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2025 World Championships women’s doubles runners-up Pearly Tan and M Thinaah. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 12 h ago

Malaysia’s badminton camp falls short of four-gold target, spotlight now on doubles aces Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Pearly Tan-Thinaah

DAP Youth says SPM Malay requirement proves community respects national language. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

UEC recognition a constitutional right, not threat to Bahasa Malaysia, says DAP Youth Wing

The local streetwear and lifestyle convention LahLahLand 2025, which took place at The Mines International Exhibition and Convention Center saw over 50 local brands participating. —Pictures by Arif Zikri
Life  / 15 h ago

From Jalan Pudu to Japan: Malaysian streetwear brands making waves locally and internationally

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi attends the 33rd All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) general assembly in Hulu Langat December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Zahid cautions BN component parties against exit, says there will be ‘no way back’

‘Wantan mee’ with ‘char siu’ and Hakka ‘zha yuk’ at Toong Kwoon Chye. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 13 h ago

Toong Kwoon Chye Wanton Mee, Bukit Bintang: A taste of four generations of ‘wantan mee’ legacy going back over a century

A KTM Komuter train at the Kajang station. A new timetable for selected routes will take effect from January 1. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

KTMB announces new Klang Valley Komuter timetable from Jan 1 amid KVDT2 works

Malaysia secured its first badminton gold of the SEA Games today after national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah triumphed in Bangkok. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 6 h ago

Pearly Tan–Thinaah break the spell as Malaysia finally strikes SEA Games gold

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 2 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Ayesha Assilla Watuna said she has raised over RM15,000 so far, pledging 100 per cent of the proceeds to the Global Sumud Flotilla. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Legendary move: Sabah woman sells rare Pokémon card collection to join next Sumud Flotilla mission

The Bagan MP said a proposed RM20 billion tax refund payout before Chinese New Year could inject much-needed liquidity into the business sector. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Lim Guan Eng urges full tax refunds, buy-local policy to ease business cash crunch

Emergency responders at the scene of the road accident at Machang UiTM, where a student was killed after being hit by a motorcycle while crossing the road. — Picture via Facebook
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Student killed in Machang UiTM accident had wireless earbud on, police say

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the decision was made following feedback from teachers who felt the sSPLKPM was affecting their focus on their core duties. — File picture by Mukhriz Hazim
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

MOE ends SPLKPM so teachers can focus fully on the classroom 

The Kuala Terengganu High Court ruled today that the earlier defamation trial against Clare Rewcastle-Brown was invalid and must be reheard. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

PetroSaudi CEO Tarek Obaid (right) and PetroSaudi executive Patrick Mahony were convicted and sentenced to seven and six years in prison respectively by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona for embezzling US$1.8 billion from Malaysian sovereign fund 1MDB on August 28, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

‘Scam of the century’: Swiss court convicts PetroSaudi top executives Tarek Obaid, Patrick Mahony for stealing US$1.8b from 1MDB

Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata on today, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

Kolkata’s deadly protests: Doctor’s murder sparks violent clashes between political foes

The investigation into the deadly sinking of a UK tech tycoon’s superyacht off Sicily has widened to include two more crew members in addition to the captain, media reports said today. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

Captain and two crew under investigation over fatal Sicily yacht sinking

Travellers wait at the Eindhoven Airport, as a computer outage hit the regional airport and several public services including the coastguard and military police in the Netherlands on, with no immediate indications as to a cause, in Eindhoven on August 28, 2024. — ANP handout pic via AFP
World / 28 Aug 2024

Planes grounded as computer outage paralyses Dutch airport, public services

This photo shows rescue workers outside a house that was hit by a landslide in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture on August 28, 2024. — JIJI Press handout pic via AFP
World / 28 Aug 2024

Japan braces for devastation: Three missing as ‘extremely strong’ Typhoon Shanshan closes in

The Beijing team attributed the rise in obesity and related cancers to the adoption of a more ‘Westernised’ lifestyle, despite years of public health efforts to combat these trends. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

China’s youth at risk: Obesity fuels cancer surge

A China Coast Guard ship is seen past the Philippine Coast Guard ship in the disputed waters of the South China Sea on August 26, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

Chinese academic warns Asia could become the main stage for World War Three due to US policies

Donald Trump said Tuesday he had ‘reached an agreement’ for a September 10 debate with Kamala Harris, two days after he threatened to pull out — although there was no confirmation from the US vice president that a deal had been struck. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

US election: Trump says he and Harris to face off in Sept 10 TV debate

File picture of an Israeli flag flies on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Al Aqsa mosque compound and the city skyline in Jerusalem on April 19, 2024. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday denounced comments made by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who suggested constructing a synagogue within the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, reported Xinhua. — AFP pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

S. Arabia slams Israeli minister’s proposal to build synagogue in Al-Aqsa mosque compound

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol called Tuesday for an investigation into deepfake porn after media reports that Telegram chatrooms were sharing explicit images of minors at schools and universities sparked public outrage. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

S. Korea president Yoon vows to combat deepfake porn as digital sex crimes skyrocket

The revised indictment lays out the same four charges prosecutors brought against the former president last year, but this one focuses on Donald Trump’s role as a political candidate seeking reelection, rather than as the president at the time.
World / 28 Aug 2024

US election subversion case: Trump faces new charge for alleged illegal efforts to overturn 2020 loss in polls

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration told Reuters it was opening an investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was in contact with Delta about the incident. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Aug 2024

Delta Airlines plane tyre explosion: US agency to probe deaths of two workers at airline’s maintenance shop in Atlanta

Two Delta Airlines workers died and a third severely hurt after the tyre of a Delta Airlines plane exploded while it was being removed at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport yesterday.  
World / 28 Aug 2024

Tragedy at Atlanta airport: Two killed, one seriously hurt in Delta Airlines plane tyre explosion

A file photograph shows a statue representing justice, outside Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Aug 2024

Unbowed, unbroken: Hong Kong activist defiant ‘till the last’ in face of possible life in prison for subversion

A file photograph shows students during orientation week at the University of Sydney in Camperdown, on February 15, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 27 Aug 2024

Australia pulls ‘handbrake’ on foreign students as migration, home prices skyrocket

A test tube labelled
World / 27 Aug 2024

What’s this new, more contagious mpox strain and why are scientists ‘working blind’ in response?