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A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed today after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders searching for people under the rubble. — AFP pic

World / 18 h ago

Explosion rocks The Hague: Apartment block partially collapses, emergency crews search for survivors

Australian sprint prodigy Gout Gout clocked the fastest time ever by a 16-year-old to smash the national 200m record on Saturday and do something even Usain Bolt never achieved. — Reuters pic/Jono Searle/AAP Image

Sports / 17 h ago

Australian teen sprint star Gout smashes national 200m record, best Bolt’s time

Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan has criticised an Umno Youth leader for urging Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor to resign. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Jeffrey Kitingan slams Umno youth leader for calling Sabah CM to resign

File picture of a cobra at Baghpur January 26, 2017. A kindergarten teacher passed away in Johor this morning, five days after being bitten by a black-necked spitting cobra. — Reuters pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Kindergarten teacher in Johor dies five days after cobra bite

MCA President Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong delivers his speech at the 50th Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebration of Barisan Nasional in Kuala Lumpur, December 07, 2024 — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 15 h ago

No Cabinet, GLC posts for MCA? It’s fine — we want to provide checks and balances, says Wee

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaks to the media after launching Barisan Nasional’s flood aid programme in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 07, 2024. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 19 h ago

DPM Zahid: Pahang, Johor set to be hit hard in second flood wave from tomorrow

His Royal Highness Tunku Ismail, the Regent of Johor, attends the 24th UTHM Convocation Ceremony at the Sultan Ibrahim Hall, UTHM on Dec 7, 2024. — Picture courtesy of the Johor Royal Press Office

Malaysia / 18 h ago

TMJ says UTHM’s Johor Business School will drive state to greater heights

Chairman of Barisan Nasional and Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cuts the cake alongside component leaders during the 50th Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebration at Kuala Lumpur, December 7, 2024 — Picture By Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Zahid: BN cannot count on past glory, moving from race-based politics to focus on issues closer to voters’ hearts

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad visits flood victims at a temporary evacuation centre in the Mara Junior Science College in Tumpat, Kelantan, on Dec 7, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Health minister vows thorough probe on MO’s alleged assault on Perak doctor

Protesters take part in a rally calling for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law, which was reversed hours later, near the National Assembly in Seoul December 7, 2024. — Reuters pic

Life / 13 h ago

K-pop tunes, impeachment carols and guillotines at South Korea’s protests fuelled by SNSD and aespa hits (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (centre) poses with Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (third left), Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (second right), and Managing Director of CG Global Profastex Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Siti Padillah Abdul Wahab (third from right) during his visit to CG Global Profastex Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Dec 7, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

PM Anwar lauds Bumiputera women-led SME in Penang for thriving in global tech market

Get ready to catch Lisa from K-pop group BLACKPINK in “The White Lotus” when the award-winning dark comedy returns to HBO in February 2025. — Picture from Instagram/lalalalisa_m

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‘White Lotus’ back in February with BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ‘Harry Potter’ TV series filming in 2025 (VIDEO)

Lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo sits alone, the only People Power Party lawmaker to remain in the voting chamber during the plenary session for the impeachment vote of President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul December 7, 2024. — Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool/AFP pic

World / 15 h ago

South Korea’s ruling party walkout leaves Yoon impeachment motion in limbo amidst national protests

A picture taken on June 16, 2022 in Oslo, Norway, shows Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit. A string of rape and assault allegations against the son of Norway's future queen have plunged the royal family into its ‘biggest scandal’ ever, wrapping up an ‘annus horribilis’ for the monarchy. — Haakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB/AFP pic

Life / 3 h ago

Norway’s royals face ‘annus horribilis’: Assault, rape allegations and wedding with shaman spark ‘biggest scandal’ in family history, King Harald’s health woes after Malaysia trip

Anti-government fighters patrol the streets of Hama after they captured the central Syrian city, on December 6, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 13 h ago

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