Zika outbreak

The two cases of the birth defect marked by a small head were the first in Southeast Asia, following Zika outbreaks in the Americas.

The Health Ministry does not propose to issue a travel ban to Singapore and the Philippines in the wake of Zika outbreaks in the two countries.

Malaysian athletes who qualify to Rio can make their own decision as to withdraw or participate in the Olympics this August.

The decision was based in part on a series of studies in Brazil, where thousands of babies were born last year with birth defects.

Until Zika, "there has never been a mosquito-borne virus that could cause serious defects on a such a large scale," top US health officials said.

A study of a Zika outbreak in Tahiti in 2013-14 has found evidence of a link between the virus and a rare form of paralysis.

Brazil's wealthy have escaped the worst of the Zika outbreak, while those in slums have few protections.

The World Bank announced Thursday that it is providing $150 million to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the Zika virus.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.