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Ushar Daniele
Correspondent, Asia
Ushar Daniele is the Post’s Kuala Lumpur–based correspondent covering Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the wider region. She focuses on current affairs, geopolitics, the economy, climate change and the environment. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera English, CNN and VICE News, and she has earned two awards for excellence in digital and television reporting.
Ushar Daniele is the Post’s Kuala Lumpur–based correspondent covering Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the wider region. She focuses on current affairs, geopolitics, the economy, climate change and the environment. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera English, CNN and VICE News, and she has earned two awards for excellence in digital and television reporting.
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The Sepang International Circuit is hosting the race for the first time since 2017 as the Bahrain leg was cancelled due to the Iran war.
However, the proposal has raised concerns that it could lead to an expansion of palm plantations and create an environmental burden.
Unicef survey shows young people reporting significant concerns including worsening illnesses and heat-related health problems.
Unstable coalitions have created greater room for the country’s royal institutions to influence government formation, observers say.
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Having his daughter quit as deputy president of the party he founded is going to be a huge political setback for the prime minister, analysts say.
The country’s proximity to major drug-producing areas and porous borders make it an attractive transit point for traffickers, analysts say.
Analysts say the remarks are aimed broadly at powerful states as Southeast Asian nations seek stronger deterrence against coercion.
DAP chief Anthony Loke’s defeat in Chennah, which he has represented for 13 years, is a big blow to the ruling coalition’s largest party.
PH must now reconsider its efforts to appeal to conservative Malay voters and rebuild its long-standing reform narrative, analysts say.
BN and partner PN secure a supermajority of 25 state assembly seats, out of a total of 36, versus PH’s 11.
The prime minister’s reiteration of his anti-corruption message is seen as a move to put Umno on the back foot.
Increasingly urbanised and immune to local patronage, young voters lured away by better pay could decide the vote’s outcome.
The one-off race in Sepang could deliver an economic boost and position Malaysia as a stable regional base for global events, analysts say.
Claims that Malaysia’s ban on Israelis entering the country are antisemitic are unlikely to trigger a major policy shift, analysts say.
The Cybercrimes Bill will close critical legal gaps and give authorities greater reach against criminals operating overseas, analysts say.
The former actress had been accused of abetting her late husband, BN politician Bung Moktar Radin, in an alleged US$685,000 bribery case.
The commune’s founder says further investments in Malaysia are on hold and he may move his funds out depending on talks with the authorities.
A male university student faces jail time after being caught on camera sniffing shoes outside a flat in Shah Alam.
Following two recent electoral defeats, PH’s coalition ally faces another stern test at the Negeri Sembilan poll on August 1.
Over 300 have been captured in Peninsular Malaysia since 2024, and experts warn more could follow as humans encroach into crocodile habitats.
The result will give BN momentum before the Negeri Sembilan state election on August 1 and could deepen friction within the ruling coalition.
Barisan Nasional has won 48 out of 56 seats, with its leaders hoping the victory will ‘trigger a blue wave’ in future elections.
Despite the leaders’ personal chemistry, the seafood row shows the ‘frictions’ embedded within the countries’ relationship, analysts say.
Prime Minister Anwar has called on voters to take BN down a peg in its stronghold, accusing his federal partner of ‘arrogance of power’.
Rafizi Ramli’s breakaway party won’t win the state, analysts say, but it could cannibalise the reformist vote and act as a spoiler.
Younger drivers like Hayden Haikal and Alister Yoong are forging a path for themselves overseas, but not without a dose of realism.
A strong showing by the Malay-led bloc in the coming polls could pressure Anwar into calling for an early general election, analysts say.
Activists welcome the change but say enforcement hurdles need to be overcome to strengthen child protection.
A total of 4.4 million Malaysians crossed the border last year, making the country Thailand’s largest inbound tourism market.
Turkey, South Korea and two unspecified European nations are in the frame to replace a cancelled Norwegian anti-ship missile.
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