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JPJ has suspended and reassigned an officer caught on video dangerously overtaking on a double line in Simpang Pulai. The officer is also barred from driving department vehicles pending investigation. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

JPJ: Officer suspended after risky overtake in Simpang Pulai

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad turns 100 today. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Dr Mahathir turns 100: A look back at a few defining moments that shaped Malaysia

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow examines the tracks that were uncovered. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Surprise find: 7.4m steel track from 1895 unearthed near Penang’s Fort Cornwallis

A commentator pushes back on Rafizi Ramli’s concerns over judicial appointments, arguing that procedural delays don’t amount to a constitutional crisis — and suggests Rafizi’s impact might’ve been greater had he stayed in Cabinet. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
What You Think  / 18 h ago

Rafizi could have been like Singapore’s Goh Keng Swee in Anwar’s Cabinet — Hafiz Hassan

M. Sri Darvien and D. Thineswary are escorted into the Sepang Magistrate’s Court to face charges, on July 10, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Teen, woman accomplice charged over murder of Cyberjaya university student

The Malaysian Bar said the ‘Walk to Safeguard Judicial Independence’ to the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya on Monday is about defending the independence of the judiciary as an institution. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Malaysian Bar: Lawyers’ walk to PM’s office on July 14 not to protest CJ’s non-extension, but to defend courts’ independence

Aaron Kwok reportedly celebrated news of a baby boy by upgrading wife Moka Fang’s credit card — to no limit. — Picture via Instagram/mokafy
Showbiz  / 17 h ago

Now that’s a push present: Aaron Kwok celebrates baby boy news with no-limit credit card for wife Moka Fang

Malaysia’s national cycling body has clarified that cyclists are allowed on public roads, following a viral video of a dispute with a bus driver. It urged respect for cyclists’ rights and called on police to act against online threats encouraging harm. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Cycling on public roads is legal, says national federation after viral dispute

An undated photograph shows Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad riding a bicycle. — Anwar Ibrahim/Facebook pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Anwar extends birthday wishes to Mahathir who turns 100 today

An undated illustrative photo shows people restrained with handcuffs. —Picture By Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Pagoh gang rape: Teen among two arrested after couple attacked near Johor plantation

Three suspects in the murder case of a private university student in Cyberjaya on June 24 leave the Sepang Magistrates’ Court July 3, 2025 after their remand hearing. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Cyberjaya student’s death: Two suspects to face murder, abetment charges tomorrow

US President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC July 8, 2025. — AFP pic
World  / 15 h ago

‘Sickening’: MAGA loyalists turn on Trump officials over Epstein probe

State Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim said Rantaian Mesra Sdn Bhd was appointed for Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ), Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), and Selayang Municipal Council (MPS). — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

New concessionaire to manage parking collection in four Selangor local councils from August 1

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is seen before practice at the Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria June 27, 2025. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Red Bull fires Christian Horner as F1 team principal after 20 years

Thai police have arrested a 26-year-old Malaysian man at Don Mueang Airport over suspected links to a major online gambling and money laundering network with transactions reportedly exceeding 11.5 billion baht. — Picture from Facebook/Don Mueang Airport
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Malaysian held at Thailand’s Don Mueang Airport over gambling, money laundering charges

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This handout picture, released by the ALMA Observatory in the Atacama Desert, shows snowfall at dawn —a phenomenon that had not occurred in 10 years —in Atacama, northern Chile. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jun 2025

Snow blankets Atacama Desert, the world’s driest, in rare weather event

Arthur Maltin, a test driver with The Dawn Project, hits a crash dummy as it crosses the road during a safety test on a Tesla Model Y’s self-driving feature at a protest against Tesla robotaxis, ahead of the Tesla robotaxis’ official services in Austin, Texas, June 12, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 27 Jun 2025

Autopilot or auto-oops? Tesla’s robotaxi debut gets bumpy in Texas

Verbena planted by the side of Court 18 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club in Wimbledon. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jun 2025

Tennis meets blooms: The art of creating Wimbledon’s picture-perfect grounds

Esports is helping Ukrainian war veterans, who often feel out of place when they return from the front line, to reintegrate into society. — Unsplash pic/Alex Haney
Life / 27 Jun 2025

Level up recovery: Esports offers Ukrainian veterans a way back to civilian life

Nearly one-third of citizens in Pacific nation Tuvalu are seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas threaten their palm-fringed shores, official figures obtained by AFP show. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jun 2025

Climate exodus begins: Thousands of Tuvaluans seek Australia's landmark visa

In this picture taken on May 20, 2025, Kate Harwitz displays her matcha beverage at Kettl Tea. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

Matcha mania is real — and Japan’s running out of leaves

Children play in a new sports hall, built with fundings from Kyrgyz emigrants, in the village of Kyzyl-Jol in the neighborhood of Batken on May 21, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

Migrant-funded dreams: How Kyrgyzstan is growing on foreign wages

Julien Job, owner of ‘La Camelerie’ a farm of camels, milks a camel in Feignies, northern France, on June 16, 2025. Job, 43-year-old atypical breeder, has launched a camel breeding business, selling camel milk and cheese — a unique approach in France, but not so incongruous given the growing demand for camel milk and the camel’s ecological advantages. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

French farmer milks camels, and curiosity, in the land of camembert

An image of the protoplanetary disk around the star TWA 7, recorded using the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large Telescope’s SPHERE instrument, is seen with an image captured with the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI instrument overlayed in this image released on June 25, 2025. The empty area around exoplanet TWA 7 B is shown in the R2 ring, CC #1. — AM Lagrange et al/JWST/ESO handout via Reuters
Life / 26 Jun 2025

James Webb spots its first new exoplanet, a young Saturn-like world 100 light years away

Participants pose for photographs after the second round. — Picture from World Corporate Golf Challenge
Life / 26 Jun 2025

WCGC Malaysia 2025: Full field competes at Tropicana as top teams qualify for national final

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

Amazon tycoon Bezos’ big fat billionaire wedding kicks off in Venice on a wave of glitz, jets and climate backlash

This picture taken on June 18, 2025 shows figures of the characters Mokoko (left) and Labubu in an exhibition room at Pop Mart’s theme park Pop Land in Beijing. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China’s soft-power wave into global pop culture

The sun sets behind a crane in Manhattan as an extreme heat warning is in effect in New York City June 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 26 Jun 2025

Beyond sunburn: How extreme heat strains public health systems and endangers lives

A demonstrator holding an Israeli flag and an Iranian flag from the reign of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi takes part in a protest against the Iranian government outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California June 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 25 Jun 2025

Hope, heartbreak and hesitation: LA’s Iranian community dares to hope for ‘regime change’

OMSMC receives a 4-star rating in Newsweek’s Global Hospital Ranking 2025, reflecting its excellence in patient-centred care. — Picture courtesy of OMSMC
Life / 25 Jun 2025

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre ranked among Malaysia’s best in ‘Newsweek’ 2025 global ranking

The booming of the gig economy and platform-based jobs has encouraged many Malaysians to leave their nine-to-five jobs for better flexibility. — Bernama pic
Life / 25 Jun 2025

Flexibility, financial benefits drive more Malaysians to quit nine-to-five jobs to join the gig economy