World

Indonesia searching for missing surveillance plane with 11 onboard

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers were ‌searching on Saturday for an ATR 42-500 fisheries surveillance aircraft ‌that went missing with 11 people on board, officials said.

Football

Soccer-Man Utd sweep past Man City as Carrick enjoys perfect start

MANCHESTER, England, Jan 17 (Reuters) - ‌A transformed Manchester United kicked off interim manager ‌Michael Carrick's second stint in charge with an exhilarating ‌3-0 derby day defeat of Manchester City in the Premier League at a vibrant Old Trafford on Saturday.

AseanPlus News

Chinese solar firms eye price hikes amid silver surge, scrapping of tax rebate

China exported 206 gigawatts of photovoltaic modules in the first nine months of 2025, up 10 per cent from a year earlier

Singapore

Singapore police tell music fans to stay vigilant against e-commerce scams involving K-pop merchandise

K-pop fans looking to buy merchandise online should guard against e-commerce scams, the police said.

Football

Soccer-Diaz could be the key for Morocco in Afcon final against Senegal

RABAT, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Morocco coach Walid ‌Regragui is predicting that Brahim Diaz could be the catalyst for his side as ‌they bid to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time ‌in half a century on Sunday.

Thailand

Thailand halts multiple major construction projects after fatal accidents

PM says firm's contracts to be terminated for 2 accident-hit projects as Ministry orders a pause for inspections of all its large-scale projects; Two crane incidents kill 34 people

Other Sports

Olympics-Monobob champion Humphries back in form as Nolte wins overall World Cup title

Jan 17 (Reuters) - American ‌Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries marked a ‌return to form three weeks before defending ‌her gold medal at the Milano Cortina Games, clinching her first win in nearly three years, while ‍Germany's Laura Nolte took the ‍overall monobob title at ‌the IBSF World Cup final on Saturday.

Football

Soccer-Raphinha in doubt for Sociedad game as Barca look to stretch LaLiga lead

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Barcelona winger ‌Raphinha is a doubt for Sunday's LaLiga trip to Real ‌Sociedad after sustaining a knock, manager Hansi Flick said on ‌Saturday as his side look to extend their lead at the top of the table.

Vietnam

Viettel begins construction of Vietnam's first chip plant, trial run targeted by end‑2027

Vietnam's military-run telecom company Viettel on Friday began construction of the country's first semiconductor fabrication plant, with trial production expected to start by late 2027.

Other Sports

Alpine skiing-Odermatt wins Wengen downhill for fourth time in a row

WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 17 (Reuters) - ‌Swiss Olympic Alpine skiing favourite Marco Odermatt delighted the ‌home fans by winning a men's World Cup downhill ‌on Wengen's famed Lauberhorn piste for the fourth time in a row on Saturday.

Philippines

Philippines bans Grok website, eyes X talks as backlash grows

The Philippines blocked access to the website of Elon Musk's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot as a global backlash grows over sexualized images of people generated by the AI system.

Badminton

Aaron-Wooi Yik bow out of Indian Open in semis

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik's hopes of making it into back-to-back finals were dashed after they went down to Japan's Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita in the Indian Open semi-finals.

World

Ugandan President Museveni re-elected to seventh term

KAMPALA, ‌Jan ‌17 (Reuters) - ‌Veteran President Yoweri ‍Museveni ‍was the ‌landslide winner ‍of ​Uganda's ⁠presidential election, ‌the chief ⁠of ‍the ‍electoral ‌commission said on Saturday.

Football

Soccer-Senegal criticises Cup organisers as pre-final tensions mount

RABAT, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Tensions ‌mounted on the eve of the Africa Cup of ‌Nations final as Senegal's coach Pape Bouna Thiaw criticised ‌a lack of security for his players when they arrived in Rabat ahead of Sunday's decider and were mobbed at the city's train station.

Indonesia

Indonesia Air transport aircraft en route to Makassar lost contact; search now underway

An ATR 42-500 aircraft operated by Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact on Saturday over Maros District, South Sulawesi, while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar.

Nation

Floods: Sarawak fully recovers fully as last evacuation centre closes

KUCHING: Sarawak has fully recovered from floods following the closure of the last temporary evacuation centre (PPS) at the Sebauh Community Hall in Bintulu at 4pm Saturday (Jan 17).

Cambodia

Going after the cheaters: Cambodia arrests 75 online scam suspects in latest raids

Cambodia has arrested a total of 75 online scam suspects in the latest crackdown on the cyber scams, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday.

World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy orders faster imports of electricity, power equipment

KYIV, Jan 17 (Reuters) - President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that he had ordered ‌imports of electricity and additional power equipment to ‌be accelerated as much as possible as Ukraine confronts its worst wartime energy crisis.

Nation

Minimum of 'C' in four core subjects for all students among targets in new education blueprint, says DG

PETALING JAYA: The upcoming Education Blueprint 2026-2035 will impose firm key performance targets, including a requirement for students at both the primary and secondary school levels to obtain at least a grade C in four core subjects - Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics and History, says Mohd Azam Ahmad.

AseanPlus News

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Kevin ‌Rudd left his post a year ‍earlier than planned following criticism from US President Donald Trump at White House meeting in October