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Screenshot from Balai Polis Bandar Presint 7 Putrajaya Facebook video shows a toppled crane at the scene of the fatal incident in Precinct 8, Putrajaya on December 5, 2024.

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Crane topples in Putrajaya’s Precinct 8, killing two Indonesian workers and seriously hurting third

Drivers should avoid going into flooded areas, as a general rule. — Picture by Farhan Najib

Malaysia / 4 h ago

More flood is coming: A driver’s guide to navigating the waters, EV or not

Ahn Gwi-ryeong, spokesperson of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party speaks during an interview with Reuters at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

World / 16 h ago

‘My action wasn’t special’: Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the Korean who went viral for confronting soldier, says was only thinking of stopping army takeover

Harimau Malaya head coach Pau Marti Vicente was appointed to handle the squad in August after South Korean Kim Pan-gon resigned in July. — Bernama pic

Sports / 16 h ago

After ‘three amazing years’, Harimau Malaya boss Vicente says Asean Cup will be his final games

Alleged communist imagery on tableware at a Klang restaurant. — Screengrab from Youtube/luiswong90

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Cops arrest Klang restaurant manager for using tableware with communist imagery (VIDEO)

Najib claimed the millions of ringgit that entered his personal bank account were donations from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. — Reuters pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Najib: RM90m in 2012 was Saudi king’s ‘political donation’ to me too

At 6pm, the local currency bounced to 4.4250/4305 against the US dollar, compared to Wednesday’s close of 4.4505/4550. — Reuters pic

Money / 16 h ago

Ringgit extends gains on rising confidence of another US rate cut

Forensic personnel remove the body of a deceased person from the Penang General Hospital mortuary for burial. Five members of a government hospital in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan claimed trial to bribery for mortuary services on December 5, 2024. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Seremban forensic hospital staff, accused of selling info on deaths, now face jail time and over RM10,000 fine

Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, 31, pleaded not guilty after the charge was re-read to him before Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin following the transfer of the case to the High Court. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Ex-research assistant Yusoff Rawther pleads not guilty to cannabis trafficking charges

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim emphasised the government’s commitment to ensuring that foreign workers make up no more than 15 per cent of the nation’s total workforce. — Picture By Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 19 h ago

HR Minister: Malaysia employs 2.47 million low-skilled foreign workers, aims to cap their share at 15pc of total workforce

Anastasia Gridina (left), 21-year-old resident of the Kursk region temporarily living in Moscow, holds her three-year-old daughter Darina Gridina, as Tatyana Gridina, 78, Darina's grand-mother looks at them in a Moscow suburb on November 25, 2024, just a week after they were reunited following Ukraine’s army surprise incursion last August. — AFP pic

World / 14 h ago

Russian mum reunites with daughter after Ukrainian forces aid evacuation during border conflict

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (right) with his counterpart from Singapore, Lawrence Wong (left) on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and Related Summits October 9, 2024. — Bernama pic

Singapore / 2 h ago

Covid-struck Singapore PM thanks Anwar for care package with fruits and ‘real crab meat’

Clifford Tan Guang Wei, 30, admitted guilt in September to three charges of sexually penetrating a minor, with three other charges taken into account during sentencing. —
Picture from Pexels.com

Singapore / 18 h ago

Football coach jailed 33 months in Singapore for sexual assault of minor who he invited for free personal training

Health officials measure the blood glucose levels during a free public screening in conjunction with the second-year anniversary celebration of the Madani government at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on November 22, 2024. — Picture from Facebook/Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Health screenings show over a third of federal civil servants are overweight and over a quarter are obese

File picture of flash flood hitting Jalan Paip Meru in Klang due to heavy rain on November 10, 2022. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 2 h ago

No more excuses: Selangor Sultan displeased over cleanliness, recurring floods in Royal City of Klang

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South Korea opposition on alert, to hold emergency meeting amid reports of new martial law declaration

Protesters hold placards during a candlelight vigil to condemn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declarations of the failed martial law and to call for his resignation in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

SEOUL, Dec 6 — South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party said lawmakers were on standby after receiving many reports of another martial law declaration, the Yonhap news agency reported today.The opposition party will also hold an emergency meeting on Friday morning, according to Yonhap. — Reuters

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A witness entering the synagogue for morning prayers saw “two individuals wearing masks”, Detective Inspector Chris Murray of the Victorian police arson and explosive squad told reporters at the scene. — Picture via X

World / 1 h ago

Masked arsonists wound two after setting Melbourne synagogue ablaze, PM condemns ‘outrage’

An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. — Reuters pic

World / 2 h ago

New York police intensify manhunt for suspect in UnitedHealth Brian Thompson’s targeted killing

A poster is attached to a lamp post outside the Hilton hotel near the scene where the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson was shot dead in Midtown Manhattan, in New York City on December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

World / 2 h ago

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Syrian rescuers known as the 'White Helmets' search the rubble for survivors, following a strike by the Syrian regime airforce that targeted a neighbourhood in Syria's rebel-held northern city of Idlib on December 1, 2024. — AFP pic

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‘UN Security Council has failed Syria for 14 years’: White Helmets rescue chief dreams of never pulling a body out of rubble again

Anastasia Gridina (left), 21-year-old resident of the Kursk region temporarily living in Moscow, holds her three-year-old daughter Darina Gridina, as Tatyana Gridina, 78, Darina's grand-mother looks at them in a Moscow suburb on November 25, 2024, just a week after they were reunited following Ukraine’s army surprise incursion last August. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Russian mum reunites with daughter after Ukrainian forces aid evacuation during border conflict

A man cries as he holds the body of a two-year-old child who was killed from shrapnel following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital on December 5, 2024, as the war between Israel and Hamas militants continues. — AFP pic

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‘Wake-up call’, ‘systemic impunity’: What Amnesty International is saying about Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Ahn Gwi-ryeong, spokesperson of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party speaks during an interview with Reuters at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

16 h ago

‘My action wasn’t special’: Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the Korean who went viral for confronting soldier, says was only thinking of stopping army takeover

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reacts during the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by the alliance of left-wing parties the ‘Nouveau Front Populaire’ (New Popular Front-NFP), after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the budget bill through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, December 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

17 h ago

French PM Barnier meets Macron to submit resignation after no-confidence vote

This handout taken and released on December 4, 2024 by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) shows a China Coast Guard ship (right) deploying water cannon at the Phillipine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Pagbuaya (left) near Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon December 4 on a government vessel during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal. — National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea handout pic via AFP

18 h ago

Philippines lodges 60th protest this year over China’s actions in South China Sea over Scarborough Shoal clash

A protester holds a placard during a rally to condemn South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's surprise declarations of the failed martial law and to call for his resignation in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

18 h ago

Impeachments, coups and scandals: A history of South Korea’s troubled presidencies

This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on December 4, 2024 by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) shows a China Coast Guard ship (right) and the Phillipine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Pagbuaya (left) near Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. — National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea/AFP pic

18 h ago

Japan grants Philippines ¥1.6b for naval upgrade as China ‘harassed’ vessels in South China Sea

Israeli soldiers gather near a hospital in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 3, 2024. Israel dismissed as ‘entirely false’ an Amnesty International report today accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. — Reuters pic

19 h ago

Israel rejects Amnesty report accusing it of Gaza genocide as ‘entirely false’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (centre) listens during a meeting with Maltese Prime Minister at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta on December 4, 2024. Blinken arrived in Malta to attend the 31st OSCE Ministerial Council on December 5 and 6. — Jonathan Borg/Pool/AFP pic

19 h ago

OSCE meeting in Malta: US’ Blinken, Russia’s Lavrov to face off over Ukraine war

China has decided to impose sanctions on 13 US military firms and their executives, effective today, in response to the US arms sale to Taiwan. — Reuters pic

20 h ago

Taiwan arms sale sparks China sanctions on 13 US military firms

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee attends a press conference regarding the legislation of Article 23 national security laws, in Hong Kong January 30, 2024. ― Reuters pic

20 h ago

Hong Kong leader sacks two top officials, aims to ‘catch up’ with panda carnival and boost to tourism and logistics

The nameplate of South Korea Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun is seen under the podium during the plenary session of the National Defence Committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on December 5, 2024. Kim resigned today, the president’s office said, after the turmoil caused by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s brief imposition of martial law. — Yonhap/AFP pic

20 h ago

Yonhap: Travel ban imposed on former defence minister amid South Korea martial law probe

People call for the resignation of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol as they take part in a protest on the steps leading to the National Assembly in Seoul on December 4, 2024, as a South Korea flag flutters in the wind. South Korean prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol, his interior minister, and the now-former defence minister over their roles in an attempt to impose martial law, Yonhap news agency reported today. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Heat is on South Korea’s Yoon as prosecutors probe martial law attempt ahead of impeachment vote

Authorities believe the sinkhole likely opened while Pollard was looking for her cat. — Screengrab from Facebook video

21 h ago

Hope fades for woman who fell into Pennsylvania sinkhole while searching for lost cat

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