The Star - September 28 , 2015

Malaysia’s biodiversity is exceptional – we’re ranked 12th in the world’s top 20 most biologically diverse countries. But we are in danger of losing our wild flora and fauna as the country continues to lose its forests.

The Star - September 25 , 2015

SELANGOR will run a pilot programme on separating recyclable wastes for eight weeks beginning next Monday at selected neighbourhoods. But unlike the waste segregation programme in the Federal Territory, households in Selangor need only to put paper (newspaper and cardboard) and containers (plasti...

The Times of India - September 11 , 2015

Few things distract an anxious nation in economic trouble quite like a jaw-dropping military parade featuring a cavalcade of gleaming high-tech weaponry, 12,000 goose-stepping soldiers and fighter jets filling the skies with synchronized plumes of...

The New York Times - September 11 , 2015

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party re-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as its president on Tuesday after his potential rival, Seiko Noda, failed to achieve enough support from lawmakers to contest the post. Mr. Abe will remain party leader for a second three-year term.

Reuters - September 11 , 2015

Indonesia's government on Wednesday promised quick and ''massive deregulation'' in manufacturing, trade and agriculture to attract much needed investment in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

The New York Times - September 11 , 2015

It’s just hitting bookstores, but Dale Russakoff’s new book, “The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?,” has already become a source of enormous contention, both in Newark, where the story takes place, a...

The New York Times - September 11 , 2015

Political parties are civic institutions. They are broad coalitions built for the purpose of creating a governing majority that can be used to win elections and pass agendas. This summer three American politicians have risen to the fore, and they ...

Digital Trends - September 11 , 2015

If there’s one drink you just can’t enjoy out of a vacuum-sealed sippy pouch with a straw, it’s whisky. Let’s face it — nothing strips the intrigue and finesse out of a venerable liquor like plastic and tubing, which ...

The New York Times - September 11 , 2015

Up in Maine, lobsters are thriving. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission reported last month that stocks there reached a record high.

The New York Times - September 11 , 2015

In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages between suspects using iPhones.

Business Times - September 11 , 2015

Foxconn Technology Group plans to invest as much as US$1 billion in Indian startups during the next two years as it seeks growth beyond manufacturing, according to people familiar with the plans.

Business Insider - September 11 , 2015

Xiaomi, the $45 million Chinese “startup” that came from nowhere to become the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker, is planning to launch a laptop early next year, Bloomberg reports.

NST - September 11 , 2015

MALAYSIA and 11 other countries are in the final stages of negotiating a major agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The Times of India - September 11 , 2015

When China sneezes, the world could catch a cold, said a commentary in China's Xinhua news agency which added that the global economy is closely tied to Chinese performance.

The New York Times - September 10 , 2015

Even the prime minister’s sister is unhappy with him.

The New York Times - September 10 , 2015

In the narrow aisles of Golden Profit Trading, a store on Mott Street in Chinatown selling dried seafood and medicinal herbs, shelves are stocked with crates and glass jars full of ingredients not usually found outside this Manhattan neighborhood....

Malay Mail - September 10 , 2015

The redevelopment of Kampung Baru is complicated by residents at the Malay enclave who are demanding to be paid up to 10 times the market worth of their plots of land, minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said.

Reuters - September 9 , 2015

The Dutch government will appeal against a district court ruling ordering it to cut emissions of greenhouse gases faster than currently planned, in a politically sensitive case that is being closely watched by policy-makers abroad.

Malay Mail - September 6 , 2015

It was nice to hear about heartwarming stories at the sidelines of the Bersih 4 mass rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend.

NST - September 6 , 2015

LANGUAGE shapes the way you behave. Keith Chen, a behavioural economist at Yale, not a linguist, thinks that language matters when you start to think about what people do with money. Futured language speakers, he says, tend to save less than those whose language is unfutured. English is an exampl...

NST - September 5 , 2015

VSELVARATNAM or “kuchi rat” as we called him because of his small size, was my “line-up” partner during school assembly every Monday morning when we sang the Negaraku and recited the Rukun Negara.

The Star - September 5 , 2015

IF what former Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas says is true, then the oil and gas (O&G) industry has to go through a perilous three or even four years of low price environment before it sees the heady days of hitting dizzy he...

The Star - September 5 , 2015

IN January, Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas, the-then president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), received a picture of his son in school from his wife. He broke down, realising how much he had missed the child growing up.

Reuters - September 4 , 2015

Global investors are bracing for data next week that could show a big drop in China’s foreign exchange reserves as the central bank steps up its intervention to stabilise the yuan currency after its shock devaluation last month.

Today Online - September 2 , 2015

The Republic’s economy is likely to expand at a slower pace this year than was expected three months ago, as fears of an intensifying global slowdown coupled with dismal manufacturing performance and a weak first half at home continue to weigh on sentiment, a central bank survey of forecast...