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FIFA’s RM200m World Cup price tag stalls China deal, exposes widening broadcast gap across Asia

With weeks to kickoff, China remains without a 2026 World Cup broadcaster as FIFA’s steep rights valuation deters even the biggest markets, signalling a broader shift in Asia’s media economics and casting uncertainty over regional coverage

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Jho Low is now ‘Constantinos Achilles’, lives luxuriously in Shanghai: US reporters

The former playboy financier linked to 1MDB scandal is allegedly using a fake Aussie passport to move around China

What will we call for next? A ban on cheap cigarettes, tuak and kapcais? – Rocky Bru

While concerns over drug-laced vapes grow, a blanket ban could backfire by wiping out businesses, threatening jobs, pushing trade underground amid weak enforcement and open tank loopholes

MCMC working with Meta, cops to investigate online sexual grooming groups: comms minister

Fahmi Fadzil says police will take appropriate action while MCMC will assist in preserving data, profiling accounts