Biz7
Investors chase broadening markets
As the new year progresses, equity investors seem to be looking beyond the winners of the past decade, seeking opportunities in a broadening market where policy support and innovation collide.
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Nation
Proposal offers a ray of hope
PETALING JAYA: Cancer survivor Cheryl Eng, 57, has spent the past few years calculating the cost of illness and ageing – and coming up short.
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Nation
HRD Corp suspends three officials
KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resource Development Corp (HRD Corp) has suspended three of its top management following adverse reports from three bodies.
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Nation
India PM’s visit to further boost bilateral relations
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pic) will arrive here today on an official visit at the invitation of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Nation
AKPS chief ready for tough challenges in reforming border security
PETALING JAYA: Tasked with cleaning up Malaysia's porous entry points and years of entrenched corruption, Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director-general Datuk Seri Comm Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain is under no illusion about the enormous job he has inherited.
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Insight
Stepping out of shadow AI
You may have seen the viral video of a professor screaming at his students at the top of his lungs. "Do you think I can't tell that you're all using ChatGPT?" he yells, throwing their assignment papers into the air in rage. "How immature," we judge silently.
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Short Position
PNB sticks to value in IJM takeover
The proposed takeover of IJM Corp Bhd by Sunway Bhd has stirred one of the most talked-about corporate debates in the Malaysian market this year.
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Insight
Governing AI the Asean way
The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025 was remarkable.
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Star Biz7
Creating designs that resonate
Clients often approach Antonius Richard, founder of Jakarta-based architecture studio RAD+ar, to design "sustainable" establishments.
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Star Biz7
High stakes in Wallenberg drama
THE Wallenberg dynasty is corporate royalty in Sweden, known for its strict hierarchy, sense of civic duty and firm-handed guidance. But it was the experiment of a family icebreaker at the home of elder statesman Peter "Poker" Wallenberg Jr (pic) more than a decade ago that set the stage for its latest succession efforts.
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Star Biz7
Painful trade-offs
As Malaysia grapples with rising medical inflation and intensifying debate over insurance reform, policymakers are increasingly looking outwards for answers.
