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The much anticipated anti-corruption rally ‘Himpunan Rakyat Benci Rasuah’ today was fairly uneventful after authorities decided to facilitate it rather than be antagonistic against it. — Picture by Sayuti Zanudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

As it happens: ‘Himpunan Rakyat Benci Rasuah’ anti-corruption rally in Dataran Merdeka

Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah have made history by reaching the women’s doubles final of the Indonesia Masters, the first Malaysian pair to do so in 14 years. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 15 h ago

Pearly-Thinaah make history, first Malaysian pair in Indonesia Masters final after 14 years

China increased the Lunar New Year holiday to eight days for 2025, from seven previously in a bid to boost spending, but some people said they were foregoing the return home so they could earn more money. — AFP pic
Money  / 19 h ago

China extends CNY holiday to boost spending amid worries about the economy; sparks surge in cinema and travel to SE Asia

Putrajaya said it will support KTMB to add more carriages and increase the train capacity as more people choose to travel via rail. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

‘If we have more trains, people will take them’: Loke affirms Putrajaya’s commitment to rail travel as demand spikes for CNY

Harith Iskander and ex-wife Dr Jezamine Lim have received abuse from some in the public. — Picture by Azinuddin Ghazali
Showbiz  / 14 h ago

Harith Iskander’s comedy show cancelled after death threat and abuse aimed at family, says manager

The Trump administration’s Interior Department said yesterday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. — Reuters pic
World  / 15 h ago

Trump administration officially renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

Coffee shops in Melaka, particularly in tourist hotspots, were among the business premises found raising prices by up to 60 per cent last year, according to Norena Jaafar, the state director of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Melaka coffee shop prices spike, patrons call out sneaky 60pc increases

During his first term, Trump sacked five inspectors general in fewer than two months in 2020. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

The US purge: Trump sacks 17 independent inspectors general, paving way for loyalists

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the new process prioritises applications from Malaysian citizens married to foreign nationals. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Home minister: Govt simplifies entry permit process for foreign spouses of Malaysian citizens, ensures approval within six months

World 19th seed kisses the Australian Open tennis trophy after winning her first Grand Slam title in defeating Number One Aryna Sabalenka on January 25, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Keys stuns tennis top seed Sabalenka to claim first Grand Slam title at Australian Open

Johor Regent Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sultan Ibrahim announced that six to seven heritage players had been identified to represent Malaysia. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

FAM awaits govt nod for four heritage players to bolster Harimau Malaya

The popularity of Dubai chocolate has inspired fraudsters who seize upon the latest trends and copy certain ecommerce sites as they seek to collect as much money as possible. — AFP pic
Life  / 12 h ago

Watch out for Dubai chocolate scams as viral hype sparks online frauds

After demanding three things from the government at the protest, the People Protesters dressed in black began gathering outside Sogo KL Shopping Mall at around 2.30pm, only to encounter barricades and red tape cordoning off the main entrance. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Anti-corruption protesters call for reforms, shift focus to dialogue with Putrajaya

Displaced Palestinians who left the southern Gaza Strip where they had taken refuge, arrive with their belongings northwest of Nuseirat in the central part of the strip, at the nearest point possible to the Israeli-controlled Netzarim corridor, hoping to return to the north whenever possible. — AFP pic
World  / 13 h ago

No going home to north Gaza if Israeli civilian hostage not freed, Netanyahu tells Palestinians

Sabah Malay is different from the standard Bahasa Melayu spoken in the peninsula but ties the locals together despite their diverse tribes and ethnicities. — Picture by Julia Chan
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

It’s not broken, it’s Sabahan: How Malay became the lingua franca in this east Malaysian state

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A picture shows a view of Bahla Fort, one of four historical forts located at the foot of the Green Mountain highlands of Oman, and the only fort in the country designated a Unesco Heritage Site, in Bahla, 200km north of Muscat, on October 5, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

‘City of jinn’: Magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis

Visitors walk through a gallery during a press preview at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on November 16, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

At NY Met, European masters can be seen in a new light

If you’re among the first batch of owners who ordered the upgraded Tesla Model 3 ”Highland” since September, your brand new EV is already on its way to Malaysia. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

First batch of Tesla Model 3 is on its way to Malaysia, deliveries to start soon (VIDEO)

The cosmetics and skincare industry is growing at a rapid rate in Malaysia with an estimated revenue of RM2.07 billion this year. — Pexels.com pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

Ready to start your cosmetics, skincare business in Malaysia? Here’s how to begin

Among the key findings of this study are that the richest 1 per cent globally — 77 million people — were responsible for 16 per cent of global emissions related to their consumption. — Liliya Filakhtova/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

Report: World’s richest 1pc emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds

This handout photograph from the courtesy of train hostess Tetyana Kogut taken on April 21, 2022, shows then British prime minister Boris Johnson posing for a picture with Tetyana in a train carriage in Kyiv. — Handout/Courtesy of Tetyana Kogut/AFP pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

The Ukrainian train attendant chaperoning Western VIPs

Napoleon's hat was sold for €1,932 million at auction on November 19, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Nov 2023

Napoleon’s hat sells for record sum at French auction

Environmental scientists search for snails known as ‘Escargots de Quimper’ in Brest. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Snail-by-snail: French city in painstaking operation for tram 

Almost half of the breeding seabird species in the UK and Ireland have declined in the past 20 years, with climate change one of the possible causes. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Survey: Over half of seabirds in UK and Ireland ‘in decline’

This photo taken on November 16, 2023 shows British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr Doodle, posing for a picture with his piece ‘The Doodles Leave Earth’ at Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

British artist draws Hong Kong crowds with his ‘graffiti spaghetti’

A member of the teamLab digital art group poses in an installation in preparation for the reopening of their Borderless museum in February at the Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan November 17, 2023. — Reuters pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Japan’s teamLab readies renewed digital museum in Tokyo mega complex

The newly crowned Miss Universe 2023, Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua, waves after winning the 72th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, in San Salvador on November 18, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios wins crown at Miss Universe 2023

Farah (second from left) at Alice + Olivia's launch party with influencers Athina Kamarudin, Athisha Khan and Nadia Brian. — Picture courtesy of Melium
Life / 19 Nov 2023

NY fashion brand Alice + Olivia, favoured by Hollywood stars, debuts in Malaysia (VIDEO)

Joergen Peder Steffensen, professor of ice core related research at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, holds part of an ice core sample in the University of Copenhagen's ice core repository in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 26, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Frozen library of ancient ice tells tales of climate’s past

This aerial picture taken on September 20, 2023, shows vineyards surrounding the alsacian village of Gueberschwihr. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Long and wine-ing road: Alsace celebrates its ‘Route des vins’

Details of a restored stained-glass window from the French Champigneulle factory on November 7, 2023, in Havana. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Nov 2023

Colour and light: Bringing life back to Havana’s stained glass windows