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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Local institutions continued to support Bursa Malaysia with net purchases totalling RM194.2 million in domestic equities last week, compared with net purchases of RM77.9 million in the week ended February 14.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Feb 24 — The state government is seeking to expand the esports competition, the Selangor Future Cup, to all districts next year in order to elevate the sport. Executive councillor for youth, sports and entrepreneurship Najwan Halimi said schools in every district will...

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Feb — The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) needs to review the education loan repayment collection mechanism and increase monitoring of the agency's education loan management.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Malaysia and China will further strengthen collaboration in palm oil supply chains, technological innovation, and market expansion this year, said Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin.

MANILA, Feb 24 — An increasingly complex security environment means Japan and the Philippines need to further enhance their defence cooperation, Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani said today ahead of a bilateral meeting in Manila.

BERLIN, Feb 24 — Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany's next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election yesterday, vowed to help give Europe "real independence" from the US as he prepared to cobble together a government.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil today launched the ‘AI in the Newsroom’ course organised by the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), the first in its series of AI-related training programmes for media professionals.

CAIRO, Feb 24 — Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Bursa Malaysia trended lower in early trading, tracking Wall Street's decline as traders weighed on the latest batch of data suggesting the United States (US) economic growth was weakening, said an analyst.

BEIRUT, Feb 24 — Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah at a mass funeral in Beirut yesterday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iranian-backed group.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The ringgit strengthened against the US dollar in early trade after reaching a nearly three-week high last Friday, buoyed by softer-than-expected US economic data released last week.

KYIV, Feb 24 — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia's "aerial terror" and called for unity among Ukraine's allies.

NARATHIWAT, Feb 24 — Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, were injured in a bomb explosion near a supermarket in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Public fund management and bullying at the Royal Military College are among the issues set to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat today.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 24 — Some 363 former settlers of Felda Sungai Buaya have received their remaining compensation of RM100,000 each, finally bringing an end to a 30-year wait.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The police have denied allegations circulating on social media about a robbery and assault on a family in Bangi.

LANGKAWI, Feb 23 — The Health Ministry (MOH) aims to reduce the prevalence of stunted growth among children under five to 14.2 per cent by 2030.

NARATHIWAT, Feb 23 — Former Thai premier and informal adviser for Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship Thaksin Shinawatra made a one-day working visit to three southern provinces of Thailand today, to find a solution to the long-running conflict in the region.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The police have opened 15 investigation papers into a fraudulent stock investment scheme, linked to losses amounting to RM638,205, allegedly masterminded by an individual with the title ‘Datuk’.

SYDNEY, Feb 23 — Australia's online safety regulator on Monday fined messaging platform Telegram about AU$1 million (RM2.81 million) for its delay in answering questions about measures the app took to prevent the spread of child abuse and violent extremist material.