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National Muay Thai athlete Angie Yan Jia Chi performs in the women’s Wai Kru event at the SEA Games Thailand 2025 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 16 h ago

Malaysia’s Angie Yan stuns Thai world champion to claim Wai Kru gold on SEA Games debut

File photo of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Hannah Yeoh. The prime minister rejected claims today that Yeoh’s appointment strengthens DAP dominance, saying she serves the government, not a political party. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

‘Atrocious’: Anwar hits back at race-based attacks on Hannah Yeoh’s Cabinet appointment

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abd Rahman speaks to the press at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya on June 25, 2025. — Sayuti Zanudin pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

After court‑ordered ‘reflection’ on Syed Saddiq appeal, prosecution decides the next move is forward

Heavy rain falls during the FA Cup Final between JDT and Sabah FC at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Monsoon surge continues: METMalaysia issues rain warnings for peninsula, puts Pahang on max alert

Data from the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) shows persistent demand for Malaysian university enrolment from China, Bangladesh and India. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Why Malaysian campuses are a hit with students from China, Bangladesh and India

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with Hannah Yeoh, who thanked him for the trust placed in her following her appointment to oversee the Federal Territories. — Picture via Facebook/Hannah Yeoh
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Hannah Yeoh thanks Anwar for trust as she sets out priorities for Federal Territories

The three matches affected are Malaysia’s 1-1 draw against Cape Verde on May 29, the 2-1 victory over Singapore on September 4, and the 1-0 win against Palestine on September 8. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Sports  / 19 h ago

Fifa sanctions FAM, Harimau Malaya hit with three 3-0 losses over ineligible players

National Muay Thai athlete Muhammad Mikail Ghazali Zulfikar (left) launches an attack against host nation fighter Suphakon Sirilun during the men’s 57kg final at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

Malaysian Muay Thai squad pull off sensational three-gold feat by upsetting home favourites, including a World Champion

National diver Yong Rui Jie competes in the men’s one-metre springboard event at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games at the Assumption University Aquatic Centre, Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

SEA Games 2025: Malaysia denied diving clean sweep, claim bronze in men’s one-metre springboard

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, chats with attendees after the presentation of appointment letters and the swearing-in ceremony for federal ministers and deputy ministers at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Sultan Ibrahim’s message to Anwar’s new Cabinet: Integrity, teamwork, and service to the people

Perodua’s new Traz makes its debut as the brand’s latest urban SUV, designed with Malaysian drivers in mind.
Life  / 19 h ago

From KL to Penang on RM35? Perodua thinks the new RM76,000 Traz can do it

At 6pm, the ringgit inched down to 4.0855/0940 against the greenback, from 4.0835/0875 at yesterday’s close. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Money  / 14 h ago

Ringgit slips against US dollar as traders lock in gains

Police said four suspects were arrested on the day of the incident, with four more detained in follow-up operations. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Police detain eight over brutal Batu Caves slashing attack

A Malaysian martial arts coach has been accused of assaulting a Filipino referee at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand following protests over a disputed pencak silat result, the Philippine Olympic Committee said. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

Malaysian pencak silat coach accused of striking SEA Games judge in tie-break dispute

The Malaysian pair defeated China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in straight games in 46 minutes. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

SEA Games glow continues as Pearly Tan-Thinaah hit the ground running at World Tour Finals

Alviana Damit with the pitcher plant. — The Borneo Post pic
Life / 17 Dec 2024

New giant pitcher plant ‘Pongo’ discovered in Sabah, named after orangutan

A Chinese father narrowly escaped death after suffering a heart attack while tutoring his son during a tense homework session. — iStock.com pic
Life / 17 Dec 2024

‘Tiger father’ meets ‘gaokao’: How homework gave one anxious dad in China a heart attack — literally

his aerial photo shows a fisherman collecting dead fish, caused by renovation works and ongoing hot weather conditions, from a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province on April 30, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 17 Dec 2024

World’s climate is getting hot so fast that it’s confounding scientists

Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York leaves after attending the coronations of Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 17 Dec 2024

From nonce to Chinese spy’s mark — Prince ‘Randy Andy’ lands UK royals in yet another scandal

Andrea Vanek poses for a picture in her apartment in Vienna, Austria on November 22, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Left behind: Long Covid sufferers struggle as world moves forward

A woman exits a subway station with her dog at night in the Harlem area in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 15, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Time-travel by train: New York reintroduces vintage 1930s subway cars for nostalgic journey

Malaysia’s TikTok LIVE Fest 2024 crowns top three creators ahead of global stage showdown. — Picture courtesy of TikTok
Life / 16 Dec 2024

TikTok LIVE Fest 2024: Meet Malaysia’s top three creators representing the nation ahead of global stage showdown

A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved it from near-certain death by removing a plastic cup attached to its neck and blocking its throat. — Reuters pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Heron rescued from plastic cup lodged in throat in Rio becomes symbol of pollution fight

Dapur Kita-Kita will operate entirely on volunteer support. — Picture by Julia Chan
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Kota Kinabalu’s first soup kitchen Dapur Kita-Kita serves hope, one meal at a time

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Kim Keon-hee during at event on October 1, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

South Korea’s ‘First Lady’ documentary on Kim Keon-hee controversies sparks nationwide frenzy with sold-out screenings

The limestone eyelash pit viper is known only from a narrow limestone area in the Nakawan Range spanning the border of Thailand and Malaysia. — Picture courtesy of WWF
Life / 16 Dec 2024

’Eyelash viper’, leaf-nosed bat among over 200 new species found in Mekong region in 2023

A Chinese mistress paid a divorce fee of 1.2 million yuan (RM736,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, but her request for a refund was denied by the court after the wife accepted the money without agreeing to divorce. — Picture via Pixabay/PublicDomainPictures
Life / 16 Dec 2024

China court denies mistress’ refund request after paying divorce fee to legal wife

An empty Guinness glass, seen behind the bar inside The Old Ivy House public house in Clerkenwell, London December 15, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Pint-sized panic: The viral Guinness craze draining UK pubs and sparking stout rationing

Travels abroad and large gatherings add to the chances of one catching influenza. — Picture from Freepik
Life / 16 Dec 2024

How to protect yourself from influenza this holiday season

Jean-Louis Bertrand, son of the French Nazi concentration camp survivor Louis Bertrand (1923-2013), points on a model depicting the former camp site at the ‘Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial’ on November 7, 2024 near Halberstadt, eastern Germany. During the construction of a tunnel system in which warplanes were to be built in the last months of World War II, in the subcamp (Codename ‘Malachite’) of the Buchenwald concentration camp almost 2.000 men died. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Outrage and controversy as developer proposes turning Nazi-era tunnels into rich survivalists’ haven in Germany

A man arranges stacks of soap at a local soap factory in the old city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank November 28, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Find out the secret of Nablus soap as Palestinians celebrate Unesco recognition of centuries-old tradition as cultural treasure