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This file picture taken on August 26 shows an aerial view of Google’s first data centre under construction at Elmina Business Park, Selangor. The hyperscale facility will cover 51 hectares and is scheduled for completion in early 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

The tropical penalty: Operating data centres in Malaysia’s hotter, drier future

A US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey approaches for landing at Mercedita International Airport amid ongoing military movements in Puerto Rico, December 18, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 18 h ago

How Trump’s Venezuela embargo could put Taiwan at risk

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim welcomed the IMF’s positive assessment of Malaysia’s economy, saying the government remains focused on prudent management, job creation, and accelerating reforms.— Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

PM Anwar welcomes IMF nod, says focus now on jobs and rebuilding public confidence

BookXcess founder Jacqueline Ng believes that reading should not be exclusive to the privileged. — Picture by Sayuti Zainduin
Life  / 8 h ago

Beyond gadgets: Why physical books continue to captivate Malaysian readers

Letters from Japanese prisoner Takanori Kuzuoka, photographed in Tokyo on November 5, 2025, detail his life in organised crime. — AFP pic
Life  / 18 h ago

The rise of ‘tokuryu’: Anonymous, online and ruthless gangs reshaping Japan’s underworld

Christmas decorations are seen at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Religious affairs minister: No ban on non-Islamic festive decor in halal-certified premises, but worship items not allowed

Graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza said he was released on police bail after being detained and questioned over a social media post involving Johor’s Tunku Mahkota Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim. — Picture via Facebook/Fahmi Reza
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Fahmi Reza out on police bail after post on TMJ sparks 284 police reports

London wakes in the mist of Westminster Bridge, as migrant night workers finish their shifts in silence. — AFP pic
Life  / 18 h ago

Ghosts of the night shift: The invisible migrant workforce powering Britain 24/7

National diving athletes, Nurul Farisya Alia Affendi (left) and Nur Eili Sha Rania Muhammad Abrar Raj pose with the gold medals they have won in the 10-metre synchronised event at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand, at the Assumption University Aquatic Centre in Bangkok December 19, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 3 h ago

SEA Games: Malaysia claim best gold tally since 2019, surpass Singapore in standings

Kinabatangan Umno Youth chief Mohd Naim Kurniawan Moktar, who earlier said he was not keen to contest the Lamag state by-election following his father’s death, has since been named Barisan Nasional’s candidate for the Kinabatangan parliamentary by-election. — Picture via Facebook/Naim Moktar
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Bung Moktar’s son named BN candidate for Kinabatangan by-election

This photo illustration taken in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2025 shows photographs, including of former US president Bill Clinton, Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson and Ghislaine Maxwell, after the US Justice Department began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Epstein files released: Clinton appears in redacted trove, pages heavily blacked out

JPJ senior director of enforcement Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan said the figures were recorded under OpLuxury, covering the period from January 1 to December 18, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

JPJ: Over 2,600 luxury vehicle owners caught with expired road tax this year, Porsche drivers top list

Police have detained a man in his 20s who survived the deadly house fire that killed a woman and her adopted child in Taman Rathna, Telok Air Tawar, after investigations found the blaze involved criminal elements. — Picture via Facebook/Pejabat Daerah & Tanah Seberang Perai Utara
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Police suspect foul play in Butterworth blaze, son under investigation over death of mother and child

A total of 18,537kg of cocaine, ketamine, and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) worth RM1.53 billion were seized during the operation across the Klang Valley on December 16, 2025. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Busted: Cops find RM1.53b in drugs cooking behind luxe facades in Cheras and Sungai Chua

The victim’s body is seen being retrieved by rescue personnel at the scene. — Picture courtesy of police
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Woman’s body found in river near Sunway Putra Mall, police classify case as sudden death

A paramedic takes a patient from an ambulance to an emergency arrival area at Elmhurst Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the Queens borough of New York April 6, 2020. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters pic
World / 23 Feb 2021

Bells toll for lives lost as US reaches 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

Patient Care Technician Fanta Keita treats Donna Plummer, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient, as she lays on the emergency room bed at Roseland Community Hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois December 2, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 23 Feb 2021

Fauci says US political divisions contributed to 500,000 dead from Covid-19

Britainu00e2u20acu2122s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leads a virtual news conference on the Covid-19 pandemic inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain January 27, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Geoff Pugh/Pool via Reuters
World / 23 Feb 2021

UK PM Johnson and naturalist Attenborough to make UN climate plea

Britainu00e2u20acu2122s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London February 22, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

UK PM sets out cautious approach to easing England’s Covid-19 lockdown

Alexei Navalny, who is accused of slandering a Russian World War Two veteran, stands inside a defendant dock before a court hearing in Moscow February 5, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Press Service of Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow via Reuters
World / 22 Feb 2021

EU agrees to punish four Russian officials over Navalny jailing, crackdown

A specialist works during the production of Gam-Covid-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Syria approves Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine

A file photo taken on April 30, 2010, shows Anis Naccache holding a picture of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah during a demonstration outside the French embassy in the capital Beirut. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Lebanese associate of Carlos the Jackal dies in Damascus hospital

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World / 22 Feb 2021

Migrant found hiding in toxic waste at Spanish port

Greek actor and former director of Greeceu00e2u20acu2122s National Theatre Dimitris Lignadis is escorted by plain clothes police officers as he leaves the prosecutoru00e2u20acu2122s office, in Athens February 21, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Greek government under fire after #MeToo shock arrest

The Queen will say how deeply touched she was by the volunteers who have gone to work in areas affected by the deadly virus. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Queen Elizabeth to send TV message hours before Harry’s tell-all interview

Britainu00e2u20acu2122s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits Kingu00e2u20acu2122s Lynn Corn Exchange Vaccination Centre, Kingu00e2u20acu2122s Lynn, Britain February 22, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Arthur Edwards/Pool via Reuters
World / 22 Feb 2021

Prince Philip doing ‘OK’, says Prince William

A woman walks past a closed shop with a u00e2u20acu02dcfor saleu00e2u20acu2122 sign in the French Riviera city of Nice, southern France, on the 43nd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, April 28, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

French Riviera to go into weekend lockdown over Covid

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Iranian lawmakers criticise Tehran’s deal with IAEA on snap inspections

Judge Merrick Garland, US President-elect Joe Bidenu00e2u20acu2122s nominee to be US Attorney General, speaks as Biden announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington January 7, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

US Senate panel to hear from Biden’s attorney general nominee Garland

A small shopping basket filled with vials labelled 'Covid-19 u00e2u20acu201d Coronavirus Vaccine' and medical sryinges are placed on a Novavax logo in this illustration taken November 29, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Novavax completes enrolment in US trial of Covid-19 vaccine

Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Kohelet Policy Forum conference in Jerusalem, January 8, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Between Biden call and ballot, Netanyahu seeks Iran consensus with rivals