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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

Medical specialists push a stretcher outside a hospital for patients infected with Covid-19 on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia October 23, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Russia reports 16,643 new Covi-19 cases, 539 deaths

Researchers are set to begin initial human trials on a possible Covid-19 vaccine in July or August. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Johnson & Johnson seeks Thai approval for Covid-19 vaccine

People fill forms before receiving a dose of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at a vaccination site in Shanghai, China January 19, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

China sees new Covid-19 cases drop to lowest in a month

A worker in PPE disinfects the pavement after members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team arrived at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Centre in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 2, 2021. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

WHO-led Covid-19 probe team in China visits animal health facility

A health worker wearing a protective suit takes a swab sample from a security officer at the National Convention Centre, the venue for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Hanoi January 29, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Vietnam confirms latest Covid-19 outbreak is more contagious UK variant

A medical worker wearing a protective suit conducts a simulation for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the newly opened Narita International Airport PCR Center in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters file pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Japan urged to link up private, public testing to better grasp extent of pandemic

World / 02 Feb 2021

Australia falls back to zero Covid-19 cases after hotel infection

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands on historic launch pad 39A as it is readied for its first demonstration flight at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida February 5, 2018. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

SpaceX aims to launch 'all-civilian' trip into orbit

A woman holds a small bottle labbelled with a 'Vaccine Covid-19' sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

EU vaccine curbs may delay Japan's inoculation drive

China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, a member of the Politburo of the Communist party of China, is pictured during a meeting in Beijing September 12, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Top Chinese diplomat calls for China, US to mend relations

A member of the Indonesian navy inspects a piece of debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, which crashed to the sea, at the Jakarta coast January 12, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Indonesian air crash investigators send plane parts to US, UK for checks

Yoshihide Suga, Japanu00e2u20acu2122s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime ministeru00e2u20acu2122s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via Reuters
World / 02 Feb 2021

Covid-19: Japan set to extend state of emergency, likely for another month

Medical workers get ready inside a bus before the expected arrival of a WHO team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease pandemic, at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 14, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters
World / 02 Feb 2021

WHO slams critics of Covid-19 origins probe

Germanyu00e2u20acu2122s Chancellor Angela Merkel waves as she attends a round table meeting at a face-to-face EU summit amid the coronavirus disease lockdown in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn
World / 02 Feb 2021

Merkel defends 'slower' EU vaccine rollout

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wears a mask reading u00e2u20acu02dcCensoredu00e2u20acu2122 as she walks to the House floor during debate on the second impeachment of President Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington January 13, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

House Democrats aim to remove Greene from committees over violent comments

US President Trump delivers remarks at an Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch at the King Jesus International Ministry in Miami January 3, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
World / 02 Feb 2021

Trump's new impeachment team signals aggressive defence