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The Honda City bearing the car plate that failed to meet JPJ’s required specifications. — Picture via Facebook
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Personalised car plate leads to fine for woman in Kedah

File photo of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex November 27, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Najib: I had ‘gargantuan’ tasks as PM every day, the entire country is much bigger than 1MDB

File photo of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex December 6, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Najib: I didn’t ask MACC chief to do me favour on 1MDB probe; AGC official was just briefing me

Serdang District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner AA Anbalagan, said the suspect is accused of offering treatments without the proper licences or recognition from the Ministry of Health Malaysia or relevant authorities. — AFP file pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Police probe fake ‘Datuk Seri’ over unlicensed health and beauty treatments in Puchong

While campaigning, Donald Trump had vilified diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the federal government and corporate world, saying they discriminated against white people — men in particular. He also demonised any recognition of gender diversity, attacking transgender people — notably transgender women in sports — and gender-affirming care for children. — AFP pic
World  / 14 h ago

Trump orders immediate shutdown of federal diversity offices, staff put on paid leave

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is brought to stand trial at Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 4, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Was money in accounts ‘gift’, ‘political donation’ or ‘financial support’ from Saudi? Najib says it’s all the same

At 6pm, the ringgit gained to 4.4340/4400 versus the greenback from Tuesday’s closing of 4.4730/4780. — Reuters pic
Money  / 13 h ago

Ringgit closes higher against US dollar as Malaysia’s inflation eases to 1.7pc in December

The 27-year-old accounts executive siphoned over S$500,000 from his company in just two months. — Unsplash pic via TODAY
Singapore  / 17 h ago

Singapore exec steals S$500,000 from firm for second-hand Rolex, Pokemon cards, gets jail for 19 months

Of this total, 2.2 million vehicles are anticipated to use the North-South Highway, 198,000 on the KL-Karak Highway, 82,000 on East Coast Highway Phase 1, 48,000 on East Coast Highway Phase 2, and 120,000 on the West Coast Expressway (WCE). — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Brace yourself: 2.6 million vehicles expected to hit Malaysia’s highways this CNY

This handout photograph on January 21, 2025, shows an aerial view of a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu’s Kartalkaya ski resort. — DHA (Demiroren News Agency) handout pic via AFP
World  / 13 h ago

What we know about the deadly Turkiye ski resort fire that killed 76, injured 51

In the clip made by generative artificial intelligence posted to the government’s Facebook page, a likeness of Paetongtarn Shinawatra appears speaking in fluent Mandarin, a language she does not speak in real life. — Screengrab from Facebook/PR Thai Government
World  / 14 h ago

Thai PM makes Mandarin AI video to reassure Chinese tourists amid border kidnappings (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (right) attends a forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 22, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Despite US pullout, PM Anwar says Malaysia still all-in on Paris Agreement

Dinesh Kumar, a trader at Batu Lanchang market, noted that the price of tomatoes has more than doubled in the past two weeks. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

CNY countdown brings sharp hike in vegetable prices in Penang

Earlier this month, Haniff filed a judicial review in which he challenged the constitutionality of the smoking ban in private workplaces. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Lawyer secures interim stay on smoking ban at his office

Red paint is seen outside the KK Mart outlet at Kompleks Perdana Siswa (KPS) in Universiti Malaya (UM). — Picture courtesy of Umany
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

UM says working with authorities over paint attack at KK Mart following ‘ham’ sandwich row

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After briefing UN member states in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters he wanted the countries to back an independent investigation. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

UN Palestinian agency chief seeks probe into treatment of Gaza staff by Israel

Speaking to Reuters last evening as he travelled out of Ukraine by train after a day-long visit, Stoltenberg said such failings showed it was time to revamp the coordination of international military aid to Kyiv. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Ukraine’s trust in Nato allies dented by arms delivery failures, Stoltenberg says

Trump was asked whether he would build new detention camps as part of his campaign pledge to carry out the biggest deportation of migrants in the country illegally. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations

A view of the sign of the prison where incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl is currently being held in, Krems an der Donau, Austria, April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Austrian court defers ruling on rapist Fritzl’s move to regular prison

Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump walks, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Judge fines Trump US$9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial

Germany today welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Germany welcomes ruling on arms exports to Israel

Demonstrators hold a Palestinian flag during a protest in solidarity with Gaza at the American University of Beirut (AUB), in Lebanon April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Lebanese students stage rare university protest against Israel

Humanitarian aid falls through the sky towards the Gaza Strip, after being dropped from an aircraft, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

UNRWA chief: Gaza supplies better but not enough to reverse trend towards famine

Daniel Obajtek, then CEO of PKN Orlen, speaks during an interview in Warsaw, Poland, August 5, 2020. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Polish prosecution to investigate Orlen unit CEO’s links to terrorist organisations

The Russian Defence Ministry did not say where the missiles had been shot down. ― Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Russia shoots down six US-made ATACMS missiles

Israeli emergency personnel stand guard as they respond to a report of a stabbing attack, in Jerusalem April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Police statement: Turkish national stabs Israeli policeman in Jerusalem, is shot dead

A World Health Organisation official said today there was a risk of H5N1 bird flu virus spreading to cows in other countries. — Reuters file pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

WHO: Risk of bird flu spreading to cows outside US

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World / 30 Apr 2024

At least five killed in attack by gunmen at mosque in Afghanistan

Palestinian Abdel Rahman Barika, who survived an Israeli air strike, looks from a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Gaza Health Ministry: 34,535 Palestinians killed Israeli military offensive on Gaza since Oct 7

US President Joe Biden said last year that the ICC decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin was justified. The United States has shared details of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the ICC. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Apr 2024

Russia says United States is being hypocritical over ICC and Israel

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World / 30 Apr 2024

Plastic pollution talks move closer to world-first pact