Football

Terengganu and KL share the spoils in first-leg Malaysia Cup tie

PETALING JAYA: Terengganu were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against Kuala Lumpur in their Malaysia Cup quarter-finals first leg match at the Sultan Zainal Abidin Stadium on Friday (Feb 6).

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.

Technology

Apple plans to allow external voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Apple ‌is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence ‌apps from other companies in CarPlay, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Technology

Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Goldman ‌Sachs is working with technology ‌startup Anthropic to develop AI-powered agents aimed ‌at automating a widening range of internal functions, CNBC reported on Friday, citing the bank's chief ‍information officer.

Technology

US Justice Department casts wide net on Netflix's business practices in merger probe, WSJ reports

Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice ‌is investigating whether Netflix used anti-competitive tactics as part of the streaming giant's proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of ‌Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Technology

Big Tech's quarter in four charts: AI splurge and cloud growth

Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants have predicted their spending ‌would surge this year as they double down on artificial intelligence, ‌sharpening investor scrutiny over whether these costly bets would generate enough returns to justify the sector's high valuations.

World

Armed attack leaves 4 dead in coastal city of Ecuador

QUITO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed early Friday in an armed attack in the coastal city of Machala in Ecuador's El Oro province, local police said.

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

New targeted financing schemes for MSMEs lauded

PETALING JAYA: Business groups have welcomed the Entre­preneur Development and Coope­ratives Ministry's introduction of two new targeted financing schemes aimed at supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

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.

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

‘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

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.

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.

Metro News

Pasir Gudang’s growth roadmap

Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap featuring major infrastructure overhauls and high-value investment targets to transform the industrial hub into a "smart, sustainable, and investor-ready" metropolis.