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One 21-year-old student died after falling ill while participating in the UiTM endurance challenge at its Jengka campus in Maran, Pahang on September 5, 2026; eight other participants have been hospitalised. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

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Varsity student dies, eight in hospital after UiTM endurance challenge in Jengka

Taanusiya, 26, finished among the top three after delivering impressive and consistent performances throughout the nearly month-long competition, overcoming the challenge of 110 other contestants from around the world. — Instagram screenshot

Life / 12 h ago

Taanusiya Chetty finishes third in Miss World 2026, matches Malaysia’s best-ever result

Two foreign nationals have been remanded for allegedly taking plant specimens without permission from Santubong National Park last Thursday. — The Borneo Post pic

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Two foreigners remanded for allegedly taking plant specimens without permission from Santubong National Park

The completed Woodlands North RTS station in Singapore, four months before the cross-border rail link is due to begin operations. — Picture via Facebook/WeKeepYourWorldMoving

Singapore / 12 h ago

Five minutes to Johor Bahru: Singapore completes Woodlands North RTS station four months before launch

David H. Gamble Jr, the US Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Kuala Lumpur, denies US interference in Malaysian political leadership as insinuation by PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang on September 5, 2026. — Picture from Facebook/U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia / 14 h ago

US envoy rejects Hadi’s claim it offered to help shape Malaysian govt leadership

Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death alongside 11 others in a major narcotics manufacturing and trafficking case. — Picture via Facebook/sarah.elsonbaty

World / 14 h ago

Crime-show host Sarah Khalifa among 12 sentenced to death in Egypt drugs case

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke speaks during the DAP Wanita National Congress at a hotel in Putrajaya on September 6, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Anthony Loke says govt has 15 months to finish reforms, no need to rush GE16

BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says priority should be given to the upcoming Melaka state election instead of who the next prime minister to be could be, after PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang hinted at a potential candidate from his party. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Zahid tells parties to park PM talk, focus on Melaka polls instead

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested two individuals, including a former director-general of a statutory body with the title ‘Datuk’, over alleged misappropriation, abuse of power, and corruption. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 3 h ago

MACC arrests ex‑DG with ‘Datuk’ title and another suspect over alleged land‑sale corruption

Stranded passengers rest on a bench at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang September 6, 2026. The airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. — AFP pic

World / 10 h ago

Four more airports shut in Indonesia after Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta as Anak Krakatoa ash spreads

Eric Cat team members with one of captured crocodiles. — The Borneo Post pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Hunting team records nine crocodiles captured in four‑day Kuala Baram operation

Travellers wait at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on September 6, 2026 after scheduled flights were cancelled due to ash clouds, following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near Jakarta. — AFP pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Anak Krakatau chaos strands Malaysians in Jakarta, with hotels full and next flights two days away

DAP wants both the PM term-limit and AG-PP separation Bills back on the table when the Dewan Rakyat sits from October 5 to December 8, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 11 h ago

PM term limit, AG-PP split: DAP wants both Bills tabled in Oct-Dec sitting

Skudai assemblyman Marina Ibrahim (left) has been appointed a special officer for Orang Asli affairs under the Sultan Ibrahim Johor Foundation, state Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi (right) announced on September 5, 2026. — Picture via Facebook/Marina Binti Ibrahim

Malaysia / 10 h ago

After quitting politics, former Skudai rep Marina Ibrahim is now Johor Sultan’s special officer for Orang Asli affairs

Igho ‘Tiny’ Ubiribo poses with his wife, Daniella Simba Allen. The British-Nigerian influencer died after undergoing a penis enlargement procedure while on holiday in Bangkok, according to reports citing a UK coroner’s findings. — Social media pic

World / 11 h ago

British-Nigerian influencer dies after penis enlargement injection in Bangkok ‘triggered fatal embolism’

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AFP photographer Luis Tato wins Visa d’Or for Madagascar protest coverage

Spaniard Tato won the Visa d’Or prize for news photography for his coverage of Generation Z protests in Madagascar. — AFP pic

PERPIGNAN (France), Sept 6 — Agence France-Presse photographer Luis Tato on Saturday won the top prize at the prestigious Visa Pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France.Spaniard Tato won the Visa d’Or prize for news photography for his coverage of Generation Z protests in Madagascar.His work on the story had...

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Author Jon Karl Helgason sits on a bench near the statue of poet Jonas Hallgrimsson in Reykjavik, on August 28, 2026. In a small enclosure of lava stones in a grassy field, a modest tombstone bears the name of an Icelandic legend: Jonas Hallgrimsson. But are the bones beneath it really those of the poet, or a Danish grocer? Hallgrimsson is an icon in his country: a beloved poet and naturalist, a craftsman behind the renewal of the Icelandic language, and one of the founders of Icelandic national romanticism. — AFP pic

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In Iceland, the mystery of the poet, the tomb and the Danish grocer

Rosliza Muhammad’s interest in drawing since childhood was the starting point of her journey in batik art. — Bernama pic

16 h ago

Batik artist Rosliza races three‑week deadline to craft Queen’s dazzling National Day dress

An aerial view shows thick haze over a trunk road in Serian, a town in the Kuching Division of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, on September 5, 2026. Indonesia has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smog, with haze also contributing to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. — AFP pic

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How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia

Former world squash champion Datuk Nicol Ann David was among the recipients of the prestigious 2026 Merdeka Award. — Picture via Facebook/Nicol David

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Merdeka Award honours Nicol David, Mercy Malaysia and national icons shaping Malaysia’s future

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (left), Britain’s King Charles III (centre) and Britain’s Queen Camilla (right) views sections of the Bayeux Tapestry during a preview event for the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition, at the British Museum in London on September 2, 2026. — AFP pic

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Bayeux Tapestry ‘virtually unchanged’, UK museum says, after France spots broken threads

A bookseller retrieves a copy of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘White Nights’ at the Leonardo Da Vinci bookstore in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Aug 28, 2026. — AFP pic

1d ago

TikTok turns Dostoevsky’s ‘White Nights’ into viral BookTok obsession, Gen Z swoons worldwide

Magazine prints brought from Japan featuring stories related to yōkai mythology, on display at Yokai Tales: Japan’s 47 Prefectures. — Picture by Ian Jeremiah

2d ago

Japanese folklore comes alive in Kuala Lumpur through Yokai Tales: Japan’s 47 Prefectures

A picture shows an exhibition of creations by fashion designer Pierre Cardin displayed at the Palazzo Bragadin, a former residence of the designer turned into a museum, in Venice on September 3. — AFP pic

2d ago

From space-age dresses to global licensing empire, Pierre Cardin legacy lives on in Venice

Palaeontologist Varavudh Suteethorn (R) and his son Suravech Suteethorn, deputy director of the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre at Mahasarakham University, excavate a dinosaur fossil at Phu Wiang National Park in Khon Kaen on August 19, 2026. — AFP pic

2d ago

‘Just the beginning’: Thailand’s dinosaur rush could soon uncover its 16th species

A view of Mersing town, where urban development and natural greenery coexist, reflecting its recognition as one of Malaysia’s happiest towns. — Bernama pic

2d ago

What makes a town happy? Mersing, Kluang and Simpang Renggam offer different answers

A mosaic of images by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft shows the surface of Mercury taken on October 6, 2008. — Image via science.nasa.gov

2d ago

After eight-year journey, spacecraft bound for Mercury faces ‘tricky’ arrival

Andrew Bovarnick, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Food Systems and Agricultural Commodity Systems (FACS) Global Head and Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) founder speaks during the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit in Paro, Bhutan on September 1, 2026. — AFP pic

03 Sep 2026

Farming experts tout ‘conscious’ food systems to fix agriculture woes

Members of the Malaysian community pose with the Speedy Tigers national hockey squad during the National Day celebration in Brussels, Belgium. — Bernama pic

03 Sep 2026

‘Merdeka!’ rings out in Brussels as Malaysians celebrate National Day abroad

The author of nine books, Gloria Steinem campaigned against domestic violence, female genital mutilation, the pornography industry and the Vietnam and Gulf wars. — AFP file pic

03 Sep 2026

Gloria Steinem, pioneering feminist and journalist who went undercover as Playboy Bunny, dies at 92

Over the next three to five years, 2AM aims to become a leading name in 3D-printed footwear and fashion, while helping establish 3D-printed footwear as a category consumers actively consider when shopping for their next pair of shoes.

03 Sep 2026

2AM opens first Malaysian store, eyes Japan as it bets on 3D-printed shoes over fashion labels

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