1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1261+ words) As you arrive at Awan Kuning – a corner terrace house located in a suburban Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood – what catches your eye is its lush greenery. And as you walk through the one-and-a-half-storey home, this natural, tropical theme remains consistent. Developed…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1809+ words) CHICAGO: There’s something addictive about it. Sitting in bed late at night watching one 30-second clip after another. Bright, blue light illuminating the room. Whipping out a camera the moment a restaurant server brings a meal or a favourite performer…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (259+ words) KUANTAN: Six friends were killed after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a one-tonne lorry on Jalan Karak Lama near Bentong. The victims were identified as the driver, V. Mugilan, 25; K. Dineshvaran, 22; K. Alaganathan, 21; A. Kanabati Raja, 19; S. Kiisven, 17; and M. Paranthaman, 16. Pahang…...

20+ min ago   (74+ words) The Star DeepSeek tells prospective investors of funding pause, Bloomberg News reports July ⁠25 (Reuters) - Chinese ⁠AI startup DeepSeek has told prospective investors ​in ⁠its second ⁠fundraising round that ⁠it is ⁠suspending the deal ​for now, Bloomberg News ⁠reported ​on Saturday,…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (193+ words) QUANG NGAI, (Vietnam): Thirty-three fishermen have been rescued and three others remain missing after a fishing vessel sank while en route to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands, the border guard command of the central province of Quang Ngai reported on…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago   (959+ words) Hundreds of visitors queue beneath the PETRONAS Twin Towers each morning, waiting for their allotted time to cross the iconic Skybridge. Every 15 minutes, another 42 people are admitted, before the next group follows. By day’s end, more than 2,000 visitors could have…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (858+ words) BANGKOK: The Italian Embassy in Bangkok has issued an official statement condemning a group of Italian teenagers and offering a sincere apology to the Thai public following a viral altercation on the BTS Skytrain. In a trilingual statement released on…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1118+ words) Malaysian real estate developers and contractors once built homes designed to beat the heat without air conditioning, an approach that deserves a second look. With the country reportedly about 1.2OC hotter than it was in 1969 and temperatures expected to rise further…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (529+ words) SEREMBAN: Perikatan Nasional has unveiled its 14-point manifesto for the Negri Sembilan state election on Saturday (July 25) night. The policy document, themed "United to Make Negri Sembilan Great," was launched by Perikatan chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar at…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago   (184+ words) KUALA PILAH: A total of 144,894 smallholders under the Plantation and Commodities Ministry have been approved to receive the Budi Agrokomoditi targeted diesel subsidy as of July 15, making it the ministry with the highest number of approved recipients, says Datuk Seri…...