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2025 World Championships women’s doubles runners-up Pearly Tan and M Thinaah. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Malaysia’s badminton camp falls short of four-gold target, spotlight now on doubles aces Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Pearly Tan-Thinaah

DAP Youth says SPM Malay requirement proves community respects national language. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

UEC recognition a constitutional right, not threat to Bahasa Malaysia, says DAP Youth Wing

BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 9 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi attends the 33rd All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) general assembly in Hulu Langat December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Zahid cautions BN component parties against exit, says there will be ‘no way back’

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 10 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

A KTM Komuter train at the Kajang station. A new timetable for selected routes will take effect from January 1. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

KTMB announces new Klang Valley Komuter timetable from Jan 1 amid KVDT2 works

Malaysia secured its first badminton gold of the SEA Games today after national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah triumphed in Bangkok. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Pearly Tan–Thinaah break the spell as Malaysia finally strikes SEA Games gold

Ayesha Assilla Watuna said she has raised over RM15,000 so far, pledging 100 per cent of the proceeds to the Global Sumud Flotilla. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Legendary move: Sabah woman sells rare Pokémon card collection to join next Sumud Flotilla mission

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 9 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

Emergency responders at the scene of the road accident at Machang UiTM, where a student was killed after being hit by a motorcycle while crossing the road. — Picture via Facebook
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Student killed in Machang UiTM accident had wireless earbud on, police say

The Bagan MP said a proposed RM20 billion tax refund payout before Chinese New Year could inject much-needed liquidity into the business sector. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Lim Guan Eng urges full tax refunds, buy-local policy to ease business cash crunch

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the decision was made following feedback from teachers who felt the sSPLKPM was affecting their focus on their core duties. — File picture by Mukhriz Hazim
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

MOE ends SPLKPM so teachers can focus fully on the classroom 

The Kuala Terengganu High Court ruled today that the earlier defamation trial against Clare Rewcastle-Brown was invalid and must be reheard. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case

Feng Minmin doesn't let her height stop her from shooting hoops. — Xiaohongshu screenshot
Life  / 17 h ago

How high? China schoolgirl doesn’t let height get in the way of her basketball dreams (VIDEO)

Attendees try out the MIXR experience in a dual co-op virtual reality simulator. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Life / 03 May 2025

GTI Expo showcases next-gen VR thrills as Malaysia steps into global spotlight

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex looks on as Britain's King Charles III leaves Westminster Abbey after the Coronation Ceremonies in central London on May 6, 2023. — Reuters pic
Life / 03 May 2025

‘My father won’t speak to me’: Prince Harry breaks silence after losing court fight over UK security

A hen walks past a portable chicken coop on a farm where they are raised as part of the ‘Rent The Chicken’ service in California. — AFP pic
Life / 03 May 2025

Why buy eggs when you can rent the hens? Americans turn to chicken rentals as prices soar and backyards go farm-style

Many people in Japan admire vintage US cars, but when it comes to new wheels, they hold more trust in domestic brands. — Unsplash pic/Andrew Leu
Life / 03 May 2025

Not made for Tokyo: The challenges of selling American cars in Japan’s compact world

Consciousness is at the centre of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, love and more. — Reuters pic
Life / 03 May 2025

Where does consciousness live? Scientists say it may not be in our ‘smart’ brain at all

Spanish side Elche have decided to break with tradition by banning the sale and consumption of sunflower seeds at their home ground as cleaning up the shells spit out by fans led to increased costs and unhygienic conditions. — Unsplash pic/engin akyurt
Life / 02 May 2025

No more ‘kuaci’! Spanish club Elche bans messy snack from stadium

Malaysia’s national electric vehicle, the Proton e.MAS 7, is aiming to set an Asean record for being the first and longest multi-nation convoy as part of the Asean Unity Drive 2025 (AUD 2025), an initiative led by the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 02 May 2025

Asean Unity Drive 2025: Proton e.MAS EV embarks on record-breaking 9,000-km tour across nine nations

Prince Harry cut ties with the royal family in 2020 and moved to the west coast of the United States with his wife Meghan Markle. — Reuters pic
Life / 02 May 2025

Prince Harry awaits ruling on security downgrade after claims of ‘unjustified and inferior treatment’

Octavio Bernaza (left) and members of the Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza perform during a dress-rehearsal of their production 'Hamlet' at The Barbican Theatre in London, UK on April 24, 2025, ahead of their London premiere. — Reuters pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Breaking barriers: Peruvian actors with Down syndrome challenge norms with ‘Hamlet’ performance in London

A UK-wide decline in bug splats recorded on car number plates indicates an “alarming” fall in the number of flying insects, UK scientists said in a survey published yesterday. — Trollinho/Unsplash/ETX Studio pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Bug splats dwindle: UK survey shows 63pc decline in flying insects since 2021, raising fears over biodiversity loss

Workers mount the new signs of Felix Houphouet-Boigny boulevard in Abidjan on April 16, 2025. Street names in Ivory Coast's economic capital have taken on a decidedly more local flavour over the past few weeks, as African names have replaced French ones in France's former colony. — AFP pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Less French, more African: Ivory Coast modernises street names to reflect cultural identity

Participants holding communist flags march during a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City April 30, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Half a century on, Vietnam commemorates fall of Saigon with grand display

Canabarro had attributed her longevity to God, saying: ‘He is the secret of life. He is the secret of everything.’
Life / 01 May 2025

‘God is the secret’: World’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Lucas, dies at 116

Britain’s King Charles III reacts as he speaks to guests during a reception to celebrate the charitable work being undertaken by local and national cancer charities and support organisations, at Buckingham Palace in London April 30, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Every cancer diagnosis ‘daunting’ and ‘frightening’, says King Charles

In this photo taken on April 24, 2025, cartoonist and neighbour Kim Dae-nyeon poses between fortified positions for tanks near a bunker (not seen) where he exhibits his artworks under his alias Danny Kim, in the grounds of the Daonsoop cafe, built less than two kilometres from the North Korean border (fence and river in background) in Paju, north of Seoul. Daonsoop cafe is so close to the North Korean border that to obtain the building permit, its owners had to construct the property with a bunker and fortified positions for tanks. — AFP pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Bunker-cafe on Korean border paints image of peace

A tourist from China wearing a school uniform practices calligraphy while taking part in a Japanese high school experience in Kimitsu. — Reuters pic
Life / 01 May 2025

Class in session: Tourists live out their anime dreams in real Japanese school