WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — Hurricane Erin closed in on North Carolina’s coast yesterday, bringing the threat of dangerous waves and flooding as the strengthening Category 2 storm prompted mandatory evacuations despite tracking offshore.

NICE, Aug 21 — French authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death of a 46-year-old man who collapsed during a live-streamed event described by a government minister as an “absolute horror,” prosecutors said yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 21 — The RM16.8 billion budget allocated for Penang’s LRT Mutiara Line reflects current market conditions, particularly land acquisition costs that have risen since 2016, MRT Corp said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Issues surrounding espionage threats to national security and the possibility of Malaysia hosting Formula 1 (F1) once again are expected to headline today’s Dewan Rakyat proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Malaysia sees Asean as a region brimming with untapped potential, ready to emerge as a powerful driver of growth and resilience amid global uncertainties, said the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti).

MADRID, Aug 20 — Kylian Mbappe scored from the penalty spot to hand Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over a resilient Osasuna yesterday, giving new coach Xabi Alonso a winning start in La Liga.

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 — Donald Trump joked yesterday that brokering a Ukraine peace deal might improve his chances of getting to heaven, admitting that his odds of entering “the pearly gates” were not currently in his favour.

LA PAZ, Aug 20 — Bolivians on Monday looked ahead to a future without the socialists who have ruled for nearly two decades, after the right swept the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections.

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 20 — Police have confirmed receiving a report of a car struck by an arrow along Jalan Macalister here, an incident that has since gone viral on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has defended the appointment of Datuk Seri M. Kumar as director of Bukit Aman’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), following Opposition criticism over his ethnicity.According to Free Malaysia Today, Anwar emphasised that ethnicity should never

HONG KONG, Aug 20 — Picture waking up to find your kopi-o already brewing because your artificial intelligence (AI) assistant knows you had a late night.

ESSEN, Aug 19 — Borussia Dortmund narrowly avoided an upset in the German Cup yesterday, relying on a brilliant 79th-minute strike from Serhou Guirassy to clinch a nervy 1-0 win over third-tier Rot-Weiss Essen.