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Raja Permaisuri Agong Raja Zarith Sofiah (fourth from left) poring over manuscripts and letters from Malay Rulers during a visit to the British Library in London on December 16, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Queen cautions against blanket claims over ‘stolen’ Malaysian artefacts from colonial era

The Makam Sheikh Omar features Moorish architecture with intricate arabesque details on its dome, Kampung Melayu, Air Itam. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Life / 7 h ago

‘Most handsome tomb in Penang’: Sheikh Omar’s mausoleum, a hidden gem in Air Itam’s historic Malay village

Police were seen at St Joseph’s Church in Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore, this morning after a suspicious item prompted the evacuation of the premises and cancellation of Mass services. — Picture from Facebook/St Joseph's Church

Singapore / 4 h ago

Singapore police secure St Joseph’s Church after suspicious item found, specialist military unit deployed

The main suspect in the case involving a woman’s body found in a bag buried at a house in Kampung Batu 4, Pedas, Rembau, is seen being brought to the Magistrate’s Court in Seremban yesterday. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

‘We trusted him’: Family says Pedas murder suspect picked up kids ‘like nothing happened’ after killing

Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates during the Premier League match with West Ham United at London Stadium in London December 14, 2025. Rogers has emerged as a central figure in Villa’s remarkable run of form. — Action Images pic via Reuters

Sports / 17 h ago

Sleeping giants no more as Aston Villa gatecrash Premier League title conversation

Malaysia’s national flag is raised during the handover of the South-east Asian Games (SEA Games) from Thailand to Malaysia at the closing ceremony of the 33rd SEA Games in Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, December 20, 2025. — AFP pic

Sports / 2 h ago

‘Kap khun krap’, Thailand: Malaysia turn the page with best SEA Games haul abroad

A video showing an adult man caning a boy in a Kulim tahfiz school dormitory has been circulating on Malaysian social media in December 2025, and is being investigated under the Penal Code after Kedah police confirmed the incident happened in September, and that no arrests have been made three months on. — Screengrab from Facebook/Info Semasa My

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Kedah police confirm caning incident involving 11-year-old tahfiz student in Sungai Kob

A whole eel ‘unaju’ at Unagiya Edonadai AMON. — Picture by Ethan Lau

Eat-drink / 5 h ago

Unagiya Edonadai AMON: A Tokyo ‘unagi’ speciality restaurant arrives in 1 Mont Kiara

Former UKM lecturer Sharifah Munirah Alatas (pictured) and other academics criticised profit-driven university rankings and publishing, urging alternative evaluation methods. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 4 h ago

‘It’s become a game’: Academics call global university rankings profit-driven, urge Malaysian institutions to rethink priorities

Malaysia Productivity Corporation deputy director-general Dr Mazrina Mohamed Ibramsah said the Bureaucratic Red Tape Reform (RKB) initiative is using AI to help agencies automate checks and streamline workflows. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Less paperwork, more speed: Govt uses AI to save big

An aerial view shows the space where the Fensfeltet planned industrial area could be. Plans to mine Europe’s largest rare earth deposit in Norway have stalled amid concerns that extraction could harm endangered species and fragile ecosystems. — AFP pic

World / 7 h ago

Europe’s biggest rare earth find hits a snag over beetles, moss and mushrooms

Staff and students of Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah (UNIPSAS), together with students from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah and Pahang Youth volunteers, take part in an on-campus clean-up effort in Kuantan December 20, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Power supply back on across Kuantan’s flood-affected areas, says TNB

Shah Alam police were alerted by passers-by to the body of a newborn girl wrapped in plastic behind a supermarket in Section 25 on December 20, 2025. — File picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Cops investigate abandoned newborn found dead behind Shah Alam Section 25 supermarket

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are seen in this image released by the US Department of Justice on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — US Justice Department/Handout via Reuters

World / 2 h ago

The Epstein files are out — but where is Trump?

The atmosphere during the closing ceremony of the 33rd Thailand SEA Games at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok December 20, 2025. — Bernama pic

Sports / 5 h ago

Flame out, future in — SEA Games 2025 close in Bangkok with Malaysia next in line

Life

4 h ago

Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy resigns

As of June 1, 2026, Academy member Ingrid Carlberg, an author and journalist, will take over as permanent secretary. — AFP pic

STOCKHOLM, Dec 21 —The Swedish Academy said yesterday its permanent secretary, Mats Malm, is stepping down after seven years of heading the prestigious institution that awards the annual Nobel literature prize.As of June 1, 2026, Academy member Ingrid Carlberg, an author and journalist, will take over as permanent secretary.“He (Malm)...

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Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, was among the passengers to cross the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary of space, during the approximately 10-minute flight. — Blue Origin via AFP pic

Life / 4 h ago

Blue Origin’s New Shepard welcomes first wheelchair-using passenger into space

During the trip to the charity’s centre, named The Passage, Prince George signed the visitor’s book on the same page previously signed by Diana, who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when Prince William was 15 years old. — Picture via Facebook

Life / 4 h ago

UK’s Prince William and son George volunteer at homelessness charity

Residents of Kam Tin deck out their northern corner of the city with towering flower boards and a vast bamboo stage for the Taoist Jiao festival which dates back over 300 years. — AFP pic

Life / 7 h ago

Once every 10 years, a Hong Kong village burns a giant effigy to chase away bad luck

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Built inside the Sungai Pin Conservation Area, orangutan bridges are helping wildlife cross safely between fragmented habitats while reducing human-animal conflict. — Bernama pic

7 h ago

These orangutan bridges are quietly stitching Borneo’s forests back together in Sungai Pin

Women walk over parched soil as they carry pots to fetch drinking water from Kholpetua river at Parshemari village in Khulna district. Once dismissed as long shots, climate damage lawsuits against fossil fuel and cement giants are gaining legal ground. — AFP pic

7 h ago

Farmers take climate polluters to court — and experts say this is just the start

Boris Mateev, 25, co-owner of a fish farm, looks at sturgeon fish at a floating fish farm in Kardzhali dam, southern Bulgaria, December 2, 2025. — AFP pic

7 h ago

Inside the Bulgarian farm behind the world’s most expensive caviar

The Makam Sheikh Omar features Moorish architecture with intricate arabesque details on its dome, Kampung Melayu, Air Itam. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

7 h ago

‘Most handsome tomb in Penang’: Sheikh Omar’s mausoleum, a hidden gem in Air Itam’s historic Malay village

Displaced Palestinian youths take part in a training session at the Aida Refugee Camp football pitch, next to the separation wall outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, December 16, 2025, a few weeks after an Israeli military decision to demolish the field. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Bethlehem camp’s ‘lifeline’ football field faces Israeli demolition

A woman follows a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference in her apartment in Saint Petersburg on December 19, 2025. — AFP pic

1d ago

Putin’s TV marathon: National costumes, marriage proposal and praise

The creator of the fake French coup video says he has no regrets despite making very little money off it. — AFP pic

1d ago

Despite making only €7 from viral French ‘coup’ video, Burkinabe teen has no regrets

Tourists queue around the Trevi fountain in central Rome on December 19, 2025. — AFP pic

1d ago

Save your coins: Rome to charge access to Trevi Fountain

Irregular menstruation may be an early sign of hormonal disorders such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which can increase long-term health risks including uterine cancer, diabetes and heart disease, say health experts. — Bernama pic

1d ago

Irregular periods: PCOS a silent killer affecting women

BookXcess founder Jacqueline Ng believes that reading should not be exclusive to the privileged. — Picture by Sayuti Zainduin

1d ago

Beyond gadgets: Why physical books continue to captivate Malaysian readers

Victor Chin’s two-part zine titled ‘KL Pretty’ on display during the recent Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

1d ago

‘KL Pretty’ and the obituaries for buildings: A zine mourning Dang Wangi’s forgotten architecture

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison diary sold 100,000 copies in under a week. — AFP pic

1d ago

From cell to bestseller list: Sarkozy’s prison diary doing better time than he is

London wakes in the mist of Westminster Bridge, as migrant night workers finish their shifts in silence. — AFP pic

1d ago

Ghosts of the night shift: The invisible migrant workforce powering Britain 24/7

Letters from Japanese prisoner Takanori Kuzuoka, photographed in Tokyo on November 5, 2025, detail his life in organised crime. — AFP pic

1d ago

The rise of ‘tokuryu’: Anonymous, online and ruthless gangs reshaping Japan’s underworld

The Norwegian palace said preparations are under way for a possible lung transplant for Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 52, after doctors noted a clear deterioration in her health. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit likely to undergo lung transplant after health setback

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