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Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican says improved servers and 8,000-plus retailers will prevent a repeat of congestion seen during the first rollout of the RM100 Sara aid programme. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Government upgrades servers for next Sara aid round, expands retailer list to over 8,000 shops

This is not ‘sang har mee’; instead, it is braised ‘sang har sang mein’, and it is the signature dish at Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 7 h ago

At Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh, the unique braised ‘sang har mee’ and cold tofu are the stars

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits the family of the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin at their home in Damai, Kota Kinabalu December 6, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Anwar visits Bung Moktar’s family, calls late Sabah leader ‘a great loss to the nation’

One of the undocumented migrants is seen with hands and legs cuffed among those detained during a joint operation in Selayang Baru, Kuala Lumpur, last night. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Authorities detain 843 undocumented migrants in Selayang Baru raid after community complaints

Subang Jaya police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the boys were picked up in Bukit Lanchong, Shah Alam, yesterday. — Screengrab via Facebook/Info Kemalangan & Bencana Malaysia
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Two teens arrested over viral ‘basikal lajak’ stunt at Putra Heights traffic light

MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that if Barisan Nasional’s component parties continue working with DAP and Pakatan Harapan in the next general election, his party will chart its own path. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

MCA says ‘good luck’ to BN if allies team up with Pakatan, DAP again in next GE

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks beside Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof in a townhall session during the ‘Rancakkan Madani’ programmer, Dataran Putrajaya December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Anwar gives all ministers thumbs up in surprise midterm review, says no weak links

Mohamed Salah took aim at Liverpool manager Arne Slot in an astonishing rant that could spell the end of his legendary career at Anfield. — AFP pic
Sports  / 6 h ago

Salah outburst shakes Liverpool as star claims he’s been hung out to dry by Slot

The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia welcomed the exemption of businesses earning below RM1 million from e-invoicing in 2026, saying it gives small firms vital breathing space to stabilise and upgrade. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

SME group welcomes e-invoicing exemption for sub-RM1m firms, says 200,000 to benefit

A Japanese research team led by Nagoya University assistant professor Norikazu Ishigaki has come up with a ‘portable fire extinguisher’ that prevents fires from overheated lithium-ion batteries that could rewrite air travel rules for power banks. — Pexels pic
Tech-gadgets  / 19 h ago

Safer power banks on the go: Japan creates portable, fireproof battery box, to launch April 2026 

Published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology in 2000, the paper ranks in the top 0.1 per cent of citations among studies on glyphosate—the key ingredient in Roundup, owned by agri-giant Monsanto and at the center of cancer lawsuits worth billions of dollars. — Reuters pic
Life  / 9 h ago

Flagship Roundup safety study retracted after 25 years over undisisclosed flaws

The burial of teacher Hassan Shazali, 52, who died after a vehicle plunged 60 metres into a ravine at Km 52 of Jalan Kuala Jeneris–Sungai Gawi–Aring (Bukit Kawah) near Tasik Kenyir yesterday, is seen at the Kedai Menanti Islamic Cemetery in Pasir Puteh December 6, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Soon-to-wed couple who died in Terengganu ravine crash laid to rest in Kelantan

Eighteen people were killed in an airstrike on a town in central Myanmar, according to a local official, a rescue worker and two residents who spoke to AFP on Saturday. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Airstrike kills 18 in Myanmar teashop horror as crowded hangout is blown apart

Kajang police chief ACP Naazron Abdul Yusof said the second of two brothers who fell into a large drain was found drowned yesterday, with the 14-year-old’s body discovered trapped in a retention pond in Taman Prima Saujana at 8.35pm. — Picture via Facebok/Datuk Wira Haji Johan Abd Aziz
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Kajang drowning tragedy: Second brother’s body found in retention pond

State Police Chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad, in a statement yesterday, said the incident occurred at about 12.15pm. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Five-year-old dies after drowning at Seremban pool during kindergarten event

An image grab taken from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV on February 16, 2025, shows Hezbollah chief Naim Qasem delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location. Qassem said that Lebanon’s government was responsible for making Israel honour a withdrawal deadline under a fragile ceasefire agreement, while also blaming Israel for a stoppage on flights from Iran. — Al-Manar handout pic via AFP
World / 17 Feb 2025

Hezbollah chief: Lebanon must ensure Israeli withdrawal by ceasefire deadline

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Feb 2025

Israel’s security cabinet to weigh next phase of Gaza truce after Rubio-Netanyahu talks

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 16, 2025 after attending the Daytona 500 car race earlier in the day. — AFP pic
World / 17 Feb 2025

Trump says could meet Putin ‘very soon’ as Saudi talks loom

Of US President Donald Trump’s 34 sessions with reporters since he took office, 16 were conducted in the Oval Office, according to presidential scholar Martha Joynt Kumar. — Reuters file pic
World / 17 Feb 2025

Donald Trump: Coming to you almost daily from the Oval Office 

Cars drive past an election campaign poster featuring a portrait of Friedrich Merz (right), leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and candidate for chancellor and portrait of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the main candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on February 13, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections due to take place on February 23, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 16 Feb 2025

Cheat sheet on Germany’s colour-coded politics

Human remains believed to be those of Sam Nordquist (pictured) were discovered in a field near Canandaigua in New York state on February 13.— Picture via social media
World / 16 Feb 2025

US police: Transgender man tortured and murdered

An election campaign poster featuring a portrait of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party main candidate Alice Weidel is pictured in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on February 10, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections due to take place on February 23, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 16 Feb 2025

Anger, fear, nostalgia: Why German voters back far-right AfD

People mourn on February 16, 2025 at a makeshift memorial of candles and flowers placed at the site where a man randomly attacked passers-by with a knife and stabbed to death a teenager and wounded five other people in Villach, Austria. A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was arrested after the stabbing on February 15, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 16 Feb 2025

Three in intensive care after deadly Austrian knife attack

People pay tribute to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his grave at the Borisovo cemetery, marking the first anniversary of his death while incarcerated in a remote Arctic penal colony, in Moscow on February 16, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 16 Feb 2025

Hundreds gather at Navalny grave on death anniversary

For Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and his wife were reportedly arrested in a money-laundering probe and stacks of cash from a business linked to him was seized. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Mauritius ex-PM arrested in money-laundering probe

Steelworks of South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO in Pohang. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Trump tariffs loom large in South Korea’s ‘steel city’

Police are seen after a knife attack near the main square in the city centre of Villach, southern Austria where a 14-year-old boy died and four other people were injured in the knife attack involving a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Syrian asylum seeker arrested after deadly stabbing attack in Austria

A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange, is welcomed by friends and relatives upon arriving at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Hamas, Israel complete sixth hostage-prisoner swap of Gaza truce

Pilgrims gather to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29. — File pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Stampede to catch trains to India’s Hindu religious mega-festival leaves at least 18 dead

(From left) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will head to Saudi Arabia for ceasefire talks with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

European allies seek united Ukraine front as US backing wavers

This aerial view taken on January 31, 2025, shows an artisanal gold mine in Danga, Mali, where a landslide killed at least 10 people and left many others missing. — Pic by AFP
World / 16 Feb 2025

Mali gold mine accident kills at least 48