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Youth and Sports Minister Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari poses with the national squash team, celebrating their haul of four gold and two silver medals after the men’s and women’s singles finals at the Thailand SEA Games 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Malaysia breaks SEA Games medal tally record abroad with 221 medals in Bangkok

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  / 7 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  / 17 h ago

How Trump’s Venezuela embargo could put Taiwan at risk

Bursa Malaysia ended the week sharply higher, climbing to an almost 15-month high. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Money  / 19 h ago

Bursa Malaysia hits 15‑month high as banking stocks lead rally

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  / 5 h ago

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

Negeri Sembilan Deputy Police Chief SAC Muhammad Idzam Jaafar said the man, in his early 50s, was detained around Genting Sempah, Pahang this afternoon. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Police arrest second man in Rembau body-in-bag murder case

BookXcess founder Jacqueline Ng believes that reading should not be exclusive to the privileged. — Picture by Sayuti Zainduin
Life  / 7 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  / 17 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

PFM Chief Executive Officer and Honorary Secretary Zahrin Aris said the amendments would better protect the rights and welfare of creative practitioners while reinforcing Finas’ role as a key driver in the development of the local content industry. — Unsplash pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Finas Act amendments a game-changer for Malaysia’s film industry, says producers’ group

Malaysia celebrates first SEA Games diving gold, courtesy of Nur Eilisha Rania Muhammad Abrar Raj and Nurul Farisya Alia Affendi. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Perfect synchrony pays off as Nur Eilisha Rania and Nurul Farisya Alia win SEA Games diving gold

London wakes in the mist of Westminster Bridge, as migrant night workers finish their shifts in silence. — AFP pic
Life  / 17 h ago

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

Christmas decorations are seen at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

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

The ringgit strengthened to the 4.07 level against the US dollar at Friday’s close, its strongest in nearly six years, following softer-than-expected US inflation data. — Reuters pic
Money  / 19 h ago

Ringgit rises against US dollar and Asean peers, strongest since 2020, closing at 4.07

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  / 4 h ago

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

Mexicou00e2u20acu2122s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to the national anthem as he arrives to address the nation on his second anniversary as President of Mexico, at the National Palace in Mexico City December 1, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Sources: Mexico’s president expected to ask Biden to share US’ Covid-19 vaccines

Houthi soldiers march during a funeral procession for Houthi fighters killed in recent fighting against government forces in Marib province, in Sanaa, Yemen February 17, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn
World / 28 Feb 2021

Yemen rebels claim Riyadh strikes, threaten new attacks

Dead fish are seen on shells after an offshore oil spill drenched much of Israelu00e2u20acu2122s Mediterranean shoreline with tar, at a beach in Ashdod, southern Israel February 21, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Israel clears Greek tanker over Mediterranean oil spill

Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev attends the inauguration of the new president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, June 12, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Dozens detained at Kazakh opposition rallies

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the United Nations headquarters in Vienna June 17, 2014. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Iran, allies could be behind Israeli ship blast, says newspaper

The Soyuz spacecraft with the Arktika-M satellite blasts off from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan February 28, 2021, in this still image taken from video. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Russian space agency Roscosmos via Reuters
World / 28 Feb 2021

Russia launches its first Arctic monitoring satellite

Students and activists attend a torch procession as they protest over the death of a Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed in prison, after his arrest under the digital security act, in Dhaka February 26, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at new opposition protests

Smoke billows from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen November 27, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Five civilians killed in Yemen port bombardment

A demonstrator holds a placard reading u00e2u20acu02dcDonu00e2u20acu2122t make the vaccine a privilegeu00e2u20acu2122 during a protest against the government over a u00e2u20acu02dcVIPu00e2u20acu2122 vaccine scandal outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, in Buenos Aires February 27, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Thousands protest over Argentina ‘VIP vaccinations’ scandal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States is u00e2u20acu02dcgravely concernedu00e2u20acu2122 over the situation in Ethiopiau00e2u20acu2122s conflict-hit Tigray region. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

US ‘gravely concerned’ over Tigray situation, says Blinken

A health worker receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at the Samut Sakhon hospital in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, February 28, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Thailand starts Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Protesters flee from teargas during a rally against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 27, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Myanmar police crack down on protests for second day

World / 28 Feb 2021

Myanmar police crack down on protests for second day; at least two dead

In this file photo taken on May 26, 2020 Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street in New York City. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

New York governor accused of sexual harassment by second woman

Women laying flowers during the memorial. More than 10 thousand people took part in the memory of Boris Nemtsov on the sixth anniversary of the murder of the politician. u00e2u20acu201d Photo by Mihail Siergiejevicz / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA via Reuters
World / 28 Feb 2021

Russian opposition marks anniversary of Kremlin critic Nemtsov’s murder

People participate in a protest march in Acarigua, Venezuela, on February 27, 2021, demanding security and justice just days after three young women were murdered in different places in the state of Portuguesa. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 28 Feb 2021

Venezuelans protest femicide after three women killed