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Pensyarah USIM galak amalan menabung melalui Simpan SSPN untuk rancang pendidikan anak, elak hutang dan bina kewangan keluarga mampan. KUALA LUMPUR: Amalan menabung sebagai sebahagian perancangan kewangan bijak mampu membina ekosistem kewangan mampan dalam suasana kos sara hidup mencabar. Pensyarah Kanan Fakulti Ekonomi dan Muamalat USIM Dr Umi Hamidaton Mohd Soffian Lee berkata pendekatan berkesan […]

Relatives of 179 victims gather at closed Muan airport, questioning the official probe and a concrete structure that breached safety guidelines. MUAN: Grieving families continue to seek answers one year after South Korea’s deadliest airline disaster killed 179 people. Jeju Air Flight 2216 struck a flock of birds while landing at Muan International Airport from

Ex-junta prisoner Kyaw Kyaw Htwe runs for Aung San Suu Kyi’s former parliamentary seat in a military-managed poll, aiming to revive political engagement. KAWHMU: A former political prisoner is campaigning for the parliamentary seat once held by Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an election organised by the ruling military junta. Kyaw Kyaw

Integration improves access and continuity of specialist care across Singapore–Malaysia border SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 December 2025 – As healthcare systems in Singapore and Malaysia continue to emphasise accessibility, continuity and regional collaboration, Sincere Healthcare Group (“Sincere”) has announced the integration of Landmark Medical Centre (“Landmark”), a trusted healthcare provider in Johor

BEIJING, Dec 22 — A revamp of China’s electricity market is boosting the economics ​of storing power just as international demand surges, sparking a boom for the Chinese energy storage manufacturers that already dominate globally. Chinese ‌firms are on track for a 75 per cent jump this year in global shipments of lithium-ion battery cells

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Malaysian rapper Namewee or Wee Meng Chee was today acquitted by the Magistrates’ Court in his drug use case. Magistrate S. Arunjothy ordered Wee’s release following the submission of the chemist’s report in his drug use case earlier. Earlier, Wee’s drug use case came up for mention, during which Deputy

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit was Asia’s best-performing currency this year against its regional peers, with its gains underpinned by strong economic fundamentals and buoyant exports, while interest rate cuts by the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) provided pivotal support to the local currency. Read full story The Star : Business Feed

US Coast Guard pursues a third sanctioned tanker near Venezuela, escalating pressure on Caracas’s oil sector and sanctions evasion efforts. WASHINGTON: The US Coast Guard is actively pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, a US official confirmed on Sunday. This marks the third such operation in recent weeks as Washington intensifies pressure

Cambodia’s interior ministry reports over half a million people displaced by two weeks of border clashes with Thailand, as regional ministers prepare to meet. PHNOM PENH: More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand. The interior ministry said on

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 21 — A total of 16,396 motorcycle owners and riders have been penalised for various offences during Ops Motosikal, carried out in Terengganu from Jan 1 until yesterday. State  Road Transport Department (JPJ) director, Mohd Zamri Samion said 81,107 motorcycles were inspected during the operation which resulted in the issuance of 24,954