The Star (Malaysia)

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.

National
English
Newspaper

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority
89
Ranking

Global

#6825

Malaysia

#42

News and Media

#5

Traffic sources
Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 1 day ago | thestar.com.my | Gianluca Lo Nostro

    (Reuters) -South Korea's Hanwha Systems is offering to sell its entire 5.4% stake in Eutelsat for about 78 million euros ($85 million), a bookrunner filing showed on Wednesday, as the satellite operator moves ahead with its new financing plan. Eutelsat has garnered unprecedented attention this year from governments looking for home-grown alternatives to SpaceX's Starlink for satellite internet connectivity.

  • 1 day ago | thestar.com.my | Julie Steenhuysen |Michael Erman |Dan Levine

    (Reuters) -Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters. Panagiotakopoulos said in an email to work group colleagues that her decision to step down was based on the belief she is "no longer able to help the most vulnerable members" of the U.S. population.

  • 2 days ago | thestar.com.my | Deni Ghifari

    JAKARTA: In last-minute changes to a planned consumer stimulus package for June and July, the Indonesian government has cancelled an electricity discount but doubled wage subsidies. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (pic) revealed in a press conference on Monday (June 2) that the wage subsidies for low-income earners would double from Rp 150,000 (US$9) per month per individual to Rp 300,000.

  • 3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Shirin Ghaffary

    Yoshua Bengio, an artificial intelligence pioneer, is creating a new nonprofit research organisation to promote an alternative approach to developing cutting-edge AI systems, with the aim of mitigating the technology’s potential risks. The nonprofit, called LawZero, is set to launch June 3 with US$30mil (RM127.45mil) in backing from one of former Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt’s philanthropic organisations and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, among others.

  • 3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Angelin Yeoh

    Google will no longer offer Google Play gift cards and prepaid balance to users in Malaysia, effective June 15. "You have until January 31 2026 to use any existing Play gift cards or prepaid Play balance, as they will expire and become unusable after this date," the company said in an announcement on Google Play. Users with unredeemed gift cards are also urged to spend the value by purchasing apps, games, movies or e-books on the Google Play store.