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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  / 13 h ago

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

Pearly Tan and M Thinaah during the women’s doubles final at the 2025 Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok on May 18, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 7 h ago

Malaysia power into SEA Games semis to lock in women’s badminton medal

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  / 15 h ago

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

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks beside Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof in a townhall session during the ‘Rancakkan Madani’ programmer, Dataran Putrajaya December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Anwar gives all ministers thumbs up in surprise midterm review, says no weak links

Continuous rain is expected overnight in Johor, involving the districts of Segamat, Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru from December 7 to 8, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of non-stop heavy rains overnight in Johor and Sarawak 

MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that if Barisan Nasional’s component parties continue working with DAP and Pakatan Harapan in the next general election, his party will chart its own path. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

MCA says ‘good luck’ to BN if allies team up with Pakatan, DAP again in next GE

Police said the woman’s hair was also cut during the incident, prompting her to flee the house and seek help from nearby neighbours before she was rescued. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Domestic worker’s nightmare: Malaysian woman burnt, stabbed and punched by employer in Rawang flees to neighbours; cops investigating

The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia welcomed the exemption of businesses earning below RM1 million from e-invoicing in 2026, saying it gives small firms vital breathing space to stabilise and upgrade. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

SME group welcomes e-invoicing exemption for sub-RM1m firms, says 200,000 to benefit

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  / 13 h ago

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

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  / 13 h ago

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

A bank employee helped prevent a customer from losing more than S$200,000 to scammers after intervening during a tense encounter at a DBS branch late last year.  — Reuters pic
Singapore  / 9 h ago

Singapore bank employee foils S$200,000 scam attempt as victim almost hands cash to criminals

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  / 15 h ago

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

Leong Jun Hao leads Malaysia to the SEA Games badminton semi-finals after beating the Philippines’ Jewel Angelo Albo 21-17, 21-18 in the men’s singles on December 7, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 4 h ago

Malaysia secures semi-final spots in SEA Games badminton

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the proposal to reduce parking bays at new projects near public transit hubs could encourage residents to use public buses and trains and lower housing prices for home buyers at the same time. — File picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Less parking, more savings? New homes near LRT, MRT could have fewer bays, says transport minister

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (second from right) presents the People’s Welfare Insurance Scheme (SIKR) 3.0 to a recipient representative at the closing ceremony of the ‘Rancakkan Madani Bersama Malaysiaku programme’ at Dataran Putrajaya on December 7, 2025, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (right), and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar (left). — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

New govt-paid insurance scheme raises payouts for death and disability; up to RM26,500 for Malaysia’s poorest families

An Afghan man walks through a poppy field in the Gereshk district of Helmand province in this file photo taken on April 8, 2016. A 10-year-old boy in China reported his father to the police after being scolded for not completing his homework.— Reuters pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Chinese boy calls cops on dad’s illegal poppy stash after being scolded for incomplete homework

ChargEV’s new EV Charging Hub at Pitstop Tangkak in Johor is now open to the public. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

ChargEV launches new EV charging hub at Pitstop Tangkak, with eight bays and 120kW DC charger

OGX Networks Sdn Bhd managing director Tan Suan Loong speaking at the signing ceremony with DTCT. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Malaysia’s OGX Networks partners with China-based DTCT to provide state-of-the-art data centre solutions in Malaysia

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat and Pheu Thai’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra take part in the annual LGBTQ Pride parade in Bangkok, Thailand, June 4, 2023. — Reuters pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Thailand aims to turn same-sex weddings into major tourism money-maker

Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study. — Phonix_a Pk.sarote/Shutterstock pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive harsh desert environments over a million years ago, study finds

An illustrative photo shows a person holding a phone receiving a call from an unknown caller. — iStock pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Different countries, same con: How India’s ‘digital arrest’ scammers are stealing life savings

A screengrab of the ‘mummy’ purportedly walking down a road in Sungai Besar, Selangor today.
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Mummy on the move: Mystery pedestrian takes ‘wrap’ with 6km stroll around Sungai Besar (VIDEO)

Spanish-Peruvian promoter of the ‘Slow dating club’, Eva Sanchez, poses for a photo during one of singles-meetings she organises every month in Madrid, on December 29, 2024. Jilted by dating apps but undeterred in the quest for romance, 20 young singles gathered in Madrid to share activities and flirtatious smiles in a rediscovery of real-life love. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Slow dating club: Spanish singles ditch apps to find love in face-to-face encounters

An exhibition will include evidence that Josef Jakobs, the last person executed at the Tower of London, was a German spy. — Picture courtesy of The National Archives
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Step into the shadows: WWII-era MI5 spy guide reveals old school espionage tricks, set for London display

Koay Choon Aun (right) and his wife Lee Chew Hoon show off their past artwork and photographs of the royal recognition received from the Perlis palace. — Bernama pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

From hobby to art: A retired Perlis teacher’s dextrous paper cutting and calligraphy skills keep Chinese traditions alive

Epidemiologist Meg Schaeffer told AFP that “misinformation around Covid” is driving down overall vaccination rates in the United States, including for long-conquered measles. — Reuters file pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

From Trump to RFK Jr: How politicians amplify anti-vaccine movements and what lies ahead

The Covid generation: A newborn at the Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand wears a face shield in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus on April 9, 2020. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Jan 2025

Covid’s shadow, five years on: How the pandemic shaped a generation’s learning delays and mental health struggles

Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe, but at far lower levels than during the height of the pandemic. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Jan 2025

Lab leak or animal spillover? Debate on Covid-19’s origins continues five years on

Erick Rico (right) and Jaylene Rosalez, who recognised their Chihuahua mix Bombon from a social media post of the Pasadena Humane, are reunited with him at the animal shelter in Pasadena, California, on January 17, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Jan 2025

Happy families: Feared lost forever, pets and owners separated by LA fires, reunite 

A woman takes a selfie with her mobile phone in front of the gate with lettering “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Will Set You Free) at the Memorial And Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 14, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Jan 2025

Surviving Auschwitz: For museum staff, former Nazi death camp a daily reminder of genocide, and a monument to life’s meaning

(From second right) Ng, Danald and Bina promote the Bahasa Malaysia Bibles and Iban Study Bible, as (from right) Mathew and Ambrose look on. — The Borneo Post pic
Life / 19 Jan 2025

BSM launches two new Bahasa Malaysia Bibles in Sarawak