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Sarawak town chokes as haze pushes air pollution past Malaysia’s emergency threshold

Air pollution in a town in Malaysia's Sarawak state has breached emergency levels due to haze from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia

The Independent UK

Abandoned newborn baby found alive inside Malaysian airport toilet

Baby found by cleaning staff after they heard cries coming from sanitary bin in toilet designated for people with disabilities

The Independent UK

Passport Renewal, ECR Status and Blank Pages: Three Things That Stop Indian Travellers at the Airport

The ECR Stamp That Quietly Limits Where You Can GoECR stands for Emigration Check Required. If your passport carries this designation, printed inside the front cover, you cannot travel to 18 specific countries for employment without clearance from the Protector of Emigrants office under the Ministry of External Affairs. The…

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Global Market: AI hardware demand powers Asia’s manufacturing growth in August

AI hardware demand helped sustain manufacturing growth across several Asian economies in August, with China, Japan and South Korea recording expansion. Strong semiconductor and technology exports supported factory activity, while Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines also grew. However, the prolonged Middle East conflict and rising costs pose risks to the…

The Economic Times

The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia's Hungry Ghost Festival

The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, drawing on Buddhist, Taoist and folk religious beliefs about the relationship between the living and the dead

The Independent UK

Malaysian state’s cash incentive for teenage marriages sparks backlash

Perak’s proposed payment for first-time newlyweds could be available to people as young as 15

The Independent UK

Women's Junior Asia Cup Hockey: India to open campaign against Korea

The Indian women's junior hockey team will begin their Asia Cup campaign against South Korea. The squad has completed extensive preparations under their new coach, Tim White. They previously played matches during an exposure tour in the United Kingdom. India will face Malaysia, Japan, and hosts China in subsequent group…

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Malaysia to repatriate first group of Myanmar nationals in September, government says

Malaysia hosts more than 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the UN refugee agency, including more than 126,000 Rohingya from Myanmar, its largest refugee community.

Euronews

Malaysian university fires professor who claimed Malays could fly; they taught Romans shipbuilding

Solehah Yaacob, a former linguistics professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, went viral last year because of her strange claims, including one that said Malays could fly and Malays taught the Chinese the art of "flying kung fu". This was only one of a series of bizarre claims made…

The Times of India

India drawn with Malaysia, Palestine, Singapore, Guam in AFC U17 Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers

India will compete in Group E of the AFC U-17 men's Asian Cup Qualifiers. The team faces Malaysia, Palestine, Singapore, and Guam in the upcoming tournament. These qualifiers are scheduled to take place in Malaysia during November. India aims for a second consecutive appearance in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup.…

The Economic Times

World’s second-richest country sends 70 tonnes of used clothes to Malaysia every week. Here’s why

Singapore sends up to 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week under a textile recycling partnership. The garments, collected through Cloop’s recycling bins, are transported to Life Line Clothing in Port Klang, where they are sorted for resale, repurposing or disposal. The weekly volume has doubled in two…

The Economic Times

Another former Malaysia prime minister faces criminal charges after leaving office

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been charged with failing to declare his assets

The Independent UK

Asian Games 2026 Cricket Full Schedule: Check match dates, timings, fixtures and India squads led by Shreyas Iyer and Harmanpreet Kaur

The schedules for cricket competitions at the Asian Games 2026, set to take place in Japan, have just been announced. India’s men’s and women’s teams, defending champions for both tournaments, will mark their participation soon. The women kick off their campaign on September 17, facing hosts Japan the following day,…

The Economic Times

Warning of fresh danger from rising lake water in Nepal – as it happened

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Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership

Singapore sends up to seventy tonnes of clothing weekly to Malaysia for recycling. This cross-border initiative gives discarded garments a second life through reuse and repurposing. The volume has doubled in two years, highlighting the growing scale of textile waste management. At the Malaysian facility, clothes are sorted for resale…

Fortune

How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia

The head of Asia’s largest private health group is advancing clinical longevity, cancer care, AI and neighborhood-based treatment.

Euronews

Indonesian Muslims brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires

Emergency services have been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño climate pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Malaysia and Brunei.

The Guardian - AU

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert

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International Business Times UK

Who Is Raja Azreen Raja Talib? Meditasi Drummer Collapses on Stage and Dies Mid-Performance

Raja Azreen Raja Talib, a veteran Malaysian rock drummer, died mid-performance at the Teruntum Rock Festival. Known for his dedication to music and family, his sudden death has left fans mourning.

Bangkok Post

Digital IDs can connect Asean

Imagine a Thai family driving across the border into Malaysia, where officials authenticate their mobile driving licence by scanning a QR code. A Filipino engineer could upload a digital qualification with a job application in Brunei and have it verified in seconds. An Indonesian company applying for a licence in…

The Economic Times

Allied Blenders to produce Officer’s Choice Blue locally in Malaysia

Allied Blenders and Distillers Ltd will produce Officer's Choice Blue locally in Malaysia. This marks the company's first overseas local production initiative. The move supports ABDL's broader strategy for international footprint expansion. Malaysia's spirits segment is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. ABDL will continue evaluating similar asset-light…

Bangkok Post

Malaysia says Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding to tackle haze

KUALA LUMPUR — Indonesia has given Malaysian agencies ⁠official permission ⁠to enter its ⁠airspace to conduct cloud seeding operations, Malaysia ’s environment minister has said, part of both countries’ efforts to combat the haze blanketing the region.

The Independent UK

Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding in latest bid to tackle choking haze

Malaysia's national disaster management agency are preparing schedules for cloud seeding operations ⁠at shared borders

Bangkok Post

Malaysians advised to defer non-essential trips to south Thailand

Malaysians have been strongly advised by their own police to put on hold non-essential visits to southern Thailand as bombings, shootings and arson continue to plague the region.