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.

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

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.

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.

Cricket

Cricket-Ex-India coach Rajput out to win respect for minnows UAE at T20 World Cup

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Nearly two decades after ‌guiding a youthful India to the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup title, coach Lalchand Rajput finds himself back on the ‌global stage, although the landscape and the stakes have shifted.

Nation

Melaka's dengue fatality rate exceeds Health Ministry's threshold

MELAKA: Melaka recorded a dengue case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.29 per cent last year, exceeding the 0.20 per cent threshold set by the Health Ministry.

AseanPlus News

US defends new minerals alliance, rejecting claims it targets China

Washington says the Forge initiative is about securing supply chains against shocks and price coercion, not building an exclusive bloc

Nation

Zamri Vinoth among two remanded after anti-illegal temple rally

KUALA LUMPUR: Two men detained following a rally against the construction of allegedly illegal temples on Saturday (Feb 7) have been remanded for two days, police say.

World

Gunmen kill three people and abduct Catholic priest in northern Nigeria

BAUCHI, Nigeria, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Gunmen ‌killed three people and abducted a Catholic priest and several others ‌during an early morning attack on the clergyman's residence in northern Nigeria's ‌Kaduna state, church and police sources said on Sunday.

World

Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia, embassy says

MOSCOW, Feb ‌8 (Reuters) - Four Indian students were ‌injured in a knife attack ‌at a medical university in Russia's Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in ‍Moscow and Russian investigators ‍said.

Singapore

Fatal Chinatown accident in Singapore: Driver arrested after 6-year-old girl died

A 38-year-old woman was arrested following the accident in Chinatown on Feb 6 that killed a six-year-old girl, said the police in an update on Feb 8.

AseanPlus News

White House plans first Board of Peace summit, on Feb 19, according to reports

The White House is planning a leaders' meeting for the Board of Peace on Feb 19, reported Xinhua quoting US media outlet Axios Saturday.

Nation

Don't be victims amid rise in bogus welfare home cases

KUCHING: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri urges members of the public not fall victim to scams involving fake welfare homes that demand payment.

World

Meloni condemns 'enemies of Italy' after clashes in Olympics host city Milan

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime ‌Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned anti-Olympics protesters as "enemies of Italy" after ‌violence on the fringes of a demonstration in Milan on Saturday ‌night and sabotage attacks on the national rail network.

Nation

Foreigners nabbed for stealing car batteries, workshop items, say Kluang cops

KLUANG: Police have arrested three foreign men believed to have stolen vehicle batteries and workshop equipment.

AseanPlus News

Panama president defends judiciary after China slams canal port concession ruling

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino rejects Chinese criticism, arguing verdict was within Panama's constitutional and legal framework

Nation

Café fight leads to 10 arrests in Jinjang

KUALA LUMPUR: A fight near a café here led to the arrest of 10 suspects following an incident in Taman Beringin on Friday (Feb 6).

Living

Human Writes: Eating up the planet

We love our meat – and that love is helping to kill the Earth as well as our own health.