Nation

Fake gun seized but no shots fired after early-morning scuffle at karaoke joint, say Melaka cops

MELAKA: Melaka Police said that an imitation firearm was used in an early-morning scuffle at a karaoke outlet in Taman Melaka Raya here, while denying claims circulating on several media that gunshots were fired during the incident.

World

US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution ‌on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader.

Nation

Missing uni student in KL turns up in JB

PETALING JAYA: A 23-year-old university student, Nurul Ain Hannani, who was reported missing since Monday (Jan 5), has been found in Johor Baru.

World

Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, say activists

DUBAI (AP): Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have now gone nationwide in the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge the country's theocracy.

China

Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV

BEIJING: Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, a Chinese national, has been extradited from Cambodia to China, where he is wanted on suspicion of fraud and operating illegal casinos, Chinese national broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday (Jan 8).

Football

Ex-Premier League soccer referee Coote gets suspended sentence for indecent image charge

LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Former ‌Premier League soccer referee David Coote was on Thursday given ‌a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a charge ‌of making an indecent image of a child.

Singapore

Man jailed 20 months for trying to start fire at Bangladeshi High Commission in Singapore over ‘passport issues’

SINGAPORE: Convinced that his new passport had issues, a man went to the Bangladeshi High Commission and attempted to start a fire by pouring petrol on the ground.

Nation

Classified military files to be revealed tonight, says Chegubard

MELAKA: Activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin is promising to release "classified" military files allegedly containing information on misappropriation in the supply and procurement processes of the Armed Forces on Thursday (Jan 8) night.

World

Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?

NEW YORK, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis ‌on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's federal crackdown.

Forex

Ringgit ends lower after Trump's warning to defence firms drives safe-haven demand

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended marginally lower against the US dollar on Thursday, as investors shifted to safe-haven assets following US President Donald Trump's warning to defence contractors, an analyst said.

Japan

Number of short-term foreign visitors involved in scams in Japan triples, fraud schemes, investment fraud top activities

TOKYO: The number of foreigners exposed for involvement in fraud during a short-term stay in Japan reached 59 from January to October last year, nearly tripling compared to the same period in the previous year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from National Police Agency data.

World

Cubans brace for more hardship as US pressure on Venezuela chokes off oil

MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Cubans braced ‌for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil ‌tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to sever a critical energy lifeline for ‌the Communist-run island just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Corporate News

Orkim wins contract of affreightment from BHPetrol

PETALING JAYA: Orkim Bhd has received a letter of award for a contract of affreightment (COA) from Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd (BHPetrol).

Other Sports

Olympics-French Freestyle skier Ledeux out of Milano Cortina Games

PARIS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Freestyle skier Tess Ledeux will ‌miss the Milano Cortina 2026 ‌Winter Olympics in a major blow to French medal hopes less than a month before ‍the Games.

World

US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance ‌a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled nation ‌could last years.

South Korea

South Korean judo coach accused of choking students unconscious during training

SEOUL: A South Korean judo instructor in her 20s has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly choking two high school students unconscious during training at a gym in Gyeonggi Province, police said Thursday (Jan 8).

Corporate News

IAB wins RM58mil water supply grid job

PETALING JAYA: Insights Analytics Bhd (IAB) has accepted a letter of award from Bumia Sdn Bhd to act as a sub-contractor for the proposed Betong regional water supply grid from Betong to Pusa, Betong division, Sarawak, worth RM58.42mil.

Badminton

Double delight as Aaron-Wooi Yik, Wei Chong-Kai Wun advance to quarters

BUKIT JALIL: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun kept Malaysia's men's doubles challenge alive after both pairs advanced to the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open on Thursday (Jan 8) in contrasting styles.

Technology

EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Wiz deal by February 10

BRUSSELS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will ‌decide by February 10 whether ‌to clear Alphabet's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, its largest deal ever, according ‍to a filing ‍on the European ‌Commission website.

World

German president says US is destroying world order

BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German ‌President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. ‌foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged ‌the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.