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Focusing on trade figures alone would miss the bigger picture. Pakistan and Bangladesh matter far more to Malaysia than the statistics suggest, says Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah.

The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people in China dropped by 2.08 million, or 0.15%, to 1.409 billion in 2023.

Malaysia's headline inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), moderated to 1.8 per cent in October 2023, the lowest since April 2021.

The momentum was driven by a double-digit growth in the civil engineering sub-sector and a surge in the special trade activities.

Authorities struggle to incentivise people to have more children amid a declining birth rate.

The minimum wage is for unskilled workers, not skilled workers, said Economy Ministry Rafizi Ramli.

The move will help Malaysians and the economy by creating a focus on salary issues and be a good benchmark for the open work market.

Singapore Department of Statistics said the life expectancy data for 2020 to 2022 "assumes that the higher mortality rates due to COVID-19 apply throughout a lifetime.

Malaysia's inflation in 2022 rose to 3.3 per cent versus 2.5 per cent in 2021, with the index points standing at 127.2 last year versus 123.1 in 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM)

South Korea grapples with a chronic decline in birth rate, with the lowest ever number of babies 249,000 born last year.

Statistics show that music fans are not willing to sacrifice their passion, despite the general rise in the cost of living.

These new statistics reveal the urgent need to ensure every woman and girl has access to critical health services, Tedros said.

The ONS said nearly 2.5 million working days were lost to industrial action last year.

According to DOSM's Mohd Uzir, the gender ratio was 111 males per 100 females.

Pele was football's ultimate fox in the box, a player who dealt in quantity as much as quality, whose eye-popping career statistics alone marked him out as one of the greats.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.