HOLLYWOOD: Zoe Saldana was nearly unrecognisable as a blue Na'vi princess in the "Avatar" franchise, and wore green makeup to play the reformed assassin Gamora in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" films.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Malaysian Media Council Bill, which aims to establish the long-awaited media council responsible for developing and implementing a code of ethics for reporting.

SHAH ALAM: Guidelines to standardise and simplify the registration process for childcare centres (taska) in Selangor will be introduced in July, said State Women Development and Social Welfare Committee chairman Anfaal Saari.

LONDON: Women make up about 43 per cent of the boards of directors of Britain’s 350 biggest public companies, according to a government-backed report published on Tuesday that also said more work was needed to boost women’s representation in leadership roles.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump had a heated exchange with the governor of Maine Friday over his order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports, with the Democratic state leader telling him: “See you in court.”

TWO security guards stand watch outside a small castle hosting a campaign event for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the ex-communist east, the party's heartland.

FRIEDRICH Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down on immigration.

TOKYO: A 16-year-old Japanese boy has been rescued from a scam syndicate in Myanmar near the Thai border, Thai authorities confirmed on Friday.

ALGIERS: Imane Khelif, who won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender-eligibility row, has accused the International Boxing Association of making “false and offensive” accusations after it launched legal action against the IOC for allowing her to compete.

GENEVA: Bangladesh’s former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last year, the UN said Wednesday, warning the abuses could amount to “crimes against humanity.”

WORLD leaders were set to hold formal talks in Paris on Tuesday on artificial intelligence (AI), seeking elusive common ground on a technology subject to a global race for promised economic benefits.

WASHINGTON: Scientists are struggling to respond to a Trump administration order to review papers already submitted for publication for content now banned by the federal government, according to interviews with six researchers.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.

SYDNEY: Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, in his latest move targetting transgender people since returning to office.

Feb 1, 2025 marks four years since Myanmar’s military coup shattered the country’s fragile experiment with democracy, plunging it into an unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis.

WORKING mothers in Malaysia continue to encounter numerous obstacles especially an inadequate support network and the lack of affordable high-quality daycare.

WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday (Jan 31) issued guidance prohibiting Pentagon resources from being used to mark months celebrating people of different ethnic backgrounds, describing doing so as divisive to the military.

MADRID: Spain’s disgraced former football chief Luis Rubiales goes on trial on Monday over his forced kiss of star striker Jenni Hermoso that triggered global outrage.

KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 34 pieces of bone fragments, believed to be human remains, were discovered on Batu Buruk Beach 2 near here last night.