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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

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the party headquarters in Ankara August 14, 2014.
World / 02 Feb 2021

Erdogan ally backs call to rewrite Turkish constitution

This grab taken from a video posted January 13, 2021 on the Instagram account of @navalny shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny recording an address in Germany. u00e2u20acu201d Picture from Instagram/@Navalny via AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Navalny says goal of court case is to ‘scare millions’

A medical specialist wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample from a traveller who has returned from Da Nang, at a testing center for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam August 10, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Vietnam Covid cluster caused by UK variant

A Taxi Stockholm driver returns PCR tests for processing after collecting them from people who suspect they have Covid-19, on December 4, 2020 in a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Sweden sees increased spread of British Covid variant

Photo provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow, August 6, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d (RDIF)/Handout via Reuters
World / 02 Feb 2021

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 91.6pc effective, says Lancet study

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Japan extends virus emergency, months before delayed Olympics

Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks after consultations with political parties' leaders in Rome August 22, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Francesco Ammendola/Presidential Palace handout via Reuters
World / 02 Feb 2021

Italy’s mediator struggles to revive govt ahead of meeting with president

Workers unload cartons of a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine being delivered from India to Myanmar, at Yangon International Airport in Yangon January 22, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Myanmar closes international airport in Yangon, says manager

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington January 6, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defence

A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease vaccine, during a government-organised media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn
World / 02 Feb 2021

PM Suga says Japan plans to start vaccinations in mid-February

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen speaks during her visit to EUTM military training mission in Koulikoro, Mali, April 6, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Under fire, EU’s von der Leyen defends vaccine strategy

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said urkey will start sending foreign jihadists back to their home countries. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Twitter says Turkish minister’s LGBT comments about protesters ‘hateful conduct’

A general view of the 8th Congress of the Workersu00e2u20acu2122 Party in Pyongyang January 13, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d KCNA pic via Reuters
World / 02 Feb 2021

Torture, forced labour rife in N. Korea, UN says as US mulls sanctions

An Afghan National Army soldier inspects the site of a car bomb attack on a military base in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan January 30, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Three killed in wave of bomb attacks in Afghanistan

The '#ImpeachBidenNow' hashtag counted over 100,000 Tweets, Friday, January 22. u00e2u20acu2022 AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

US promises undocumented migrants equal access to Covid-19 vaccines

Pakistani policemen stand guard outside the Central Jail, where Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is on death row for the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, in Hyderabad February 12, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Pakistan’s top court orders alleged Daniel Pearl killer moved from prison