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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

Company logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline at their Stevenage facility, Britain October 26, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

GSK, Sanofi begin new Covid-19 vaccine trial after setback last year

A Congolese girl gestures to peacekeepers from India, serving in the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco), as they ride on patrol in Kiwanja October 19, 2018. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Italy’s envoy to Congo, two others killed in attack on UN convoy

A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (Ciftis), in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Philippines approves Chinese Covid-19 jab but health workers to miss out

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World / 22 Feb 2021

Swede charged with spying for Russia

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a press briefing after presenting his agenda for disarmament during a conference at the University of Geneva on May 24, 2018 in Geneva. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

UN slams countries using Covid-19 pandemic as ‘pretext’ to crush dissent

Schoolchildren participate in a lesson at Gustav-Falke elementary school, after it reopened according to first measures to lift the Covid-19 lockdown in Berlin February 22, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

German pupils return to schools despite rising Covid-19 infections

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia May 13, 2019.u00e2u20acu201d Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin pic via Reuters
World / 22 Feb 2021

Minister: Xinjiang a ‘shining example’ of China’s human rights progress

People gesture and carry a national flag outside the Kolea prison, west of the capital Algiers February 19, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Algerian police out in force on protests anniversary

The four gunmen fled to an unknown direction, while Dignos died at the scene. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Gunmen kill four female aid workers in northwest Pakistan

A general view during a flood in Uttarakhand state, February 7, 2021 in this still grab obtained from a video on Reuters TV. u00e2u20acu201d Picture via Reuters
World / 22 Feb 2021

‘No other option’: Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boom

Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine attends a news conference at his home in Kasangati, Kampala, Uganda July 24, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Ugandan opposition leader Wine withdraws election result challenge

Demonstrators flash the three-finger salute as they take part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon February 22, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Strike grips Myanmar, anti-coup protesters defy junta’s lethal warning

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin February 20, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Germany urges EU to prepare sanctions on Russia over Navalny

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks on South-South Cooperation in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 20, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

UN chief demands immediate halt to Myanmar ‘repression’

A wooden fishing boat carrying several hundred Rohingya migrants from Myanmar adrift west of the Thai mainland, May 14, 2015. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Thomas Fuller for The New York Times
World / 22 Feb 2021

Rohingya boat in distress in Andaman Sea, eight dead, says NGO

A woman wearing a protective face masks casts her ballot for the general election at a polling station in Yangon, Myanmar, November 8, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 22 Feb 2021

Indonesian plan calls for SE Asia to hold Myanmar junta to election pledge