Malaysia’s retail and tourism sectors are set to benefit as the government increases cash aid and raises the minimum wage to ease cost-of-living pressures in what could be Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s final budget before a national election.

The winners and losers of Malaysia’s 2027 spending plan

Malaysian semiconductor firm SQ Advanced Interconnect Bhd is considering raising about RM300 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in the first quarter of 2027, people familiar with the matter said.

Semicon firm SQ Advanced Interconnect plans RM300 mil IPO in early 2027 — Bloomberg

A months-long crisis over the monarchy in a small Malaysian state has become a potential stumbling block for the United Malays National Organization, which had been gaining ground on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Negeri Sembilan crisis complicates Umno’s comeback

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said he will quit Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Cabinet once jailed former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak begins serving his house arrest granted under a conditional royal pardon.

Loke vows to quit when Najib begins house arrest

Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, the long-time political operator who helped two Malaysian prime ministers to power, could again have a hand in shaping who governs as he pushes the nation’s two biggest parties towards an alliance.

Opposition leader Hamzah pushes parties for bloc against Anwar

(Sept 15): Authorities in Malaysia have seized several more Israel-bound shipments at one of the country’s biggest ports, according to people familiar with the matter, an apparently new level of scrutiny in a nation where anti-Israeli sentiment runs high.

Malaysia said to seize another three containers bound for Israel — Bloomberg

Relations between Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his ruling alliance partner Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi have deteriorated in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, with the two men barely seen talking to each other.

Anwar’s bond with Zahid said to vastly deteriorate — Bloomberg

Choking haze has forced Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to move the annual National Day speech to an indoor venue from a public square, the Communications Ministry said, underscoring the severity of cross-border pollution from severe wildfires in the region.

Haze forces PM to give National Day speech indoors

When Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli married in 2011, Malaysia’s future prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, hosted a celebration at his home. Fifteen years later, the former allies are now political rivals, with Rafizi setting the groundwork to one day sideline his former benefactor.

Anwar’s one-time ally turns rival with new Malaysia party

A Malaysian crypto investor is weighing a plan to revive the tech campus left vacant by the abrupt collapse of Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School, potentially giving a second life to an experiment that drew hundreds of entrepreneurs to the country.

Crypto boss eyes second act for Malaysia’s US$100 bil Forest City

Electricity supply to all areas affected by a fire at the Kangkar Tebrau Main Intake Substation in Johor on Friday was fully restored within 77 minutes, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) (KL:TENAGA) said.

TNB restores power within 77 minutes after Kangkar Tebrau substation fire

The National Physical Planning Council (MPFN) has given in-principle approval to the proposed development of the National Maritime Port City and Carey Island Port Special Economic Zone.

National Physical Planning Council okays Carey Island development, project to contribute RM4.7b to GDP, says Nga

Every year, sea turtles return to the beaches of northern KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, where they began life. Once they leave the shore, some travel north through the Mozambique Channel, using waters and coastal habitats off Mozambique and Madagascar, while others journey into the wider Indian...

Sustainable Development Now: Conserving a Connected Ocean

Wall Street has spent the year betting on staggering artificial intelligence (AI) growth while worrying about stubborn inflation. This week, investors got a fresh taste of both risks: a deepening rout in the AI complex that reached into its debt financing, and oil at US$110 a barrel threatening to make inflation harder to contain.

Wall Street anxiety spreads as AI rout meets US$110 oil shock

Anthropic PBC has presented its own draft bill to US lawmakers with a plan for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security, in a moment of heightened concern about the potential risks of the rapidly advancing technology.

Anthropic pitches AI safety bill to lawmakers — report

A total of 24 areas nationwide recorded unhealthy air quality as of 9.30am, with Pasir Gudang, Johor, registering the highest air pollutant index (API) reading at 196.

Haze: 24 areas nationwide record unhealthy readings as of 9.30am

The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has urged employers to take proactive measures to protect employees’ safety, health and welfare as haze conditions worsen, including adjusting work arrangements in line with prevailing air quality and occupational safety requirements.

MEF urges employers to strengthen workplace safety, health amid worsening haze

Chinese firms have emerged as the biggest losers of the faltering global artificial intelligence (AI) trade, a setback for Beijing’s efforts to use stock markets to supercharge its ambition of technological supremacy.

Chinese stocks turn biggest losers as global AI trade stumbles

Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang took a sanguine view towards the latest artificial intelligence (AI) stock-market rout, saying the benefits of the technology will soon outweigh the concerns of investors.

Nvidia CEO on AI market turmoil: ‘All of this is going to pass’

Global stocks fell modestly on Friday as markets stabilised after a sharp tech-led sell-off, while the dollar headed for a weekly loss.

Global stocks slip as dollar heads for weekly loss

A generation of investors grew up believing that Genting Bhd (KL:GENTING) was a cash-generating machine where nothing can go wrong even during the worst of times.

Genting loses its lustre