MELBOURNE (Reuters) – British world number 55 Jack Draper had no time to enjoy sealing what he described as one of the most satisfactory wins of his career at the Australian Open on Tuesday as he was forced to race to a courtside bin to throw up. The 22-year-old took …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah tourism authorities have been tasked with reaching the tourist arrival target this year, which was amended to three million from 2.8 million initially. More tourists were expected to flock to Sabah this year compared to last year, after the state received 2.5 million visitors in 2023, exceeding …

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a sea of red on Bursa Malaysia, with almost 800 stocks closing in the red, and several counters hitting the limit down on Tuesday. The FBM KLCI ended 7.24 points, or 0.48% lower at 1,493.87 after moving between its intraday low of 1,492.40 and high of …

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court three-member bench on Tuesday (Jan 16) heard the appeal brought by a 37-year-old woman who claimed that her conversion to Islam in 1991 at the age of four by reason of her mother’s conversion to Islam was a nullity from the start. Her lawyer Datuk Malik …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign minister lauded comradely ties with Russia on Tuesday ahead of a rare meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been invited by Kim Jong Un to visit the reclusive nuclear-armed country. Putin has deepened ties with North Korea since the 2022 …

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of foreigners has been detained for attempting to alter information on their passports while registering for the Second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0), says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh. A local woman believed to be a representative of the foreign workers’ employer was also detained, …

(Reuters) – YouTube is making millions of dollars a year from advertising on channels that make false claims about climate change because content creators are using new tactics that evade the social media platform’s policies to combat misinformation, according to a report published on Tuesday. The Center for Countering Digital …

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) has secured a RM97.7mil engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) contract from Landasan Kapital (M) Sdn Bhd. The industrialised building systems specialist, in a statement, said its wholly-owned subsidiary, SCIB Industrialised Building System Sdn Bhd accepted the letter of award and acceptance (LOA) …

PETALING JAYA: After spending nearly one-and-a-half years in prison, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak continues to draw public attention from behind bars. A major question now is whether he will be granted a royal pardon. Various polls on social media show that netizens were polarised over the issue …

(Reuters) – Canada’s abnormally dry winter is worsening drought conditions across the western provinces, where most of the country’s oil, gas, forest products and grain are produced. Western Canada is slowly emerging from a blast of arctic temperatures over the weekend, but the winter had otherwise been unusually mild. Many …