The Star (Malaysia)

The Star is a tabloid-style newspaper published in English in Malaysia. It holds the title of the largest paid English newspaper in the country, as reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, with a daily circulation ranging from 290,000 to 300,000 copies. Additionally, The Star offers an online version for free, making The Star Online one of the most visited news websites in Malaysia. The newspaper is also part of the Asia News Network.

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#6825

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#42

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Amid change and challenges, these Hong Kong bookshops persist

23 hours ago | thestar.com.my | Olivia Parker

Hong Kong is a difficult place to run an independent bookshop. Rents are high and space is limited, but navigating the law has also become harder in recent years. China imposed a strict national security law on Hong Kong in 2020, and the government has also begun enforcing a dormant, colonial-era sedition law.
Apple’s new Siri chief enlists Vision Pro talent to start comeback bid

1 day ago | thestar.com.my | Mark Gurman

Apple Inc’s new Siri engineering chief is overhauling the management team leading development of the beleaguered voice assistant, taking a step he assured employees would set the company up for success. Mike Rockwell, head of engineering for the assistant, is replacing much of Siri’s leadership with lieutenants from his Vision Pro software group, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
How secure is Signal, anyway?

1 day ago | thestar.com.my | Kate Conger

SAN FRANCISCO: Signal, a popular messaging app, has come into the spotlight after reports that several senior Trump administration officials had used the tool to conduct war planning – inadvertently including a journalist in one message group and the wife, brother and personal lawyer of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in another.
China sets ‘critical’ rules to corral safe self-driving EVs after Xiaomi’s fatal crash

2 days ago | thestar.com.my | Yujie Xue

An organisation representing China’s biggest carmakers has urged its members to enhance driving safety and avoid exaggerating the capabilities of their self-navigating systems, following a fatal crash involving Xiaomi’s SU7 electric vehicle (EV) last month.
How AI is aiding Trump's immigration crackdown

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | William Antonelli

NEW YORK: The United States under President Donald Trump is ramping up use of surveillance systems and artificial intelligence (AI) to track and arrest immigrants, raising fears that risks to accuracy and privacy could put almost anyone in danger of getting caught up in the crackdown.
Shin Yang building on OSV momentum

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: Shin Yang Group Bhd (SYG) is expected to complete and deliver three more new offshore support vessels (OSVs) for the oil and gas industry this year, says chief operating officer Richard Ling. With a combined contract value of about RM134mil, one of the OSVs is for Malaysian client and two others for Saudi Arabia-based customers.
Bankers get creative to sign M&A deals in Trump’s trade war

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Milana Vinn |Amy-Jo Crowley |Abigail Summerville

AFTER United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent global markets sideways, Silicon Valley private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and chipmaker Intel added some new terms to a deal they had spent months negotiating.
US dollar’s monopoly in payments will soon be over

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Andy Mukherjee

THE social-media video where Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence (AI) avatar is making Nike sneakers may be just a spoof on the United States president’s quixotic bid to re-industrialise America by eliminating bilateral trade deficits. But the meme contains a kernel of truth. The world’s farmers, fishermen, and factory workers labour hard to earn the US$100 bill that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) prints at no cost.
Woman falls to her death from Tanjung Tokong condo

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Imran Hilmy

GEORGE TOWN: A woman fell to her death from her condominium at Tanjung Tokong on Sunday (April 20). George Town OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the police received information about the incident at 4.05pm from the public informing them about the incident. "The woman was found dead after she fell from the 11th floor," he said in a statement on Sunday (April 20). ACP Abdul Rozak said investigations at the scene however have not found any criminal element.
Trump’s tariff war is ‘hurting all US assets’, investor warns

4 days ago | thestar.com.my | Kandy Wong

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies risk harming “all US assets” and accelerating a long-term shift away from the dollar, an investment veteran has warned. The comments by Mark Dowding, chief investment officer of fixed income at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, come after a week of panic-selling on US financial markets that drove up yields on US Treasury bills. “It ends up hurting all US assets and ...