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Panelist and Court of Appeal judge Datin Evrol Mariette Peters speaks at the ‘Children’s Rights in Malaysia: From Commitments to Monitoring and Accountability’ panel session during the Human Rights Day Forum 2025 in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

How judges handle children in custody disputes: Court of Appeal judge shares personalised, child‑friendly approach

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Why are fish prices so high in Malaysia? LKIM claims wholesalers are hoarding, manipulating market

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

A damaged luxury car rests on a roadside embankment in Kuala Langat after the driver allegedly lost control while reaching for his mobile phone. — PDRM pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad leapt, twirled, and danced their way to a team gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, today. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad dazzles with routines to clinch SEA Games gold

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 18 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic
World  / 6 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

PM Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to deliver a special update on the Madani Cabinet at 3:30pm today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 40 m ago

Anwar to go live at 3.30pm today with special announcement

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Negara that the police report on the case will be submitted to the Attorney-General today for further action. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the 54-year-old man was deceived after receiving a call on February 21 at his home in George Town from an individual claiming to be a cybersecurity officer. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Manager duped out of RM2.54m in elaborate phone scam in Penang

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

In this photo illustration, a phone shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on December 14. — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP
World  / 5 h ago

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP
World  / 8 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

Women who are subject to perimenopausal symptoms are 40 per cent more likely to experience depression than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms, researchers report. — Shutterstock pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Women may be at greater risk of depression in this stage of menopause, study shows

The Prado said it would display a work by Caravaggio from May 28 until October. — AFP pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Lost Caravaggio work to go on display at Madrid’s Prado museum

A limestone slab bearing the fossil of the ancient bird Archaeopteryx is seen at the Field Museum in Chicago in this undated handout photograph. — Picture by Delaney Drummond/Field Museum/Handout via Reuters
Life / 07 May 2024

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx

Zendaya poses at the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' in New York May 6, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala

Scientists found that by age 65, at least 95 per cent of people with two copies of APOE4 — known as homozygotes — had abnormal levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein called beta amyloid in their spinal fluid, and 75 per cent had positive brain scans for amyloid. — AFP pic
Life / 07 May 2024

People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, say scientists

Tokyo Haneda airport is the cleanest in the world. — bluesky85/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

The world’s cleanest airports can be found in Asia

Somatic exercise can help relieve muscular pain and ease anxiety. —ImYanis/Shutterstock/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

How somatic exercise can help tackle muscular tension and stress (VIDEO)

‘Sunset blush’ takes makeup one step ahead of the summer sun. — Picture via TikTok/alissajanay1
Life / 06 May 2024

Summer is in the air on TikTok with the ‘sunset blush’ makeup trend (VIDEO)

Tokyo has been waging war on crows since the early 2000s. — Anton Vakhrushev/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Crows are being driven off the streets of Tokyo by their own cries (VIDEO)

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, is prepared for launch of the Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 5, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Boeing’s new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station

Britain's King Charles III, holding a bunch of flowers, waves to crowds after to visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London on April 30, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Britain’s King Charles III marks first anniversary of coronation

A researcher from the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) examines crops in a cultivated field in the Marchouch region of north-western Morocco April 18, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Morocco’s farming revolution: Defying drought with science

Laura Li, 28, poses for photos in front of Victoria Harbour, a day ahead of the Chinese Labour Day 'Golden Week' holidays, in Hong Kong, China April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Low-budget Chinese travellers highlight shift in Hong Kong tourism

A figurine of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is seen in the souvenir shop of the Beethovenhaus museum, where Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Ode to joy: How Austria shaped Beethoven’s Ninth

Dancers perform French Cancan on stage during a show at the Moulin Rouge musical cabaret in Paris on April 9, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Backstage artisans keep Moulin Rouge kicking

Winners taking to the stage last night. A total of 39 awards were distributed. — Picture courtesy of BOH Cameronian Arts Awards
Life / 06 May 2024

BOH Cameronian Arts Awards returns to award outstanding performances and acknowledge emerging talents in arts