In a year of gaming epics, “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” arrives as a counterpoint. Not all titles need to be sagas that take weeks to finish. Excellence can come in many forms, and in Nintendo’s case, it’s a familiar one. “Wonder” is the first original 2-D platformer in the series …

PETALING JAYA: The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) passenger train will travel at a maximum speed of 160kph upon the commencement of commercial operations in January 2027, says Malaysia Rail Link (MRL). The project owner of the train, MRL pointed out that its rail infrastructure including foundation works, rail track, …

(Reuters) – International rebuke swelled on Saturday over what observers say are efforts to use a politicized justice system to keep Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo out of office. A prosecutor at Guatemala’s attorney general’s office on Thursday moved to strip Arevalo of his immunity from prosecution, accusing him and his …

PETALING JAYA: As fate would have it, weatherman Lim Ze Hui always happened to be in the thick of things, whenever extraordinary weather occurrences struck. From freak storms to devastating haze, the just-retired Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) deputy director-general has seen it all. One was when Tropical Storm Greg struck …

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s firing was over a “breakdown in communication between Sam and the board,” and not “malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices,” Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo Saturday morning, viewed by Reuters. The board of OpenAI, …

GOMBAK: Selangor will upgrade infrastructure in areas previously identified for its flood occurrences to mitigate the risk, or at least minimise the impact of such disasters. State youth, sports and entrepreneurship development committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi said the Selangor Mentri Besar had directed the state infrastructure committee to convene …

JOHOR BARU: Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin is disappointed with his successor Dr Zaliha Mustafa over her silence following the remarks made by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing who questioned the link between smoking and cancer. He said it was disheartening that Dr Zaliha has not come out to correct …

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sanctioned 37 Russian groups and 108 people including a former prime minister and a former education minister and said he aimed to fight wartime abductions of children from Ukraine and other “Russian terror”. “We are increasing the pressure of our state onto …

thestarexculsivePETALING JAYA: The justice system needs to be more accessible to child victims in sexual abuse cases, says the Children’s Commissioner to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) Dr Farah Nini Dusuki. She said that efforts had been made to improve the reporting of such cases for children, especially …

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Sadio Mane marked his 100th cap for Senegal with two goals as they began their World Cup qualifying campaigning with a comfortable 4-0 home victory over South Sudan on Saturday. There were also wins for South Africa, who edged Benin 2-1 at home in Durban, and …