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.

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.

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.

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.