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TOKYO/MELBOURNE (May 30): Rare earths miner Lynas Corp will be allowed to keep operating a processing plant in Malaysia, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday, ending months of uncertainty over the future of the Australian-based company's US$800 million plant.

TOKYO (May 30): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad praised Huawei Technologies Co, snubbing the Trump administration’s global campaign against the Chinese network gear maker.

TOKYO: Malaysia will continue using Huawei products “as much as possible,” bucking a global trend prompted by security concerns and a US ban on the Chinese firm, the country’s prime minister said Thursday.

The tussle between the US and China has taken a turn for the worse. US President Donald Trump has abruptly returned to a confrontation with China, re-imposing tariffs and attacking Chinese technology firms with potentially fatal restrictions. Southeast Asia will be hurt; it is already enduring weaker global demand, rising risks of a Middle East conflict that could cause oil prices to spike and ...

(May 29): Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reiterated that the third national car project will be fully funded by "private entities" such as SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Bhd

PORT KLANG: Malaysia is putting a stop to the practice of dumping foreign garbage on its soil.

KUALA LUMPUR: In the ongoing debate about bicycle lanes in Malaysia, our hot and humid climate has often been cited as a major reason for the failure of our cycling iniatives.

KAWASAKI: A mass stabbing rampage outside of Tokyo killed a schoolgirl, and the suspected attacker was also dead after turning his knife on himself, according to local media.

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia's last remaining male Sumatran rhinoceros, affectionately called Tam, has died today.

IPOH: The Department of Environment (DoE) has strongly denied recent claims by British media outlets that a huge, unmanaged plastic waste dump sits in a jungle just outside of the city, here.