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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim attends Budget 2025 engagement session with players in the E&E industry at SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s semiconductor foundry. — Bernama pic

PM Anwar: Malaysia getting more foreign investments including from US, despite Putrajaya’s stance on Gaza

Penang’s Deputy Chief Minister II, Jagdeep Singh Deo, returned to work this afternoon. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Penang’s deputy chief minister II returns to work early, says he’s too much of a workaholic to rest

Muhammad Faisal Hamzah (centre) who is the son of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin is charged with accepting RM100,000 in bribes. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

New Sessions Court judge to hear Hamzah Zainudin’s son’s graft trial

Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari speaking at the event in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre yesterday.

Adly Zahari: Essential to recognise the role of the private sector in the use of quantum technology

A Form Four student in Terengganu collapsed after a suspected epileptic seizure believed to be caused by vaping on July 29. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Terengganu cops say no drugs found in blood of Form 4 student accused of ‘vaping magic mushrooms’

British High Commissioner to Malaysia Ailsa Terry CMG has been appointed the UK prime minister’s private secretary for foreign affairs and will officially take on her new role early next month. — Picture courtesy of British High Commission Kuala Lumpur

In first, UK envoy to Malaysia to take on new role in 10 Downing Street as PM’s private secretary for foreign affairs 

Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun (left) inspects the guard of honour at the official opening the Kok Lanas police station in Kota Baru, August 8, 2024. — Bernama pic

Nenggiri polls: Cops launch probe into politician’s alleged sensitive remarks on land ownership applications unresolved by South Kelantan Development Authority

The 31-year-old suspect (centre) in the abduction case of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui being escorted by police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel at the Johor Baru Court Complex, August 8, 2024. — Picture by Ben Tan

Police say didn’t call suspect in Albertine Leo case paedophile, only reported CSAM discovery

An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl, Albertine Leo Jia Hui. — Bernama pic

Unemployed man says not guilty of kidnapping six-year-old Albertine Leo, collecting over 5,000 child sexual abuse images and videos

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said Malaysia’s move on licence application had opened the eyes of other countries not to allow social media platforms to continue to make a profit and violate the country’s laws. — Bernama pic

Fahmi: UK, Singapore curious about Putrajaya’s social media licensing; more to come when Malaysia chairs Asean

A 46-second video from the victim’s dashcam has gone viral on social media showing a car and motorcycle blocking the victim’s vehicle. — Picture from social media

Selangor cops say four nabbed over attempted robbery in front of Kesas petrol station (VIDEO)

Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh (right) was criticised for a photo with Thai badminton player Kunlavut Vitidsarn. — Picture from Instagram/Hannah Yeoh

‘We’re not sore losers’: Slammed over photo with Thai shuttler, Sports Minister Yeoh says nothing insensitive about ‘acknowledging rival’s strength’

More than 7,600 parking spaces and 80 shuttle buses are available for the public in conjunction with the 2024 National Day celebrations that will take place at Dataran Putrajaya on August 31. — Picture from Facebook/Merdeka360

National Day celebration: Shuttle bus services, parking aplenty and food trucks galore at Dataran Putrajaya

The Malaysian Vapers Alliance (MVA) warned that classifying vaping products similarly to cigarettes, including measures like banning the display of vape products, could undermine public health efforts to reduce smoking rates. — Reuters pic

Vape group fears new law could push vapers back to cigarettes

Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said non-Bumiputera 10As students can check their matriculation status later today. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Deputy education minister: All students with SPM 10As already accepted into matriculation programme

Michael Chua, his wife Tan Kah Luan and mother Yeo Siok Boi were ordered to pay his former employer Mudajaya Corporation Bhd the judgment sum by Judge Choo Kah Sing after they admitted they owed the company RM65 million in a settlement arrangement, online news outlet Free Malaysia Today reported today.  — Reuters pic

High Court orders ex-senior costing manager, his wife and mum to repay RM43.5m in secret profits to Mudajaya