China eyes five pct growth despite US trade war
[BorneoPost] - 03/6/2025
BEIJING (March 6): China set an ambitious annual growth target of around five per cent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports. Beijing also announced a rare hike in fiscal funding, allowing its budget (…)
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Gaza protesters vandalise Trump's Scottish golf resort
LONDON: US President Donald Trump’s prized Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalised by protesters who (…)
[New Straits Times] - 8/03/2025
Sibu’s Op Samseng Jalanan hauls up four youths for various traffic offences
SIBU (March 9): Four local youths, aged between 15 and 22, were detained in a special operation dubbed ‘Op Samseng (…)
[BorneoPost] - 9/03/2025
‘Maelstrom: The Flying Circus’ brings Malaysians into a fantasy world of swords, magic and immersive Live-Action Role Playing
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Malaysia’s largest live-action role-playing (LARP) community, MyLARP, has once again brought (…)
[Malay Mail] - 9/03/2025
German study reveals 20pc income decline for women after marriage
MUNICH, March 9 — Marriage reduces women’s income by an average of one-fifth, according to researchers at Munich’s (…)
[Malay Mail] - 9/03/2025
Drones elevate spring plowing in southwestern China’s rugged highlands
KUNMING (March 9): As spring farming kicks off across southwestern China, drones are making their mark, buzzing (…)
[BorneoPost] - 8/03/2025
Sungai Golok assailants wore niqab to evade authorities during explosion
SUNGAI GOLOK: The assailants who opened fire and planted an explosive outside the Sungai Golok district office last (…)
[New Straits Times] - 9/03/2025
'We saw thick smoke rising': Malaysians recount explosion near Thai border
KOTA BARU: Several Malaysians who were in Sungai Golok for iftar on last night expressed relief after narrowly (…)
[New Straits Times] - 8/03/2025
Trump ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity, escalating pressure on Tehran
WASHINGTON, March 9 — The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for (…)
[Malay Mail] - 9/03/2025
Powell says tariffs could feed inflation, Fed must wait to determine the impact
NEW YORK: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it remains to be seen if the Trump administration's tariff (…)
[New Straits Times] - 9/03/2025
Malaysia needs a Fraunhofer model R&D ecosystem to invigorate innovation — Ahmad Ibrahim
MARCH 9 — Malaysia has invested much in R&D. Though only about 1.5 per cent of GDP, lower than the target 2.5 (…)
[Malay Mail] - 9/03/2025
‘No clash’: Trump dismisses reports of Musk-Rubio tension over layoffs
WASHINGTON, March 9 — US President Donald Trump denied reports of an explosive clash between Secretary of State (…)
[Malay Mail] - 9/03/2025
