Nation

Classified military files to be revealed tonight, says Chegubard

MELAKA: Activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin is promising to release "classified" military files allegedly containing information on misappropriation in the supply and procurement processes of the Armed Forces on Thursday (Jan 8) night.

World

Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?

NEW YORK, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis ‌on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's federal crackdown.

Forex

Ringgit ends lower after Trump's warning to defence firms drives safe-haven demand

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended marginally lower against the US dollar on Thursday, as investors shifted to safe-haven assets following US President Donald Trump's warning to defence contractors, an analyst said.

Japan

Number of short-term foreign visitors involved in scams in Japan triples, fraud schemes, investment fraud top activities

TOKYO: The number of foreigners exposed for involvement in fraud during a short-term stay in Japan reached 59 from January to October last year, nearly tripling compared to the same period in the previous year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from National Police Agency data.

World

Cubans brace for more hardship as US pressure on Venezuela chokes off oil

MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Cubans braced ‌for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil ‌tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to sever a critical energy lifeline for ‌the Communist-run island just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Corporate News

Orkim wins contract of affreightment from BHPetrol

PETALING JAYA: Orkim Bhd has received a letter of award for a contract of affreightment (COA) from Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd (BHPetrol).

Other Sports

Olympics-French Freestyle skier Ledeux out of Milano Cortina Games

PARIS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Freestyle skier Tess Ledeux will ‌miss the Milano Cortina 2026 ‌Winter Olympics in a major blow to French medal hopes less than a month before ‍the Games.

World

US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance ‌a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled nation ‌could last years.

South Korea

South Korean judo coach accused of choking students unconscious during training

SEOUL: A South Korean judo instructor in her 20s has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly choking two high school students unconscious during training at a gym in Gyeonggi Province, police said Thursday (Jan 8).

Corporate News

IAB wins RM58mil water supply grid job

PETALING JAYA: Insights Analytics Bhd (IAB) has accepted a letter of award from Bumia Sdn Bhd to act as a sub-contractor for the proposed Betong regional water supply grid from Betong to Pusa, Betong division, Sarawak, worth RM58.42mil.

Badminton

Double delight as Aaron-Wooi Yik, Wei Chong-Kai Wun advance to quarters

BUKIT JALIL: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun kept Malaysia's men's doubles challenge alive after both pairs advanced to the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open on Thursday (Jan 8) in contrasting styles.

Technology

EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Wiz deal by February 10

BRUSSELS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will ‌decide by February 10 whether ‌to clear Alphabet's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, its largest deal ever, according ‍to a filing ‍on the European ‌Commission website.

World

German president says US is destroying world order

BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German ‌President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. ‌foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged ‌the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.

Technology

Volvo Cars recalls over 413,000 US vehicles due to rearview camera issue

Jan 8 (Reuters) - ‌Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is recalling ‌413,151 vehicles in the United ‌States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ‍said on Thursday.

Nation

AGC decides NFA on Zahid's 47 charges linked to Yayasan Akalbudi

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has decided that no further action (NFA) will be taken on the 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption, and money laundering related to Yayasan Akalbudi funds involving Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

World

Pope Leo urges Catholic cardinals to create more inclusive Church

VATICAN CITY, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met on Thursday with the world's Catholic cardinals ‌as part of a two-day summit, urging the senior clerics to ‌shun divisions in the 1.4-billion-member Church and focus on attracting new believers.

World

Swiss families file legal complaint over New Year's bar fire

GENEVA, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Families of those who died ‌or were injured in a ‌New Year's Eve fire in the bar of a Swiss ski resort have filed a legal ‍complaint to the Swiss ‍prosecutor's office, a ‌lawyer for a group of victims confirmed ‍to ​Reuters on Thursday.

World

With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration ‌crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting involving immigration officers in two days on Thursday deepened rifts between state and federal officials.

Sabah & Sarawak

13-year-old boy given good behaviour bond over criminal threat against classmate

KUCHING: A 13-year-old schoolboy who threatened to injure his female classmate in October last year was ordered by a Magistrate's Court here Thursday (Jan 8) to be placed on a two-year good behaviour bond.

AseanPlus News

Meow or never: China’s pudgy pets spark race for weight-loss drugs

Fosun and Huadong biotech labs eye feline obesity drugs as owners weigh cuteness against health risks