Malaysian named global winner of 2022 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian teacher has been named the global winner of the 2022 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards.

China offers South Pacific nations security, free trade agreements

HONIARA (AFP): China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock them into 'Beijing's orbit'.

Australia business investment dips in Q1, outlook sharply upgraded

SYDNEY: Australian business investment fell unexpectedly in the first quarter as floods and bottlenecks hit building work, though firms sharply lifted plans for spending in the year ahead in a boost to the economic outlook.

Cricket-New Zealand's Satterthwaite calls time on international career

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Amy Satterthwaite, the seventh most prolific batter in women's one-day internationals, has called time on her representative career after New Zealand Cricket (NZC) decided not to award her a central contract.

Global shares rise after Fed meeting notes hint at future rate hikes

NEW YORK: Global shares rose on Wednesday after notes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's early May meeting showed a strong likelihood that the world's most powerful central bank will approve two more half-percentage-point rate hikes in coming months.

Cricket-ICC awards ODI status to five associate women's teams

(Reuters) - The associate women's teams of the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand and the United States were awarded one-day international status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday.

AmBank merger, Grab stake buy still market talk

Doctorate despite heart surgeries

PETALING JAYA: It has been a long journey for Penang-born Damina Khaira (pic), who obtained her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University as a heart patient.

Beijing says US-backed Asia plan seeks to 'decouple' countries from China

BEIJING (Reuters): China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday (May 25) a US-backed economic plan for Asia seeks to decouple countries from the Chinese economy, but many countries are worried about the "huge cost" of doing so.

Notorious Vietnamese hacker turns government cyber agent

At the height of his career, Vietnamese hacker Ngo Minh Hieu made a fortune stealing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans.