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A lawyer linked to a triple fatal shooting case in Durian Tunggal, Melaka on November 24, 2025 filed a police report on December 5, 2025 claiming to have received a death threat online. ― iStock pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Police probe lawyer’s social media death threat linked to Melaka triple shooting

Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican says improved servers and 8,000-plus retailers will prevent a repeat of congestion seen during the first rollout of the RM100 Sara aid programme. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Government upgrades servers for next Sara aid round, expands retailer list to over 8,000 shops

Workers install warning signs and barriers on the collapsed Bukit Kawah road near Tasik Kenyir in Hulu Terengganu on December 6, 2025, a day after a couple who were soon-to-wed died when their SUV fell into a 60m ravine. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Couple’s fatal plunge highlights dangers: Terengganu warns motorists to heed road closure signs

A view of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (the brightest spot in the centre) from outer space as snapped by Nasa astronaut Don Pettit and posted on his social media account on December 2, 2025. — Picture from X/Don Pettit
Life  / 18 h ago

Kaaba shines from space: Stunning ISS photo of Islam’s holiest site goes viral

This is not ‘sang har mee’; instead, it is braised ‘sang har sang mein’, and it is the signature dish at Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 4 h ago

At Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh, the unique braised ‘sang har mee’ and cold tofu are the stars

Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh (right), accompanied by International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient (left), attended the launch of the UCI World Cycling Centre Regional Development Satellite at the Johor Velodrome in Johor Bahru on December 6, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 17 h ago

Malaysia pedals to the top: Johor Velodrome becomes Southeast Asia’s first UCI satellite centre

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits the family of the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin at their home in Damai, Kota Kinabalu December 6, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Anwar visits Bung Moktar’s family, calls late Sabah leader ‘a great loss to the nation’

Sabah Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Andi Md Shamsureezal Mohd Sainal (sixth left) welcoming passengers from the first Loong Air charter flight from Shenzhen, China at Tawau Airport on December 6, 2025. — Daily Express pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Semporna dive spots lure first international flight from China to Tawau as Loong Air lands

A view of Yayasan Terengganu’s Kemaman hostel during an inspection on September 1, 2025. — Picture from Instagram/asramaytkemaman_aytk
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Yayasan Terengganu’s Kemaman hostel to close in 2026 for private school expansion

One of the undocumented migrants is seen with hands and legs cuffed among those detained during a joint operation in Selayang Baru, Kuala Lumpur, last night. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Authorities detain 843 undocumented migrants in Selayang Baru raid after community complaints

A Japanese research team led by Nagoya University assistant professor Norikazu Ishigaki has come up with a ‘portable fire extinguisher’ that prevents fires from overheated lithium-ion batteries that could rewrite air travel rules for power banks. — Pexels pic
Tech-gadgets  / 16 h ago

Safer power banks on the go: Japan creates portable, fireproof battery box, to launch April 2026 

Published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology in 2000, the paper ranks in the top 0.1 per cent of citations among studies on glyphosate—the key ingredient in Roundup, owned by agri-giant Monsanto and at the center of cancer lawsuits worth billions of dollars. — Reuters pic
Life  / 6 h ago

Flagship Roundup safety study retracted after 25 years over undisisclosed flaws

The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime-weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of the highest murder rates in the world. — Reuters pic
World  / 18 h ago

Mass shooting at illegal hostel outside Johannesburg leaves 11 dead and 14 injured

Subang Jaya police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the boys were picked up in Bukit Lanchong, Shah Alam, yesterday. — Screengrab via Facebook/Info Kemalangan & Bencana Malaysia
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Two teens arrested over viral ‘basikal lajak’ stunt at Putra Heights traffic light

A Perodua Myvi driver narrowly escaped with injuries after a tree crushed a 22-year-old motorcyclist to death on Tun Razak–Ayer Keroh Road near Taman Delima Raya, Melaka on December 6, 2025. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Falling tree kills motorcyclist on busy Melaka road, teen Myvi driver narrowly escapes same fate

Turkmen citizens take part in a mass tree-planting ceremony marking Nowruz, or the new year, outside Ashgabat on March 21, 2018. Water-scarce Turkmenistan said on November 6, 2023 it had planted almost half a million trees in a nationwide ‘green campaign
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Desert Turkmenistan plants 470,000 trees

In a statement today, Lazada said the coins can be used to attain discounts and the lowest prices on tens of millions of products across the platform during the sales from November 11-13, 2023. ― Pexels pic
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Lazada offers one billion LazCoins during 11.11 biggest sale of the year

Grab Malaysia pledges RM1 million for Mercy Malaysia’s humanitarian aid to Gaza. — Picture courtesy of Grab Malaysia 
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Grab Malaysia pledges RM1m for Mercy Malaysia’s Gaza humanitarian aid

Thanalatchmy Balakrishnan, has been selling pattu pavadai for kids at Deepavali bazaars in Little India, Klang, since 2016. — Pictures by Raymond Manuel
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Little India in Brickfields and Klang turn into shopping havens as Deepavali draws near

Grab offers free insurance to protect drivers and delivery-partners. — Picture courtesy of Grab Malaysia
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Grab protects its drivers and delivery-partners with insurance

A bust sculpture depicting Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist Gibran Khalil Gibran is displayed at the entrance of his hometown of Besharre (Bsharri) in northern Lebanon on October 5, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Kahlil Gibran’s Lebanon hometown celebrates ‘The Prophet’ centennial

Oman revives CO2-busting mangroves as climate threat lurks. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Oman revives CO2-busting mangroves as climate threat lurks

Mechanical engineer Alan Hash conducts research and development on an array of contactors at the headquarters of Heirloom Carbon. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Nov 2023

California startup to ‘sponge’ CO2 from the atmosphere

Chicken has the smallest carbon footprint of any meat, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), less than half the two kilos of CO2 produced for a kilo of pork, and 30 times less than that of beef. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Nov 2023

Can factory chicken really help save the climate? 

This photograph taken on November 4, 2023 shows a tourist travelling aboard the popular
Life / 06 Nov 2023

All aboard Thailand’s ‘floating train’

On July 8, Sultan Nazrin Shah, when opening the Galeri Rumah Lat in Batu Gajah, announced the conferment of the Seniman Diraja title on Datuk Mohd Nor aka Lat, in recognition of the great artist’s role and contribution in introducing Malaysia on the international stage and making the country famous. — Bernama pic
Life / 05 Nov 2023

Royal Artist Datuk Lat will continue promoting Malaysia’s cultural diversity

This photograph taken on November 2, 2023 in Geneva, shows
Life / 05 Nov 2023

Bleu Royal diamond set to dazzle in Geneva jewels sale

The Petronas Twin Towers visitors operation management has apologised over a queue-jumping incident involving its staff allowing a foreign couple priority access. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Life / 05 Nov 2023

Petronas Twin Towers apologises over viral Skybridge queue-jumping incident involving staff

The zips found on the handbags of major brands are often made by Switzerland’s Riri, which was bought by Swiss group Oerlikon in March. —AFP pic
Life / 05 Nov 2023

Zips don’t lie: The secret behind a true luxury handbag

Students wrestle during a bout, in the training room at the Altius wrestling school in Sisai, Haryana, India, July 10, 2023. — Reuters pic
Life / 05 Nov 2023

Indian school for wrestling helps women chase better life and glory

A Palestinian man locks the door of a shop in the empty alleys of Jerusalem's Old City on November 2, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 05 Nov 2023

‘No income, no life’: Jerusalem’s Old City suffers as war rages