Under the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), economic integration is increasingly aligned with sustainability and climate goals.

I REMEMBER a conversation with Lutfey Siddiqi that has lingered longer than most policy exchan­ges tend to.

KUALA LUMPUR: The country is in a crisis mode.

The economic consequences of a prolonged war.

HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide, affecting both men and women across all age groups.

With Israel actively sabotaging all attempts at peace, Malaysia needs to take vigorous steps to prepare for long-term headwinds.

Beyond the gesturing and posturing over the supposed ceasefire in the Iran war, serious disagreements remain to obstruct any actual prospect of peace.

After almost half a century, there was some light at the end of the tunnel with a landmark court decision over revenue sharing. But another court's recent ruling has dimmed the view.

Sabah and Sarawak are unlike the peninsula in so many ways. The difficult terrain and long distances make diesel a vital lifeline there.

THE two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran that began on April 7 gives Malaysia a moment to catch its breath – but we should not be under any illusions about the conflict or the strength of the peace.

FOR months, the world has watched what was meant to be a decisive US‑Israeli campaign against Iran. But instead of a quick, surgical victory, we are witnessing something far more instructive: the visible, irreversible deflation of American hegemony — delivered not through a single battlefield defeat, but through a slow‑motion implosion spanning military logistics, internal US political warfare, and the rise of a civilizational state that Washington never even understood.

FROM the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of Malacca – I am quite sure many of us, including politicians and government advisors, are checking where the Strait of Hormuz is located or finding out the length, width and depth of the world's busiest strait, which runs along Peninsular Malaysia.