KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Malaysia is set to gain from the Fifa World Cup 2026 competition starting this week in areas such as digital commerce, media consumption, payments, logistics and cross-border business, a top foreign banker said today. Bank of America Malaysia country executive Gautam Puntambekar said the spillover benefits to Malaysia and Asean member countries […]
Diesel subsidies drain Malaysia’s economy through smuggling, while rising costs silently push up prices of everyday goods YOU have probably never lost sleep over what fuel a lorry uses. But right now, that question is quietly shaking Malaysia’s economy. Here is the strange situation we are in: pumping petrol into your family car feels cheap,
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PUCHONG, June 12 — While most parents opt for playgrounds or shopping malls as weekend destinations, one kindergarten teacher has taken a different approach by introducing children to the wonders of nature through hiking and forest exploration activities. Farah Zahira Zahari, 39, began organising the programme during the school holidays last December after noticing growing interest
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — For the past four years, Nur Husna Hassan and her siblings have worked to ensure their father can continue driving safely without sacrificing his independence. Living in Taman Perling, Johor Bahru, her 77-year-old father still drives himself to the mosque, surau, grocery shops and coffee shops as part of
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Malaysia risks raising a generation proficient in artificial intelligence (AI) technology but lacking strong critical thinking and analytical skills if numeracy and reasoning abilities are not strengthened from an early age, according to an expert. Senior lecturer at the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM),
Depression can turn into deadly thinking in men. Here is how to spot the warning signs and act before tragedy strikes DEPRESSION strikes millions but in its darkest form, it drives fathers to destroy what they love most – their own families. Friends and family can identify these cognitive shifts early, particularly “learned helplessness”, the
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PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — Finding the courage to enter a courtroom is a lot to ask of a child, even more so to ask them to testify or recount abuses, what more to identify the accused. In those moments, a reassuring face can make all the difference. That is where Victim Liaison Officers (VLOs) come in,
Governance and policy uncertainty drive investors from Indonesia Rupiah is the world’s worst-performing currency vs USD this year Slide drives equity selling, risks ‘doom loop’ — investor SINGAPORE, June 10 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is losing the trust of investors and his growth agenda risks being undone by a plunging currency. The special forces
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WHEN EU foreign policy chief declared at a conference in Estonia that China’s economic model and dominance in strategic sectors such as batteries and chemicals was the “lesion” making Europe “sick” and that Europe needed to treat it with “chemotherapy”, she was probably unprepared for the backlash triggered by her unprecedented, factually and logically flawed
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