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Explainers and guides

The news tells you what happened today. These stay useful: how things work, and the live guides readers come back to.

Live guides

• Petrol prices in Malaysia this weekRON95, RON97 and diesel, the change on the week and twelve weeks of history, from the official open data.
• Malaysia in numbersThe policy rate, official ringgit rate, inflation and GDP growth, each with its date and its official source.
• US dollar to ringgit todayThe live rate and the day's move, with the ringgit against the Singapore dollar, euro and yuan.
• Gold price todayGold futures in US dollars with an indicative ringgit-per-gram conversion, labelled as a calculation.
• News by stateEvery state and federal territory, with the latest stories and an RSS feed for each.
• Regional PulseHow the news reads across the country, state by state, and what is driving it.
• Causes and campaignsAwareness days, helplines and the public campaigns that matter, with verified sources.
• How we reportWhere our stories come from, how every figure is checked against its source, and how we correct mistakes.
• Data, feeds and widgetsFree to use with attribution: an open fuel-price API, RSS for every desk, embeddable widgets.

Explainers

• propertyHow the Sales and Purchase Agreement worksA Sales and Purchase Agreement is the contract between a buyer and a developer that makes a new house real. Without it, the buyer’s money is at risk and the developer’s work has no legal finish line. Here is what the…