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2025 World Championships women’s doubles runners-up Pearly Tan and M Thinaah. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 10 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

The local streetwear and lifestyle convention LahLahLand 2025, which took place at The Mines International Exhibition and Convention Center saw over 50 local brands participating. —Pictures by Arif Zikri
Life  / 13 h ago

From Jalan Pudu to Japan: Malaysian streetwear brands making waves locally and internationally

DAP Youth says SPM Malay requirement proves community respects national language. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

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

‘Wantan mee’ with ‘char siu’ and Hakka ‘zha yuk’ at Toong Kwoon Chye. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 10 h ago

Toong Kwoon Chye Wanton Mee, Bukit Bintang: A taste of four generations of ‘wantan mee’ legacy going back over a century

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 8 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  / 4 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  / 8 h ago

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

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  / 9 h ago

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

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  / 7 h ago

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

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 1 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 10 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

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  / 7 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  / 4 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  / 8 h ago

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

Key developments in 2025 included the PKR party election, the Sabah state election and the Ayer Kuning by-election. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Malaysia’s politics in 2025: Stability, surprises and shifting alliances

When the lights went off while the nominees were announced, the backstage staff rushed to cover Cena in a curtain-like golden toga. — Reuters pic 
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

From John Cena baring all to Barbie-Oppenheimer banter, here are Oscars 2024’s top five moments (VIDEO)

In ‘Poor Things’, Emma Stone embraced an offbeat challenge: playing a Victorian-era woman who dies by suicide, is brought back to life with the brain of her unborn child by a mad scientist. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Emma Stone joins two-time Oscar winners’ club

Illumination and Nintendo are teaming up to produce a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. — Reuters pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Illumination and Nintendo announce new ‘Super Mario Bros.’ animated film

Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy present the award for Best Animated Feature Film for ‘The Boy and the Heron’ onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Hayao Miyazaki: Anime great behind Studio Ghibli

Robert Downey Jr won his first Academy Award, a best supporting actor statuette for his villainous turn in ‘Oppenheimer’ — a golden moment in a decades-long career of highs and lows, on and off the screen. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Robert Downey Jr wins Oscar for ‘Oppenheimer’, 31 years after first nod

Cillian Murphy earned his first Academy Award for his portrayal in ‘Oppenheimer’ of the physicist who led the United States’ development of the atomic bomb during World War Two. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Cillian Murphy wins best actor Oscar for ‘Oppenheimer’

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ opened at the top of the North American box office this weekend. — Picture courtesy of X/DreamWorks Animation
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

New ‘Kung Fu Panda’ kicks all comers to top N. America box office

Director Christopher Nolan accepts the award for Best Director for ‘Oppenheimer’ onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at the Oscars

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, the toast of Hollywood, takes home an Oscar on her first nomination for best supporting actress. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Da’Vine Joy Randolph: From Yale to Broadway to Oscar winner

Celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki won his second Oscar yesterday with ‘The Boy and the Heron’ — the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s first film in a decade, and potentially his last. ― AFP pic
Showbiz / 11 Mar 2024

Miyazaki scoops second Oscar with ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go on a murder spree in the new independent slasher movie Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey — pic via Jagged Edge Productions
Showbiz / 09 Mar 2024

Winne the Pooh slasher film ‘wins’ Razzies

Japanese-US makeup artist Kazu Hiro attends the Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on February 12, 2024. — ETX-Studio pic
Showbiz / 09 Mar 2024

Oscar-nominated makeup genius Kazu Hiro comes full circle with ‘Maestro’

‘Oppenheimer’ ― Christopher Nolan's epic drama about the father of the atomic bomb, and half of last summer's ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon ― is the overwhelming favourite to win best picture honours and much more on Hollywood's biggest night. ― Picture courtesy of Universal Pictures
Showbiz / 09 Mar 2024

Will 'Oppenheimer' outshine them all? It's Oscars time

Kameron Saunders, one of Taylor Swift’s backup dancers for The Eras Tour, has captivated Singapore Swifties with his use of Singlish phrases. — Pictures via TikTok/ultralifemia and tayloraswifts
Showbiz / 08 Mar 2024

Steady lah! Taylor Swift’s dancer Kameron Saunders nails Singlish slang at Singapore concerts (VIDEO)

South African singer Tyla performs as revelers celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square on December 31, 2023, in New York City. South Africa's Grammy-winning artist Tyla has cancelled her much-anticipated world tour just weeks before its start due to an injury. — AFP pic
Showbiz / 08 Mar 2024

S. Africa’s music star Tyla cancels world tour due to injury

Taylor Swift's fans, or Swifties, pose for a picture at the National Stadium during Swift's Eras Tour concert in Singapore March 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
Showbiz / 08 Mar 2024

‘Unpaid therapist’: What Taylor Swift means to her fans