Metro News

Breaking fast without breaking the bank

EVERY year, Mohd Shahrin Abdullah, 31, eagerly braves the elements and crowds at Ramadan bazaars, stopping by after work to buy dishes for iftar before heading hom

Focus

Struggling to keep the lights on

IT is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro's window pierces the darkness outside.

Metro News

Klang Valley traders keep price hike palatable

AMID financial pressures and tighter budgets among customers, petty traders in the Klang Valley are keeping their price increase to a minimum this Ramadan.

Focus

A 500,000-year headstart on ingenuity

EARLY hominins in Europe were creating tools from raw materials hundreds of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived there, two new studies indicate, pushing back the established time for such activity.

Focus

Tokyo hardens for a hotter future

INSTEAD of revising from textbooks, a group of Tokyo teenagers are ankle-deep in tidal mud, hauling plastic waste from the shallows of the city's waterfront.

India

Call for ‘human control’ of AI

A new UN panel on artificial intelligence aims to "make human control a technical reality", the global body's chief said as leaders at a New Delhi summit weighed their message on the future of the divisive technology.

Pakistan

Pakistan, US sign pact to redevelop Roosevelt Hotel

The nation has agreed with the US government to jointly redeve­lop New York's Roosevelt Hotel, the government in Islamabad said, allowing Islamabad to unlock value from its major overseas investment.

Metro News

Statewide checks after Shah Alam tree-fall incident 

SELANGOR local councils are advised to assess ageing trees in their areas with certified arborists to prevent untoward incidents.

Why Not?

Of road signs and roads that sing

With so many vehicles around, we could do with some signs of harmony on the roads.

Insight

Hire for the mission

Senior recruitment fails more often than most boards admit. Not because candidates aren't talented, but because hiring starts from the wrong place.

South Korea

Yoon remains defiant after life term

Ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day.

Thailand

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to nab burglar

When Thai police were having trouble catching a serial burglar who repeatedly slipped through their fingers, they came up with a creative plan: going undercover in a traditional lion costume to get close to their elusive quarry.

North Korea

Kim opens rare party congress

The ruling party has opened a landmark congress, state media said, launching a political spectacle expected to unveil the next phase in the nation's nuclear weapons programme.

Insight

AI in the layman’s eye

The subject of artificial intelligence (AI) has become so dominant that the World Economic Forum in Davos recently reputedly devoted 200 sessions for corporate leaders to discuss AI from multiple angles.

Philippines

Former leader Duterte faces pre-trial ICC hearing

Former president Rodrigo Duterte (pic) faces a pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly committed as part of a brutal crackdown on drugs.

Indonesia

Prabowo clinches US trade deal, slashing tariffs to 19%

The White House announced a reciprocal trade agreement with Indonesia while President Prabowo Subianto was in Washington to attend the first meeting of President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

India

Fresh faces campaign on anti-corruption platform

Kishori Karki, 25, has been seeking blessings from elders in her community as the young candidate prepares to fight for change ahead of the country's landmark election next month.

Letters

Safeguarding workforce in Safety 5.0 era 

A letter from DR MOHD ZUBAIRY SHAMSUDIN, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Japan

Takaichi vows growth push, defence reset

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to make Japan "strong and prosperous", while pledging to keep "hitting the growth button" following her party's landslide election win.

Star Biz7

Asia bonds for diversification

Three forces are reshaping Asia's bond markets, as Allianz Global Investors (GI) sees it.