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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer Datuk Sankara Narayan Nair said he had acted on Anwar’s instructions to issue a letter of demand today to PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man over a ‘series of allegedly defamatory statements made outside Parliament on June 14, 2026 against the prime minister and subsequently republished on social media’. — Pictures by Bernama/Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Lawyer: Anwar will sue for defamation if PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim fails to respond in 48 hours

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during the launching of the new Menara Merdeka Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, July 30, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

‘This is even fancier than the PM’s office’: Anwar launches Maybank’s new headquarters at Menara Merdeka Maybank

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life  / 15 h ago

Muiz Hot Chicken founder turns RM20 profit into RM45m business, eyes Brunei and Singapore

In a statement posted late last night on Facebook, TH said it undertook the restructuring after facing what it described as a widening financial deficit that required urgent government intervention to ensure the fund remained solvent and could continue declaring profit distributions under the Tabung Haji Act. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Tabung Haji defends 2018 restructuring, says RM10b asset sale prevented insolvency

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the programme was inspired not merely by statistics, but by what he repeatedly witnessed during constituency programmes with taxi drivers. — Picture via Facebook/JPJ
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

A fresh start: Teksi Madani policy looks at uplifting taxi drivers

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that good governance is an ongoing moral and institutional effort and pointed out that systems cannot rely on policies alone. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Special Parliament sitting on Tabung Haji RCI report set for Aug 11, says Anwar

PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he has yet to receive any legal notice from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over alleged defamatory remarks and will refer the matter to his lawyers once received. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim says he has yet to receive Anwar’s legal notice, will consult lawyers

Ipoh district police chief ACP Muhammad Najib Hamzah said initial checks at the scene found that the victims — a 46-year-old local woman and her two daughters aged 12 and 11 — had died inside a room of the house. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Mother and daughters, aged 11 and 12, found dead in Ipoh home as police investigate

Bursa Malaysia expects one or two large initial public offerings in the second half of 2026 after raising its full-year IPO market capitalisation target to RM34 billion. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 19 h ago

Big listings incoming: Bursa expects up to two major IPOs before year-end

R. Alex, 28, was charged in the Teluk Intan Magistrates’ Court with four offences, including two counts of murder, over a crash that killed two teenage girls. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Driver charged with murder over Teluk Intan crash killing two teenage schoolgirls

Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the MCMC had been asked to invite telecommunications companies (telcos) to meet with Starlink to explore opportunities for deploying the technology, which does not necessarily depend on existing telecommunications infrastructure. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Starlink to trial satellite-to-phone internet service in Malaysia, says Fahmi

File picture of a 99 Speedmart outlet. Police are investigating two conflicting reports over an incident at a 99 Speedmart outlet in Bangsar involving a trader who claimed he was assaulted and the store’s allegation that he attempted to steal items. — Picture from Facebook/99 Speedmart
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Bangsar 99 Speedmart dispute: Police probe two conflicting accounts over alleged theft, assault

In a statement today, the AGC said the move was aimed at ensuring that all aspects of investigations by the relevant enforcement agencies are carried out thoroughly and comprehensively, enabling due consideration to be given to whether any breaches of the law warrant prosecution. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Tabung Haji RCI report: AGC to assess findings for possible prosecution

Astronomer Daniel Mello uses a laser to point out the Milky Way during a stargazing event at Desengano State Natural Park, Rio de Janeiro, June 26, 2023. — AFP pic
Life  / 15 h ago

Argentine astronomer Amina Helmi wins Kavli Prize for uncovering Milky Way’s violent past

Nova Widianto will leave his role as Malaysia’s mixed doubles head coach at the end of July after more than three years with BAM. — Image via Facebook/Badminton Association of Malaysia
Sports  / 19 h ago

Nova Widianto to leave BAM after guiding Malaysia to historic mixed doubles badminton world title

Huddled together shoulder-to-shoulder, Gen-Z hires at a Tokyo firm roared ‘Hell yeah!’ to cap their morning rally, displaying the kind of corporate machismo that fuelled Japan’s post-war economic miracle. — AFP pic
Life / 17 Jul 2026

Forget quiet quitting: Tokyo’s Gen‑Z employees embrace scoldings, strict love and macho morning mantras

Dementia is caused by brain diseases and affects memory, thinking and the ability to function. — Unsplash pic
Life / 16 Jul 2026

Dementia prevention possible as WHO highlights tobacco, isolation and inactivity among key risk drivers

Government officials in casual dress code, including shorts, tee shirts and sneakers, work in the office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, as part of the capital’s ‘Cool Biz’ initiative, in Tokyo on July 14, 2026. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Jul 2026

Too hot: Tokyo officials swap suits for shorts as heat and energy costs soar

Ahmad Abdullah’s shows his most treasured possessions. — Picture from Facebook/Bernama
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Treasured bird-hilt ‘golok’ keeps Kelantan’s blacksmithing heritage alive

Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Manir teachers Zuraidah Hassim, 45, (left) and Najjah Salaamah Jusoh, 37, show the Sihat, Aktif Manirian (SAM) programme’s digital application and the AIA Outstanding Active Lifestyles Award 2026 trophy they won at the Asia Pacific-level AIA Healthiest Schools Competition in Bangkok, Thailand on July 8. — Bernama pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Two Terengganu teachers create app to get pupils moving and eating healthier

Screengrab from X/Molly Ploofkins showing the moment a 900kg bison at the Yellowstone National Park in the US launched a 65-year-old man 2.4 metres into the air on July 10, 2026. The man, Carl Isom-McDaniel, survived the toss.
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Man survives terrifying Yellowstone bison toss, park decides the bull gets to live (VIDEO)

Meet Anastasia Kostromina, the 24-year-old Russian model making waves worldwide this 2026 World Cup season for her resemblance to Norway’s star striker Erling Haarland, 25. — Pictures from Instagram/nas__kos
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Haa… Haaland? A Russian model’s prize in the genetic lottery is looking like a Norwegian football superstar

Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) on the reef floor at Sipadan Island. Inset: Juvenile shovelnose rays. — Daily Express pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Sabah’s seas send an SOS as sharks disappear and rays take their place

Miri councillor and chairman of its City Services Standing Committee Kelvin Chia inspects a drain outside an eatery. — The Borneo Post pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Behind Miri’s clean city award: Rubbish, drains and the uphill battle to keep things tidy

The Marina Recreational Park with the Miri City Hall in the background. — The Borneo Post pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Clean sweep or just sweeping it under the rug? Miri’s Asean award has locals talking

For illustration only. Thailand is cracking down on illegal seaside developments in tourist-packed Phuket in a bid to clean up and return its beaches to the general public again. — Unsplash pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Phuket’s beaches are getting a clean-up, and some hotels have to go

Lotus’s Malaysia issued an apology statement three days after its Selayang staff accused a 38-week pregnant shopper of hiding groceries under her clothes on July 11, 2026. — Pictures from Facebook/Public Health Malaysia
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Lotus’s admits it got it wrong after baby bump mistaken for hidden groceries at Selayang store

Under the direction of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, the power of its influential clerics has diminished and the once-feared morality police have been muzzled. — AFP pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

Saudi Arabia's queer cruise highlights kingdom's changing image ahead of World Cup

Cultivated for millennia, Armenia’s famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the “Armenian apple.” — AFP pic
Life / 15 Jul 2026

How Russia's trade war is reshaping Armenia's iconic apricot industry

The directive comes as local authorities and wildlife conservationists celebrate the birth in May of another gibbon in the Angkor Forest, the forest that surrounds the magnificent Angkor Wat complex and the Angkor Archaeological Park. — Picture from Facebook/ANA
Life / 14 Jul 2026

Angkor Wat celebrates new gibbon birth, warns tourists against feeding monkeys

Consultant Urologist and Robotic Surgeon at Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City, Dr Murali Sundram Mikaail Abdullah said the earliest sign of testicular cancer is usually a painless swelling or lump in one testicle, which may be noticed by the patient himself or, in some cases, by his sexual partner. — IStock.com pic
Life / 14 Jul 2026

A painless lump could be the first sign: What young men need to know about testicular cancer