Philippines

Philippine agencies track suspected Chinese rocket over Palawan skies

MANILA: The Western Naval Command, together with the Philippine Coast Guard, Air Force units, police maritime forces and local disaster offices, tracked a suspected Chinese Long March 12 rocket as it crossed Palawan airspace at about 3.59pm Monday (Jan 19), but authorities said no debris, injuries or property damage had been reported as of early evening

Technology

Netflix defends Warner Bros bid as shares drop on tepid results

Jan 21 (Reuters) - "YouTube is not just user-generated content ‌and cat videos anymore," Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said on Tuesday.

Tennis

Tennis-Turkey's Sonmez soaks up the support in dream Melbourne run

MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Anyone ‌strolling past Melbourne Park's outer courts might have felt like they were wandering through Istanbul ‌on Wednesday as the roars behind Turkish trailblazer Zeynep Sonmez reached deafening levels at ‌the Australian Open.

Nation

Comms Ministry to focus on digital infrastructure, empowering creative industry in 2026, says Fahmi

PUTRAJAYA: The Communications Ministry is focusing on empowering digital infrastructure, the creative and information industries, and government communications this year, says its minister, Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.

World

Factbox-What are the military assets in the Arctic?

OSLO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump wants to buy ‌Greenland as he says it is the only way for the United States to secure its defence. Denmark and Greenland, an autonomous territory, refuse and say any concerns Washington has ‌can be addressed via their existing defence agreement.

Corporate News

Perak Transit appoints Ismail Jamal as general manager

KUALA LUMPUR: Perak Transit Bhd has appointed Ismail Jamal as general manager, effective Jan 21, 2026.

Singapore

Singapore driver who died in 2022 crash was killed by shrapnel ejected from defective Takata airbag: Coroner

SINGAPORE: The driver of a car involved in a chain collision in 2022 was killed when a defective Takata airbag in the steering wheel released shrapnel which pierced his head, a Coroner's Inquiry has found.

Corporate News

Pantech cautiously positive on outlook

PETALING JAYA: Pantech Global Bhd is maintaining a cautiously positive outlook for the remainder of its current financial year.

TV Review

'The Copenhagen Test' review: Tightly wound and twisty

SF-tinted spy thriller keeps its dark story bright by clinging firmly to its hero's conscience.

Fitness

New to trail running? Legend Kilian Jornet says, 'go easy and enjoy the view'

Hikers navigating rugged ­terrain may have noticed more people speeding along the same trail while leaping over rocks and roots like two-legged mountain goats.

World

Ukraine endures its bitterest winter as Russia targets heating and power

KYIV, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Collecting snow for water at ‌home; sleeping in gloves, coats and hats; heating bricks on gas stoves for warmth; erecting tents indoors - Kyiv residents are doing everything they can to survive the coldest, darkest winter of the war.

China

Bottled water saga: Three Hong Kong government officers face action, ex-dept head loses award

HONG KONG: An official investigation into the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government multimillion-dollar bottled water procurement scandal unveiled in August last year has found that three officers from the Government Logistics Department (GLD) failed to fulfil their duties satisfactorily.

Nation

Najib says no issue anticipated when appointing Nik Faisal account mandate holder

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here Wednesday (Jan 21) that he did not anticipate any problems arising from his personal Ambank accounts after agreeing to the appointment of SRC International Sdn Bhd former director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, as the account mandate holder in 2011.

Nation

Blacklist foreign vehicles abusing fuel subsidy, urges backbencher

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign-registered vehicles detected to have fuelled up with subsidised RON95 petrol should be blacklisted from entering Malaysia, says a government backbencher.

Banking

AmBank Group provides RM103.8mil financing for Kedah solar project

KUALA LUMPUR: AmBank Group, through AmBank Islamic Bhd, has extended RM103.8mil in financing to Founder Energy Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Founder Group Limited (FGL).

Technology

Exclusive-Meta's new AI team delivered first key models internally this month, CTO says

DAVOS, ‌Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' new artificial ‌intelligence lab has delivered its first ‌high-profile AI models internally this month, the company's chief technology officer said on Wednesday.

Nation

Former Perlis MB gave me travel agent's details, witness tells court

KUALA LUMPUR: A key prosecution witness told the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Jan 21) that he obtained details about Sri Kedawang Travel & Tours (W) Sdn Bhd from Datuk Seri Azlan Man, the former Perlis mentri besar, who faces ten charges of submitting false claims and receiving proceeds from unlawful activities.

Books

National Library unveils Immersive Learning Centre for heritage digitisation

National Library in Kuala Lumpur has launched the Immersive Learning Centre to digitise heritage, broaden digital learning

Technology

Taiwan's GlobalWafers preparing for phase two expansion at Texas plant

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - ‌Taiwanese silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers is preparing for the phase two expansion of its ‌plant in the U.S. state of Texas, subject to customer commitments, Chairperson Doris ‌Hsu told reporters on Wednesday.

Technology

European telcos to get unlimited radio spectrum under EU draft law

BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Europe's telecoms operators ‌will get a major boost under a European Commission proposal announced on Wednesday, ‌allowing them to use radio spectrum for an unlimited duration, but their demand ‌that Big Tech be required to help fund the cost of rolling out broadband went unheeded.