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US President Joe Biden is seen with his son Hunter Biden in this August 19,2024 picture. — AFP pic

World / 7 h ago

In statement, Biden justifies pardoning son Hunter ahead of sentencing

Flood victims in Tumpat area make their way to the Temporary Evacuation Centre (PPS) at Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) Tumpat, Kelantan, December 1, 2024. –– Bernama pic

Malaysia / 7 h ago

‘Take as much as you need’: Khairul Aming can take supplies from Mydin to help flood victims in Kelantan, says its MD (VIDEO)

A second version of ‘Labubu Have a Seat’ hasn’t captured the same feverish demand in Thailand as the original. — Picture via Facebook

Life / 6 h ago

The Labubu bubble bursts: Resale prices crash in Thailand

Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin rallies delegates during the party’s annual general meeting at Ideal Convention Centre (IDCC) Shah Alam November 30, 2024. — Picture By Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Three things we learnt from: Bersatu AGM 2024

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on November 27, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Najib begins his defence in 1MDB trial today, six years after charges

A screenshot of Ernest Zacharevic's Instagram Story after seeing his artwork on an AirAsia livery. Zacharevic, who gained fame for his street murals in Penang, expressed his determination to take further action if the airline continued to use his work without consent.

Malaysia / 3 h ago

AirAsia says in talks with Penang mural artist Ernest Zacharevic over use of his artwork on plane livery

In a statement issued today, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng argued that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s comparison with Dong Zong was misplaced, noting that the organisation solely focuses on safeguarding the right of Malaysian Chinese to learn their mother tongue in schools and does not address economic, social, or religious matters. —Picture by Raymond Manuel.

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Kepong MP questions Muhyiddin’s call for new body to champion Bumiputera rights

A vendor sells chicken at a wholesale market in Penglai district, Yantai city in Shandong province November 26, 2024. As China’s economy slows and job opportunities shrink, young people are taking on money-saving challenges, with many reportedly spending no more than 500 yuan (RM315) a month on food. — AFP pic

Life / 3 h ago

Frugal is the new cool: How Chinese millennials are going ‘proudly stingy’ with a RM300 monthly food budget

A low-pressure storm system known as a ‘bomb cyclone’ forms off the coast of the US Pacific Northwest and western Canada in a composite satellite image November 19, 2024. — CIRA/NOAA handout pic via Reuters

Life / 19 h ago

Explaining bomb cyclones: What they are, why they’re not hurricanes and their growing threat in a changing climate

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today said the RM60 million he had received in 2011 in his personal AmIslamic bank account was a donation. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 1 h ago

Najib: RM60m was Saudi king's donation to help me be PM again, I opened personal account on my aide's suggestion

People observe a 10-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis unveiled in Lima on November 27, 2024. The Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute of Peru (Ingemmet) presented the articulated and almost complete skeleton of a juvenile fossil gavial discovered in Ocucaje, Ica, in southern Peru. — AFP pic

Life / 19 h ago

Palaeontologists uncover well-preserved over 10-million-year-old fossil of prehistoric marine crocodile in Peru’s Ocucaje desert

A nine-year-old girl was found dead in her home in Kampung Gual To’Deh, a flood-affected area, yesterday, after her brother discovered her lying face-down and unconscious. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Kelantan tragedy: Nine-year-old found dead, mum believed to have suffered stroke in flood-hit village

The effort to hobble Beijing’s chipmaking ambitions will also hit Chinese chip toolmakers Piotech and SiCarrier Technology with new export restrictions as part of the package, which also takes aim at shipments of advanced memory chips and more chipmaking tools to China. — Reuters pic

Money / 2 h ago

US blocks China's chip ambitions with new tariffs on toolmakers, Malaysia, Singapore caught in crosshairs

In this photograph taken on November 26, 2024, a farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy field on the outskirts of Jind in India’s Haryana state. Burning strips the fertility of the fields, has a ruinous impact on India’s economy and sends plumes of acrid smoke packed with dangerous cancer-causing particles drifting over a densely-populated belt of northern India, including the 30 million people in the capital New Delhi. — AFP pic

World / 9 h ago

‘We have no choice’: Why India’s farmers still turn to crop fires despite warnings, feeding toxic Delhi smog

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex, December 2, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Najib begins reading his 525-page witness statement in 1MDB trial, says wasn’t first to wear double PM-MOF hat

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Flood situation shows signs of recovery, number of evacuees at relief centres declines, says DPM Zahid

Members of the Pasir Simpul Mosque congregation in Hulu Terengganu clean the village mosque, which was also affected by the floods in Kuala Berang, Terengganu, December 2, 2024. — Bernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The nationwide flood situation is beginning to show signs of recovery, with the number of evacuees at temporary relief centres (PPS) seeing a downward trend, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.Ahmad Zahid, who is also the National Disaster Management Committee chairman, said...

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Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said that although the price set for the sale of raw water to Singapore is low, at three sen per 1,000 gallons, it provides economic returns to the country. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 9 m ago

Review of Johor’s raw water rate to Singapore must consider implications, says deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Liew Chin Tong said regardless of whether the US had a Democratic or Republican administration, the world’s largest economy would impose tariffs, as seen in the solar panel sector. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia / 24 m ago

Don’t use Malaysia as base to dodge US tariffs, Putrajaya tells Beijing, as it cites growing export concerns

The National Union of Bank Employees (Nube) said the RM1.00 fee, charged for cash withdrawals from automated teller machines (ATMs) outside a customer’s banking network, was waived in April 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic but reinstated in February 2022. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 34 m ago

Bank worker union calls on PayNet, Bank Negara and 11 banks to scrap RM1 ATM fee, cites financial hardships faced by lower-income groups

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PBAPP advised affected users to store sufficient water for use during the scheduled water supply disruption and apologised for any inconvenience caused. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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Scheduled water disruption to affect 4,489 accounts in Air Itam from Dec 5 to Dec 6

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said these changes aim to address concerns about the misuse of digital platforms and enhance protections. — Picture by Choo Choy May

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What you should know about: Proposed amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act

Seri Alam police chief Superintendent Mohd Sohaimi Ishak (centre) showing the repacked narcotics in diarrhea medicine packets used by the drug syndicates to avoid detection. – Picture courtesy of Johor police

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Pasir Gudang drug syndicate busted repackaging narcotics as diarrhoea medicine, 5,300 addicts targeted

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today said the RM60 million he had received in 2011 in his personal AmIslamic bank account was a donation. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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Najib: RM60m was Saudi king's donation to help me be PM again, I opened personal account on my aide's suggestion

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today hosted an official luncheon in honour of his visiting counterpart, Kay Rala Xanana Gusm? of Timor Leste. Also present, Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. — Bernama pic

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PM Anwar hosts luncheon for Timor Leste’s Xanana Gusmão, shares lighthearted ‘Dia Datang’ moment

In total, visitors from 60 countries have been given this auto gate facility for Immigration clearance into Malaysia. — Bernama pic

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Malaysia extends auto gate facility to visitors from 53 more countries, plans QR code system for faster checks

The proposed amendments seek to make changes to the composition of the commission, to expand the functions of the commission, to provide for the separation of roles of the chairman and the chief executive officer, to increase the monetary value of contracts which the commission may enter into and other related matters. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

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Govt moves to boost MCMC’s powers, enforce stricter oversight, accountability and clearer separation of roles

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex, December 2, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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Najib begins reading his 525-page witness statement in 1MDB trial, says wasn’t first to wear double PM-MOF hat

Two senate members took their oath of office before Dewan Negara President Datuk Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah today. — Bernama pic

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Two senate members sworn in today

State Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Sandrea Ng Shy Ching said developers should conduct more in-depth market studies to identify the type of housing needed and ensure the prices offered are reasonable to address the issue of unsold properties. — Bernama pic

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Perak unsold homes drop to 3,039 in 2024 but six projects abandoned, says state exco

A screenshot of Ernest Zacharevic's Instagram Story after seeing his artwork on an AirAsia livery. Zacharevic, who gained fame for his street murals in Penang, expressed his determination to take further action if the airline continued to use his work without consent.

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AirAsia says in talks with Penang mural artist Ernest Zacharevic over use of his artwork on plane livery

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today tabled a Bill to amend the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) ‘Act 588’ for its first reading. –– Bernama file pic

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Communications minister tables Bill to amend cybercrime laws in Parliament

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accompanies Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, who is on a three-day official visit to Malaysia, during the Official Welcoming Ceremony at Dataran Perdana, Perdana Putra Building, December 2, 2024. — Bernama pic

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PM Anwar welcomes Timor-Leste PM at Perdana Putra

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that while the government acknowledges the fairness of these advancements, there is still a need for continued improvement in performance as the public expects better services from the civil service. –– Picture by Choo Choy May

5 h ago

Time to step up: Match SSPA pay hike with higher performance, PM Anwar tells civil servants

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the ministry was studying the matter with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. — Bernama pic

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Transport Ministry mulls cargo hub proposal for Sultan Azlan Shah Airport

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