Living

They tried to restore nature to their city in US, but got citations for doing it

Charlotte, a city in North Carolina, the United States, is not one of those native garden-friendly cities — at least, not yet.

Thailand

Thai Meteorological Department warns of increased rainfall in the South as new tropical system forms over the western Pacific

BANGKOK: The Thai Meteorological Department forecasts more rain and isolated heavy downpours in the South as a high-pressure system from China brings moist easterly winds across Thailand.

Nation

Proposed social security bill promises round-the-clock protection for workers, says Lee Lam Thye

KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Employees' Social Security (Amendment) Bill 2025 is a progressive milestone that will significantly strengthen Malaysia's social protection framework, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

Arts

'Amazing' figurines find in Egyptian tomb solves mystery

The funerary figurines were intended as servants to accompany the dead into the afterlife

India

IndiGo's flight chaos spoils India's wedding parties

NEW DELHI: Traditional wedding functions are a big affair in India, but they have become a major casualty of the crisis engulfing India's biggest airline, IndiGo.

Indonesia

Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia

ACEH TAMIANG, (Indonesia): Emergency crews raced against time on Friday (Dec 5) after last week's catastrophic floods and landslides that struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people. Relief operations were underway, but the scale of need overwhelmed the capabilities of rescuers.

China

Hong Kong fire: Echoes of loss below burnt towers

HONG KONG: More than a week after flames tore through Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court estate, killing at least 159 people, the city remains shrouded in grief and a search for answers.

Football

Soccer-Coast-to-coast cheers as US fans react to 2026 World Cup draw

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) - From a Hollywood-style watch party in Los Angeles to a packed fan zone in New York's Times Square, U.S. soccer fans reacted with pride, anticipation and nerves on Friday as the 2026 World Cup draw set the stage for next summer's expanded tournament.

Technology

Apple, Tesla accused of profiting from horrific abuses, environmental destruction

According to the filing, Apple's suppliers engage in forced and child labour, and beatings of workers.

Technology

Exclusive-How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize, Warner Bros Discovery

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) - What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade and one that stands to reshape the global entertainment business landscape, people with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.

Football

Soccer-Former England midfielder Lingard to leave FC Seoul after two-year stint

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Former Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard will leave South Korean side FC Seoul following Wednesday's Asian Champions League Elite clash with Melbourne City, the club confirmed on Friday.

Technology

Hollywood unions alarmed by Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Hollywood unions and theater owners on Friday sounded the alarm over Netflix's proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the deal passes regulatory review.

Football

Soccer-Southampton name Eckert as head coach until 2027

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Southampton have appointed their under-21 coach Tonda Eckert as manager with a contract through to 2027, the south-coast Championship (second-tier) club announced on Friday.

Indonesia

Flood survivors pick up the pieces as more rain looms

SURVIVORS in the country are piecing back shattered lives after devastating floods killed more than 1,500 people across four countries, with fears of fresh misery as more rain looms.

Star Biz7

FBM KLCI poised for strong year-end

Malaysia's equity market is heading into the final stretch of the year, with sentiment cautiously tilting upward and investors eyeing year-end positioning.

Focus

China’s quest for longer life

WHEN a Chinese state television microphone recently caught Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin – both 72 – chatting breezily about living to 150, plenty of people winced. The internet erupted with jokes and dread in equal measure.

Focus

The killing that drew in the tourists

PILAR Tomas stepped out of her stone house and walked towards the scene of a killing that has hung over Tor, Spain, like a cloud for three long decades.

Focus

Al-Sharaa’s long road to the White House

SIX years after the night raid in the quiet northwestern Syrian village of Barisha, Rashid Muhammad Kaseer still shudders at the memory of helicopters overhead.

Focus

Chip dreams meet reality

FOR decades, most of the world's advanced computer chip production was rooted in Taiwan.

India

Women spark hope with solar lamps

Santosh Devi is proud to have brought light – and hope – to her hamlet in western India, taking up solar engineering through a programme for women like her whose husbands suffer chronic disease from mining work.