Locals in Johor’s Forest City tell CNA the startup community has boosted businesses but add that anyone found breaching Malaysia's immigration laws should face action.

Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China's DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.

The project is part of a broader push to modernise one of the world's largest rail networks while reducing carbon emissions.

Autopsies found that 27 victims died from carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning after inhaling smoke.

"We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country's security over that of others," said China's President Xi Jinping.

Malaysia's Democratic Action Party chief Anthony Loke tells CNA why he remains a believer in coalition politics – and how Pakatan Harapan is hopeful of winning the Aug 1 Negeri Sembilan state election.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic blitz is the latest sign of middle powers drawing closer together. It has not gone unnoticed by Washington, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

The boat was already partially sunken when rescuers reached it near Selayar, a small island south of the larger Sulawesi.

Preliminary police investigations indicate that the suspect, acting out of resentment, allegedly assaulted the victim by strangling her for about 15 minutes.

The scandal began in June, when investigators said they had concluded that officials accepted bribes of up to 800,000 baht (US$23,847) to electronically alter candidates' results to allow them to pass mandatory exams for government appointments or pr...

Top reasons cited for disapproval included "cannot hope for much" and "poor policies".

Lin Heung Lau, one of Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum restaurants, has boosted its business by 20 per cent despite mounting challenges facing the city’s Chinese eateries.

Barisan Nasional (BN) will contest 25 seats, amid recent signals by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) that it would work with the coalition’s key party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Aug 1 polls.