India

Gujarat Police arrest main accused in Bhavnagar hooch tragedy from Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The Gujarat Police have arrested Raees, the main accused in the deaths of 11 people due to poisonous liquor in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh

Nation

Teacher, son killed in Rompin crash

KUANTAN: A teacher and her son were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a ravine at KM149.9 of Jalan Kuantan-Seremban near Rompin yesterday.

Nation

45 animal horns worth about RM5,000 seized at Penang airport

PETALING JAYA: Authorities seized 45 units of items believed to be animal horns after an Indonesian passenger was stopped at the Bayan Lepas International Airport in Penang.

Cricket

Cricket-Starc takes five wickets, Bangladesh 35 for six at lunch in second test

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia paceman Mitchell ⁠Starc took five wickets in 22 balls in a brilliant spell of ⁠quick bowling as Bangladesh staggered to lunch at 35 for six on ‌day one of the second test in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday.

Thailand

Thailand's Data Centre boom tests the grid, the rules and the workforce

BANGKOK: Thailand's pitch to the world's technology companies has, for the past two years, been built on numbers that keep climbing.

Japan

Japan protests Russian missile tests off disputed islands

TOKYO: Japan said on Friday (Aug 21) it had protested against Russia's notification that Moscow would conduct missile tests off disputed islands visited by President Vladimir Putin earlier in August.

China

China launches biggest-ever car recall campaign over door handle safety

BEIJING: Eleven carmakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, launched software updates and vehicle recalls on Friday (Aug 21), the companies said, in China's largest-ever automotive recall campaign, as regulators tighten scrutiny of emergency door-release systems in electric vehicles (EVs).

People

At the height of his success: A tribute to famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja

Nirmal Purja was a famed mountaineer who died on the slopes of Broad Peak in his bid to scale all 14 eight-thousanders not once, but three times.

AI

Opinion: What do students lose when they stop writing?

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without AI. And it's costing more than just grammar skills.

Wellness

More time for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients 

An experimental drug appears to be extending the lives of patients already in the advanced stages of the disease. 

Indonesia

Soviet weapons from Indonesia's independence struggle displayed in Jakarta

JAKARTA: (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) An exhibition of Soviet weapons that played a vital role in Indonesia's struggle to maintain its territorial integrity has opened at the Satria Mandala military museum in Jakarta, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

Singapore

Singapore allocates 200MW of new data centre capacity to four operators

SINGAPORE: (Bernama) Singapore has provisionally allocated 200 megawatts (MW) of new data centre (DC) capacity to four operators, strengthening the country's position as a trusted global hub for artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre investments.

Philippines

Four dead in Manila residential fire

MANILA: (Bernama-Xinhua) Four people, including a three-year-old child, were killed in a fire that swept through a residential area in Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Friday (Aug 21) afternoon, local authorities said, reported Xinhua

Bangladesh

Mirza Fakhrul sworn in as Bangladesh's 23rd President

DHAKA: (Bernama-BSS) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has taken the oath as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on Friday (Aug 21), Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported

Singapore

Two Singapore traffic cops taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after vehicle catches fire on BKE

SINGAPORE: Two Traffic Police (TP) officers were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after their vehicle caught fire at an expressway exit early on Friday (Aug 21)..

World

Australia's capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says

SYDNEY, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia's capital ⁠will join a gun buyback as part of a response ⁠to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival ‌in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday.

World

US judge strikes down policy suspending immigrant visa processing for 75 nations

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday struck down a ⁠Trump administration policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants ‌from 75 countries, saying that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statutory authority. 

Nation

Malaysia urges Asean action as haze pushes API readings to unhealthy levels

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has urged Asean member states to step up preventive measures and preparedness against transboundary haze as dry weather conditions push air quality to unhealthy levels in parts of the country.

Cricket

Cricket-Australia's Starc takes five wickets in first four overs in second test vs Bangladesh

Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australia paceman ⁠Mitchell Starc took five wickets in his first four ⁠overs of the second test against Bangladesh in a brutal ‌spell of swing bowling on a bouncy, Gabba-style wicket in Mackay, Queensland on Saturday.

Nation

Malaysia, Pakistan to boost intel sharing, step up fight against cross-border drug trafficking, says Saifuddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Pakistan are set to strengthen intelligence sharing and coordinated operations to combat increasingly sophisticated transnational drug trafficking networks, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.