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.

Indonesia

Indonesian crew member dies in cruise ship blaze

A fire on a cruise ship killed one crew member and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of passengers, the city-state's maritime and port authority said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Letters

Safeguarding workforce in Safety 5.0 era 

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

Letters

Factors that define a great hospital 

A letter from EMERITUS PROF NG KWAN HOONG, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya,

Badminton

Chong Wei plays down Zii Jia concerns, gives him time to decide on Finals

PETALING JAYA: It is nothing serious. That was the assurance from Badminton Association of Malaysia performance committee chairman Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei regarding professional men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia condition after he withdrew from next week's German Open due to injury.

Star Biz7

Singapore’s financial sector a big winner

Liquidity will lead the charge in Singapore's equity market.

Badminton

Rexy keeps Thomas Cup door open despite Goh-Izzuddin joining training

PETALING JAYA: The door remains open for any men's doubles pair hoping to force their way into Malaysia's Thomas Cup squad for the Finals in Horsens, Denmark, from April 24-May 3, even after independent pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani agreed to come on board.

Star Biz7

Chow Tai Fook courts the young

China's largest jewellery retailer, Chow Tai Fook, which competes with Tiffany and Cartier and is in the middle of its biggest makeover in decades, is introducing new products and store formats as it moves into overseas markets.

Badminton

Zakry doubles down on depth in women’s ranks

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia stand to gain plenty if they can have more than two top class women's doubles pairs.

Squash

Rachel needs something special yet simple to get past Kennedy

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Rachel Arnold has some unfinished business at the Cincinnati Gaynor Cup as she hopes to break her quarter-final barrier on her sixth attempt in Ohio.

Star Biz7

Dubai luxe property keeps booming

Shahab Lutfi just sold a Dubai penthouse for more than US$100mil, and he's betting that the boom in the city's ultra-luxury property market will continue.