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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar shows the new Cabinet list during a special announcement in Putrajaya on December 16, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Anwar announces Cabinet reshuffle: Jo Ghani takes over at Miti, Hannah Yeoh now FT minister

A view of the Cabinet meeting room at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya. — Picture by Afiq Hambali/Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Malaysia Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of all 28 ministers and deputies

PM Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to deliver a special update on the Madani Cabinet at 3:30pm today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Anwar to go live at 3.30pm today with special announcement

Panelist and Court of Appeal judge Datin Evrol Mariette Peters speaks at the ‘Children’s Rights in Malaysia: From Commitments to Monitoring and Accountability’ panel session during the Human Rights Day Forum 2025 in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

How judges handle children in custody disputes: Court of Appeal judge shares personalised, child‑friendly approach

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Why are fish prices so high in Malaysia? LKIM claims wholesalers are hoarding, manipulating market

A damaged luxury car rests on a roadside embankment in Kuala Langat after the driver allegedly lost control while reaching for his mobile phone. — PDRM pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic
World  / 8 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Negara that the police report on the case will be submitted to the Attorney-General today for further action. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the 54-year-old man was deceived after receiving a call on February 21 at his home in George Town from an individual claiming to be a cybersecurity officer. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Manager duped out of RM2.54m in elaborate phone scam in Penang

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic
World  / 7 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

In this photo illustration, a phone shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on December 14. — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP
World  / 7 h ago

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

Passengers pose for a selfie at JB Sentral on Dec 12, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

KL Sentral-JB Sentral ETS services double to eight daily trips starting 2026

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP
World  / 10 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

The new Aerotrain is seen during its launch at KLIA Terminal 1 in Sepang on July 1, 2025. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

KLIA Aerotrain starts trial operations amid major repair push; nightly shutdown to continue

Israel’s central bank has played its part too with a flurry of support measures, and has stayed away from rate cuts. — Reuters pic
Money / 08 Nov 2023

Israel’s war-wary markets start to attract investors back

Markets are pricing in a 90.2 per cent chance the Fed will once again hold rates steady at its December policy meeting, up from 68.9 per cent a week ago, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool. — Reuters pic
Money / 08 Nov 2023

S&P 500, Nasdaq score longest win streak in two years on rates view

The dollar advanced as last week’s rally in riskier currencies took a breather, gaining on the euro after a larger-than-expected fall in German industrial production in September. — Reuters pic
Money / 08 Nov 2023

US dollar gains, global shares pare losses as Fed speakers talk policy

The Treasury’s semi-annual currency report for the four quarters ended June 2023 showed that Vietnam, China, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan were included on its monitoring list. — Reuters pic
Money / 08 Nov 2023

US Treasury says Malaysia, other major trade partners did not manipulate currencies

After a stellar rally last week driven by tumbling Treasury yields, equities have lost momentum in recent days as investors await commentary by Fed policymakers for any signs of a pushback against expectations that US interest rates have peaked. — Reuters pic
Money / 07 Nov 2023

S&P 500, Dow subdued as rate cut optimism wanes

The Philippines' gross international reserves rose to US$101.1 billion (RM473 billion) at the end of October. — Reuters pic
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Philippines gross foreign reserves rise to US$101.1b at end-October

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Money / 07 Nov 2023

Pursuing Excellence: Taiwan’s Academia Sinica Provides Fully-Funded Ph.D. Opportunities in 13 Advanced Disciplines through TIGP Program

Turkiye's mutual trade with Israel has fallen by 50 per cent since the Palestine-Israel conflict. Reuters pic
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Trade between Israel and Turkiye has decreased by 50pc since Oct 7, says minister

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Money / 07 Nov 2023

Quarter-hour quarters – 15-minute city living in China

At the close, November 2023’s contract eased to US$1,976.00 (RM9,231) per troy ounce from US$1,995.20 per troy ounce, and December 2023 slid to US$1,985.90 per troy ounce from US$2,005.10 per troy ounce. — Reuters pic
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Gold futures end lower in line with Comex, stronger US dollar

At 6 pm, the ringgit slid to 4.6675/6725 against the greenback from yesterday’s close of 4.6340/6400. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Ringgit closes lower vs US dollar on lower IPI, technical correction

Felda chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, who was appointed in July, said discussions with Bursa Malaysia are ongoing and the decision on the issue is expected to be announced within a few months. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Money / 07 Nov 2023

FGV shareholding to be determined before mid-2024, says chairman

A child plays the role of a train captain at the KL-Singapore HSR project exhibition at NU Sentral, Kuala Lumpur in this 2016 file picture. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
Money / 07 Nov 2023

MyHSR Corp extends deadline submission for KL-Singapore HSR request for information concept proposals to January 15

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Money / 07 Nov 2023

Arup launches ‘Race to Transition’ Asia event series in Hong Kong to accelerate collective climate action

At 5 pm,  the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 1.30 points to end at 1,463.37 from yesterday’s closing of 1,464.67. — Picture by Zuraneeza Zulkifli
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Bursa Malaysia recoups earlier losses to end marginally lower

One of the people said Baidu, one of China’s leading AI firms, which operates the Ernie large language model (LLM), placed the order in August, ahead of widely anticipated new rules by the US government that in October tightened restrictions on exports of chips and chip tools to China, including those of US chip giant Nvidia. — Reuters pic
Money / 07 Nov 2023

Baidu placed AI chip order from Huawei in shift away from Nvidia, say sources