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Nova said the national pair, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei, should have been able to go further, but the lapses in several important points gave space to the opponents from Hong Kong to collect easy points. — Bernama pic

Sports / 7 h ago

What went wrong for Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei at home despite strong start

The situation was most severe at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, where foreign visitors were forced to queue for up to two hours to complete immigration clearance. — Malay Mail file pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Foreign travellers stranded at Johor checkpoints after major immigration autogate failure

RMAF Chief General Datuk Seri Muhamad Norazlan Aris speaks at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Open Day held in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Subang Air Base in Kuala Lumpur on October 4, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

‘Yeye culture’ fallout: 20 RMAF officers face disciplinary action over camp scandal

Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Mohd Ismail Ayob (second from right) submits his nomination papers for the Lamag state seat during the nomination day for the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections at Dewan Sri Lamag today. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Kinabatangan by-election sees three-way fight for parliamentary seat, Lamag a straight BN-Warisan contest

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad meets with well-wishers on his 100th birthday at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya on July 10, 2025. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Aide: Ex-PM Dr Mahathir on long road to recovery after fracturing hip

Kedah KPDN director Muhammad Nizam Jamaludin said the KPDN’s Sungai Petani branch carried out an inspection at the petrol station concerned following the circulation of a video recording on social media. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Viral video sparks probe into petrol station selling RON95 to foreign vehicle

Benjamin Yuen appears as the character Prinze Chow in the upcoming Malaysian–Hong Kong co-production film “Black Ops”. — Picture via Instagram/skopofficial

Showbiz / 9 h ago

Who is Benjamin Yuen? Meet the Hong Kong star speaking Malay in ‘Black Ops’, Malaysia’s biggest action film

Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah expressed deep concern that the Kuala Langat area is predominantly inhabited by Malays, and noted that issues related to pig farming in the area have yet to be fully resolved since 2010. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 56 m ago

Sultan of Selangor expresses disappointment over state’s plan for large-scale pig farms in Tanjong Sepat

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits the newly arrived giant pandas from China during his visit to Giant Panda Conservation Centre at Zoo Negara January 10, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Anwar announces fresh RM5m allocation to upgrade Zoo Negara

US President Donald Trump (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio look on during a meeting with US oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC yesterday. — AFP pic

World / 8 h ago

Trump urges US oil firms to invest in Venezuela but CEOs warn country is ‘uninvestable’

This photo taken on August 18, 2025 shows author Hu Anyan entering a public library in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province. — AFP pic

Life / 11 h ago

‘I was trash’: Ex-delivery driver gives voice to China’s precarious gig workers

Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng said the decision to extend the CP500 advance tax payment system to those who already pay monthly tax deductions (PCB) had sparked widespread public dissatisfaction, with taxpayers feeling they were being “squeezed dry”. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Lim Guan Eng urges LHDN to retain CP500 for businesses, warns expansion to wage earners unfair

People in winter clothes trade at a traditional market in Baoding, northern China’s Hebei province on January 7, 2026. — AFP pic

Life / 5 h ago

The hidden cost of clean air: Why Chinese villagers can’t afford to heat their homes anymore

Parti Warisan (Warisan) candidates for the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat, Datuk Saddi Abdul Rahman, and for the Lamag state seat, Mazliwati Abdul Malek, arrived at the nomination centre at Dewan Sri Lamag today, accompanied by their proposers and supporters, for the Kinabatangan and Lamag by-elections. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 7 h ago

BN, Warisan and independent contenders submit papers as Kinabatangan and Lamag nomination centre closes

MACC’s senior investigation division director, Zainul Darus, confirmed the seizure but declined to provide further details. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 1 h ago

MACC seizes 23 Rolex watches, luxury items worth RM2.2m linked to ex-army chief’s associates

What You Think

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Only Denmark and people of Greenland can decide on Greenland — Hafiz Hassan

The Greenlandic flag (Erfalasorput) flies on the roof of Tivoli Castle in Copenhagen. The author argues that international law is clear: Greenland’s status rests solely with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland themselves, and that any attempt by external powers to claim or ‘own’ the territory would violate sovereignty, self-determination and the UN framework. — AFP pic

JANUARY 10 — President Donald Trump says the US needs to “own” Greenland to prevent Russia and China from doing so.By Trump’s own admission then, the US does not own Greenland.So, who owns Greenland?The short answer is the Kingdom of Denmark. Yes, Denmark is a kingdom, and a sovereign state.The...

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil industry executives at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2026. — Reuters pic

What You Think / 1 h ago

Love thy neighbours — but not their proximity to Greenland? — Phar Kim Beng

Closer to home, Petronas has declared its aspiration for Net Zero by 2050. This includes ventures into solar energy, hydrogen projects, and potential carbon storage hubs. — Reuters pic

What You Think / 8 h ago

The O&G industry at a crossroads, transform or fade — Ahmad Ibrahim

Under the Moneylenders Act 1951, anyone who lends money for interest must hold a licence. There are also limits on how much interest can be charged. Most importantly, if an unlicensed moneylender gives a loan, the law says that the agreement is unenforceable. — File pic

What You Think / 8 h ago

Signed, sealed, and illegal: Unravelling fake property deals —Justin Wee Kim Fang

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Snow-covered buildings in Nuuk, Greenland. The author argues that Greenland’s rare earth riches have ignited a dangerous new phase of great-power rivalry, warning that US ambitions framed as ‘strategic necessity’ risk undermining sovereignty, alliances and trust in an era where resources increasingly drive geopolitics. — AFP pic

1d ago

Greenland’s rare earth wealth and the geopolitical tempest: Why the Arctic matters more than ever — Phar Kim Beng

Venezuelan expatriates in Buenos Aires celebrate the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, holding a Venezuelan flag reading ‘Libertad’ (Freedom) at the Obelisk on January 3, 2026, illustrating public reactions to political change in Latin America. — AFP pic

2d ago

When the right revolts: why Latin America’s political shift should alarm Asean — Abbi Kanthasamy

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appears on screens as he speaks at the opening of the Belem Climate Summit plenary session, as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 6, 2025. — Reuters pic

2d ago

Revealing issues of access and equity in COP host cities — Goh Hong Ching

The author says BRICS is the most potent symbol and vehicle for the ongoing diffusion of global power away from the US-led West. Its expansion makes this process tangible and irreversible. — AFP pic

2d ago

Will BRICS be the architect of the new world order? — Ahmad Ibrahim

Asean has its own internal cleavages: political models, economic disparities, and strategic outlooks vary widely. — Firdaus Latif pic

2d ago

Asean’s engagement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Past, Current and Future: Chairs of Asean have to be deeply concerned — Phar Kim Beng

The author argues that natural resource abundance does not create prosperity on its own, but that strong institutions, credible governance, and coordinated national strategy turn resources into lasting wealth. — Bernama pic

07 Jan 2026

Resource wealth is not national wealth — Samirul Ariff Othman

Many SMEs lack the workforce, technical expertise, and formal documentation systems needed to generate the extensive evidence required for compliance, despite already engaging in informal good practices that remain undocumented. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

07 Jan 2026

Reframing ESG as commercial opportunities for SMEs — Rozaimah Zainudin and Karren Lee-Hwei Khaw

When a child struggles in school, the initial assumptions are often that the problem lies in poor motivation, attention, or behavioural issues, or in low academic ability. — File picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

07 Jan 2026

Trouble in school? The problem may be a child’s inner GPS — Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya

The author argues that while the government’s reform agenda is welcome, its credibility hinges on whether it finally follows through on a long-promised Law Reform Commission Bill — a test of whether ‘walk the talk’ reforms will move beyond rhetoric. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

06 Jan 2026

Will the reform Bills include the Law Reform Commission Bill? — Hafiz Hassan

The author argues that seed oils have fallen from dietary favour as scientific doubts, industrial processing concerns and viral online backlash collide — forcing food companies and consumers to rethink decades of nutrition advice built on the demonisation of saturated fats. — Unsplash pic

06 Jan 2026

The great oil flip-flop: How seed oils went from golden boy to dietary villain — Ahmad Ibrahim

Military equipment of the ground forces takes part in long-range live-fire drills targeting waters south of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on December 30, 2025. — Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via Reuters

05 Jan 2026

If the US can, so can China — Hafiz Hassan

How can universities seize the semiconductor moment? Radical curriculum overhaul and specialisation is needed. Universities must rapidly develop specialised undergraduate and postgraduate programmes co-created with industry. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

04 Jan 2026

Why Malaysian universities must bridge the semiconductor skills chasm — Ahmad Ibrahim

A vehicle carries Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after he and his wife Cilia Flores were captured overnight in Venezuela by US forces, at the Westside Heliport in New York City January 3, 2026. — Reuters pic

04 Jan 2026

Caracas’ upheaval in 2026 vastly different from Philippines in 1986: Zero impact on Manila’s Asean chairmanship — Phar Kim Beng

It is paramount for both the Federal and Sabah Governments to be transparent in their approach, lack of which the Sabahans may be disillusioned into believing that the annual special grant amount, especially the cumulative amount accrued over the period of 48 years from 1974 to 2021 often described as ‘the lost years’, is astronomical. — Bernama pic

04 Jan 2026

Sabah’s 40pc revenue entitlement: A constitutional quagmire? — Teo Chee Kang

Venezuela has resisted Washington’s long-standing claim to moral and strategic primacy over Latin America. It has refused to open its vast natural resources to Western extraction on Western terms. This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. — AFP pic

03 Jan 2026

Peace, delivered by aircraft carrier — Abbi Kanthasamy

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