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Malaysia's Dayaks Mark Rice Harvest End With Colourful Parade

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic Dayak people paraded in the streets of Sarawak state on Borneo island Saturday to celebrate the ending of the rice harvest season.

International Business Times

99 Speed Mart's Southeast Asia 500 debut is the latest milestone for the company and its founder, a childhood polio survivor

99 Speed Mart's founder, Lee Thiam Wah, contracted polio at a young age. He’s been wheelchair-bound for much of his life.

Fortune

Malaysia records first Covid death of 2025

Southeast Asian nation has recorded nearly 22,000 cumulative Covid cases so far this year

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Nvidia and the AI boom help Malaysia’s NationGate debut on the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 with a 720% revenue surge

NationGate generated $1.6 billion in revenue last year, high enough to place it at No. 243 on the Fortune Southeast Asia 500.

Fortune

Malaysia investigates Chinese use of Nvidia-powered servers in the country — trade minister verifying reports of possible regulation breach following reports of smuggled hard drives and server rentals

Malaysia’s trade ministry is investigating whether a Chinese firm’s use of Nvidia-equipped servers in a local data center violates domestic laws.

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Southeast Asian nations look to hedge their way out of troubled waters in the South China Sea

The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations claiming a stake in the waters has stirred up yet more trouble.

The Conversation

Young Frenchman on trial for drug trafficking in Malaysia

Tom Félix has gone on trial in northern Malaysia, charged with drug possession and trafficking which could carry the death penalty if he is found guilty.

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TopX Games in Malaysia: What’s Hot in 2025

TopX Games in Malaysia are trending in 2025 with jackpot slots, live dealer tables, and instant-win games.

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Retire in Malaysia for Affordable Luxury

Many expats retire in Malaysia, a Southeast Asian country with a world-class city. Come for the affordable living, stay for the top-notch health care and cuisine.

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Chinese AI outfits smuggling suitcases full of hard drives to evade U.S. chip restrictions — training AI models in Malaysia using rented servers

A Chinese AI company circumvented the U.S. ban on importing advanced AI chips by exporting its data instead.

Tom’s Hardware

In Depth: Global Student Flows are Changing as Chinese Families Seek Better Value

Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia rise as cost-effective contenders to Western universities amid shifting student priorities

Caixin Global

As Trump’s tariffs loom, Southeast Asia’s solar industry faces devastation

US tariffs cast pall over green energy industry in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Al Jazeera

Malaysian leader Anwar wins a reprieve in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has won a reprieve in a civil suit accusing him of sexual misconduct, after a court approved his bid to suspend the trial due to start next week

The Independent UK

Jordan Johnson-Doyle: Body found in search for British backpacker who went missing in Malaysia

Police launched a search for the software engineer after he vanished in Kuala Lumpur last week

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A top OpenAI executive says AI sovereignty may depend on how much a company can afford to spend

OpenAI's chief strategy officer Jason Kwon suggests that capital and data will determine which countries benefit from working with the AI company.

The Conversation

Can ASEAN build a sustainable data centre future? Malaysian legal lessons may offer a wake-up call

Southeast Asia is embracing a digital revolution. With the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and cloud computing, the region is now home to some of the most ambitious data centre developments in the world.

The Independent UK

Brunei's sultan released from Malaysian hospital

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the world’s wealthiest men and its longest-reigning sitting monarch, has been discharged from a Malaysian hospital five days after he was admitted for fatigue

Al Jazeera

Sentence for ex-Goldman banker in 1MDB case ‘too short’: Malaysian minister

Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for role in 1MDB scandal.

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The Independent UK

Friday’s briefing: Man City want to be more ‘aggressive’ in market

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak admitted the club “probably should have been more aggressive” on the transfer front last summer as he looked back on their 2024-25 season.Manchester United’s Amad Diallo said he did not regret his actions, alleging he had been reacting to insults about his mother, after…

The Independent UK

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker gets 2 years in prison for plot to fleece billions from Malaysia's 1MDB fund

A former Goldman Sachs banker has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a $4.5 billion scheme to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund

Evening Standard

Manchester United: Amad Diallo has no 'regret' after clip of obscene gesture towards supporters goes viral

Footage on social media appeared to show Amad making an obscene gesture outside the team's hotel in Kuala Lumpur

The Guardian - UK

Amad Diallo says he ‘does not regret’ obscene gesture to fans in Malaysia

The Manchester United winger claims he made an obscene gesture to fans in Kuala Lumpur because they had insulted his mother

The Independent UK

Amad Diallo says ‘no regrets’ as he explains reason for showing middle finger to fans

Footage shared on social media appeared to show Amad making the gesture outside the team’s hotel in Kuala Lumpur

Sports Illustrated

Amad Diallo Explains Explicit Gesture After Man Utd Loss

Manchester United’s Amad Diallo has defended himself following an exchange in Malaysia that saw the winger show his middle finger to someone as he walked by.

The Independent UK

Ruben Amorim says Manchester United want to ‘turn the page’ after poor season

United were booed off in defeat to an ASEAN All-Stars team in Malaysia on Wednesday.

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