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History-maker Elsa Hunter hopes her Malaysian compatriots seize their opportunity to show what they can do on home soil at the upcoming ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup. Hunter, 19, shot to prominence in 2019 when she made her senior Malaysia debut at the age of just 13 – making her the youngest-ever international cricketer.

Australia opened their Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup with a dominating nine-wicket win over Scotland in the Group D game in Bangi, Malaysia. Fast bowler Caoimhe Bray starred with figures of 3 for 1 in 3.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked Pete Hegseth if could name one member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,

"For us, citizenship alone will never be enough. We are calling for a process of reconciliation, reckoning, and truth-telling that fully recognizes our rightful place in Arakan/Rakhine State."

History-maker Elsa Hunter hopes her Malaysian compatriots seize their opportunity to show what they can do on home soil at the upcoming ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup. Hunter, 19, shot to prominence in 2019 when she made her senior Malaysia debut at the age of just 13 – making her the youngest-ever international cricketer.

Malaysia's trade ministry said it has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, originating or exported from China and Indonesia.

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”