Intellasia East Asia News Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is scheduled to meet the king at Istana Negara on Tuesday (February 25), his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said, after...

Intellasia East Asia News A special flight carrying Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early on Wednesday (February 26)....

Intellasia East Asia News What is happening in Malaysia? The country’s ruling alliance collapsed on Monday after the prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest leader, shocked the nation by...

Intellasia East Asia News Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad called on Wednesday for a unity government without political parties after his shock resignation as prime minister sparked turmoil. But old rival Anwar...

Intellasia East Asia News With a snap election seemingly on the horizon in Malaysia, analysts say the political situation in the country remains highly fluid, and may fracture even further...

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan deems the announcement of the special Dewan Rakyat session on March 2 by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as unofficial, pending a decree on the matter by...

PETALING JAYA: The Pakatan Harapan presidential council has said that it was inappropriate for the interim Prime Minister to have preceded the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by calling for a special...

JOHOR BARU: Puteri Wangsa assemblyman Mazlan Bujang has been described as a "potential kingmaker" with regards to the new state government.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government plans to speed up the implementation of RM21bil worth of projects this year to boost business confidence.

KOTA KINABALU: Six policemen were injured when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Tawau on Thursday evening (Feb 27).

PETALING JAYA: E-hailing drivers are disappointed after the stimulus package worth RM20bil announced by the government to help cushion the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak did not recognise them as...

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry says a new case of Covid-19 has been detected, while two more positive cases have made full recovery.

 KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission (SC) is working with the Government and other parties to implement capital market-related measures announced in the economic stimulus package.

KUALUMPUR: Power Root Bhd, the maker of Alicafe drinks, said higher sales overseas almost doubled its profits in the third quarter ended Dec 31.

KUALA LUMPUR: TSH Resources' core profit before tax for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31,2019 jumped by 136% to RM22.51mil from RM9.54mil a year underpinned by higher revenue from its...

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): A 'soft groundbreaking' and early construction on Indonesia’s new capital city in East Kalimantan may take place in July, the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) announced...

KUALA LUMPUR: Genting Bhd posted net profit of RM1.99bil in the financial year ended Dec 31,2019, an increase of 46.1% from the RM1.36bil in FY18 but it remained cautious for...

TOKYO (ANN): Some citizens in Japan have been caught on video getting violent while waiting to buy face masks, presumably due to the product’s scarcity in their area.

In its editorial, The Korea Herald says that at first, the South Korean government vowed to respond proactively to the coronavirus, but now it is questionable whether it has walked...

BEIJING, Feb 27, Global Times -- Ahead of a closely watched election next week that might produce the first Chinese national to head the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),...

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd reported a second straight quarterly losses and warned that the company is likely to miss its own internal target for 2020 due to the coronavirus...

BALI (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali have escaped a possible death sentence on the Indonesian holiday island after a court sentenced them to...

BEIJING (Xinhua/China Daily/ANN): A renowned Chinese respiratory expert said he believes the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic will basically be brought under control on the Chinese mainland by the end of...

Intellasia East Asia News Malaysia’s king met parliamentarians for a second day on Wednesday to try to end political turmoil by finding someone able to form a government or by...

NEW YORK (Reuters): Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos will commit US$10bil to fund scientists, activists, nonprofits and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the effects of...

A study finds that the rising temperatures caused by climate change, are linked to an increase in early childbirth, which might lead to problems with child development.

Exposure to air pollution, including the haze and petrol fumes, might be the reason why that bald spot is growing larger.

Toxic smoke from Indonesia's wildfires have raised carbon dioxide emissions to frightening levels, but what has Malaysia and Malaysians really done to face the heat of climate crisis?

Roubaix, one of France's poorest cities, has launched a zero waste initiative to help families halve their household spending and wastage by changing their eating and buying habits.

Merely hoping for people to voluntarily change their behaviour and refuse, reuse and recycle plastics may no longer be enough. It’s time to hit their pockets, says Finland.