World

Exclusive-Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday ‌that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi "seems very nice" but expressed uncertainty over whether Pahlavi would be able to muster support within Iran to eventually take over.

World

Factbox-Key quotes from President Trump's interview with Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sat for ‌an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Here are some key quotes:

Thailand

Some saved, some not: rescuers face Thai train crash havoc

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Residents and workers were confronted with a scene of carnage on Wednesday (Jan 14) as they rushed to try and rescue passengers after one of Thailand's worst rail accidents in decades.

Technology

Google says US transmission system is biggest challenge for connecting data centers

Jan 14 (Reuters) - Connecting to ‌the U.S. electrical transmission system has become the biggest problem for powering up ‌Google data centers on the grid, as the wait times to connect ‌surge to more than a decade in some parts of the country, an energy executive with Google said on Wednesday.

Nation

Lecturer loses RM493,600 to investment scam

KUANTAN: A lecturer lost RM493,600 after being duped by a non-existent online investment scheme in September last year.

Entertainment

HK actress Carina Lau, 60, says she's getting old and becoming forgetful

The actress says she often finds herself repeating the same sentences and is becoming increasingly forgetful.

World

US Senate narrowly blocks effort to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a ‌resolution on Wednesday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without Congress' authorization, after the Republican president put pressure ‌on party members who had supported it.

Technology

TSMC smashes forecasts with record profit as it rides AI boom

TAIPEI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI ‌chips and a major supplier to Nvidia, on Thursday posted a 35% ‌jump in fourth-quarter profit to record levels that blew past market forecasts and predicted more robust growth this year.

Technology

Exclusive-SK Hynix speeds up new chip fab opening to meet memory demand, executive says

SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - SK Hynix plans ‌to accelerate the opening of a new factory by three months and will also begin operating another ‌new plant in February, a senior executive said, as surging memory demand pressures global supply.

Technology

Interactive Brokers says betting on US midterm elections should juice growth of its platform

NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - As Americans bet on U.S. midterm ‌elections in November, Interactive Brokers founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy said he expects growth to accelerate this year for the prediction markets platform his company launched in 2024.

Nation

Immigration rescues two Indonesian women from forced labour, human trafficking syndicate

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Indonesian women, believed to be victims of forced labour exploitation and human trafficking, were rescued following a series of enforcement operations in Kapar and Bukit Jelutong.

Technology

Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some advanced computing chips

Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ‌Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, ‌such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor ‌from AMD called the MI325X, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.

Nation

High on meth, man allegedly threatens to slit toddler’s throat with broken bottle in Kelantan

PASIR PUTEH: A man who tested positive for drugs is believed to have threatened to kill his two-year-old daughter in an incident at Jalan Pak Mayong, Tok Bali here on Wednesday.

Athletics

British runner Porter pulled from ultramarathon after death threats

Jan 14 (Reuters) - British runner ‌Sarah Porter was pulled from the Montane Winter Spine Challenger South ‌race after receiving death threats related to her charity work ‌supporting Afghan women and girls, race organisers said.

Nation

WWII-era 227kg bomb unearthed at Jasin construction site

JASIN: An unexploded 227kg aerial bomb believed to date back to the Second World War was uncovered at a construction site here on Wednesday (Jan 14)

Corporate News

Former army chief Zamrose resigns as Boustead Heavy Industries director

KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) said General (Retired) Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain has resigned as a director of the company, with effect from Jan 12, 2026.

Technology

OpenAI signs $10 billion computing deal with Nvidia challenger Cerebras

Jan 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI ‌will purchase up to 750 megawatts of computing power over three years from chipmaker Cerebras as the ChatGPT ‌maker looks to pull ahead in the AI race and meet the growing demand, the two companies ‌said on Wednesday.

Nation

Khairy, former leaders to attend Umno Youth wing opening at general assembly

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is expected to attend the opening of the Youth wing in conjunction with the Umno General Assembly at Dewan Merdeka on Thursday (Jan 15).

Technology

California to investigate xAI over deepfake content, officials say

WASHINGTON, Jan ‌14 (Reuters) - California officials ‌said they were demanding ‌answers from Elon Musk's xAI amid the spread of non-consensual ‍sexual images on the ‍platform that ‌has prompted global scrutiny.

Nation

Do you know ... about buah pulasan?

Buah pulasan resembles rambutan at first glance - a round, red and inviting fruit.