Other Sports

Olympics-Sofia Goggia lights Games cauldron in Cortina

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ‌Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sofia Goggia, Italy's first women's ‌downhill Olympic champion, lit the cauldron in Cortina ‌d'Ampezzo on Friday at the culmination of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

Technology

Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup SambaNova, sources say

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World

Three dead in light plane crash off South Australia coast, police say

SYDNEY, Feb ‌7 (Reuters) - A light plane crashed ‌into the ocean off South ‌Australia on Friday killing the three men on board, police said.

World

Trump orders prioritizing countries with higher defense spending as customers for US weapons

Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ‌Trump signed an executive order that would re-prioritize the customer list for ‌U.S. weapons in favor of countries with higher defense spending and ‌strategic importance in their region, the White House said on Friday.

Insight

Address stunting in children

Stunting, stemming from malnourished babies and children, is more than a matter of below-average height – it carries long-term consequences if unaddressed.

Nation

Malaysia faces twin shortage of organs and transplant surgeons

PETALING JAYA: More than 10,000 Malaysians are on the waiting list for kidney transplants, but organs are scarce.

Nation

‘Don’t rally during Modi’s visit’

PUTRAJAYA: The Home Minis­try has urged the public not to hold any gatherings in public places during the official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the weekend.

Nation

Two words reinstated in Act

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has reinstated the words "offensive" and "annoy" in Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998, ruling that the terms are not unconstitutional.

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).

Nation

Perak official urges public caution as dry spell drags on

IPOH: The people need to be mindful of starting an open fire during the current hot weather, says Datuk Sayani Saidon.

Nation

DVS allows pork imports from Thailand and Brazil

PUTRAJAYA: The Veterinary Services Department (DVS) has approved the import of pork from Thailand and Brazil to meet domestic demand during the Chinese New Year celebration this year.

Metro News

Momentum with Red Devils as Spurs visit

EVERYTHING points to another win for Manchester United this weekend, when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford.

Nation

A long-term fix for organ transplants

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia, which has among the world's lowest organ donations, is now pushing for an improvement – but deeper challenges remain.

Sabah & Sarawak

Teen claims he doesn’t know seriousness of sexual offences

KOTA KINABALU: A teenager has claimed trial to charges of sodomising and molesting his 11-year-old step-sister, saying he did not know the seriousness of the offences.

Focus

Maimed by someone else’s war

IN the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.

Focus

A giant beneath the steppe

MORE than 3.2km beneath the wind-swept steppe of western Kazakhstan, porous rock formed from the skeletons of ancient coral and marine life holds one of the world's most prolific oil deposits.

Metro News

Liverpool seek lift-off

THE 4-1 win over Newcastle United last week was a huge result for Liverpool.

Nation

Legal Malaysians living in fear in Minnesota

PETALING JAYA: For Sarah Ng, a 30-year-old Malaysian professional living in southern Minneapolis, a major city in the state of Minnesota, for the past decade, her daily routine was simple: driving to work and back home. 

Food News

Old ingredients, newly acquainted

CENTURY egg tofu is a cold appetiser that brings together two ingredients of ancient lineage, making it a fitting, if understated, addition to the Chinese New Year table.

Focus

Fighting for every breath

WITH pollution in Pakistan hitting record highs in recent years, citizens clutching air monitors and legal papers are taking the fight for clean air into their own hands.