AMONG the headlines for Friday, August 5, 2021,  with a 2-1 majority decision today, the Court of Appeal ruled that a child born abroad to a Malaysian mother married to a foreigner is not legally entitled to Malaysian citizenship.

Also, several batches of Chinese warplanes and warships conducted exercises around the Taiwan Strait and crossed the median line of the strait.

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