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Pearly Tan and M Thinaah during the women’s doubles final at the 2025 Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok on May 18, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

Malaysia power into SEA Games semis to lock in women’s badminton medal

Continuous rain is expected overnight in Johor, involving the districts of Segamat, Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru from December 7 to 8, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of non-stop heavy rains overnight in Johor and Sarawak 

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  / 17 h ago

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

Leong Jun Hao leads Malaysia to the SEA Games badminton semi-finals after beating the Philippines’ Jewel Angelo Albo 21-17, 21-18 in the men’s singles on December 7, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 10 h ago

Malaysia secures semi-final spots in SEA Games badminton

Police said the woman’s hair was also cut during the incident, prompting her to flee the house and seek help from nearby neighbours before she was rescued. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Domestic worker’s nightmare: Malaysian woman burnt, stabbed and punched by employer in Rawang flees to neighbours; cops investigating

Motorcyclist Roslan Rusly (right) shares the snapshot he took with the hotel security guard who lent him RM1 so he could pay the RM5 parking fee and exit the hotel carpark at Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. — Picture from Facebook/Roslan Rusly
Life  / 10 h ago

Motorcyclist short on cash touched by Bukit Bintang hotel guard’s RM1 act of kindness

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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 19 h ago

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

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the proposal to reduce parking bays at new projects near public transit hubs could encourage residents to use public buses and trains and lower housing prices for home buyers at the same time. — File picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Less parking, more savings? New homes near LRT, MRT could have fewer bays, says transport minister

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (second from right) presents the People’s Welfare Insurance Scheme (SIKR) 3.0 to a recipient representative at the closing ceremony of the ‘Rancakkan Madani Bersama Malaysiaku programme’ at Dataran Putrajaya on December 7, 2025, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (right), and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar (left). — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

New govt-paid insurance scheme raises payouts for death and disability; up to RM26,500 for Malaysia’s poorest families

A bank employee helped prevent a customer from losing more than S$200,000 to scammers after intervening during a tense encounter at a DBS branch late last year.  — Reuters pic
Singapore  / 16 h ago

Singapore bank employee foils S$200,000 scam attempt as victim almost hands cash to criminals

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the launch of his book ‘Rethinking Ourselves: Justice, Reform and Ignorance in Postnormal Times’ at Tsutaya Books, Pavilion Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

‘I don’t want to rush’: Anwar says Cabinet reshuffle list ready but hasn’t begun talks with party leaders

The government has doubled the tax refund allocation to RM4 billion to clear its backlog and if necessary, will pump in more, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is also finance minister said on December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Govt doubles tax refund kitty to RM4b, payouts start tomorrow

Penang police uncover 30 bitcoin mining machines hidden at several premises around Jalan Air Putih, Balik Pulau on December 6, 2025 following a join inspection with TNB on high electricity usage. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Mystery electricity spike in Balik Pulau leads police to hidden bitcoin mine

Katy Perry shared a series of photos from her Lifetimes Tour stop in Japan, including a selfie of the pair cuddled beneath autumn foliage. — Picture via Instagram
Showbiz  / 16 h ago

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau go Instagram official after months of speculation

Adams had asserted he was being punished for his criticism of then-president Joe Biden’s immigration policies. – Pic by AFP
World / 14 Feb 2025

New York prosecutor quits after order to drop mayor’s corruption case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged it was ‘not very pleasant’ that Trump spoke first to the Russian leader. – Pic by AFP
World / 14 Feb 2025

Trump upends US bulwark on Ukraine with call to Russia

Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik has been released by the United States as part of an exchange deal. — Pic by AFP
World / 14 Feb 2025

US releases crypto kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal with Russia

Donald Trump and Narendra Modi at a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House. — Pic by AFP
World / 14 Feb 2025

Trump offers top-end jets, trade deal to India in Modi bromance

Newspaper covers dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Enemies or allies? Reasons why the Trump-Putin talks raise eyebrows

A sign limiting egg purchases to three per member is displayed on empty shelves due to limited supplies of eggs for sale at a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Hawthorne, California on February 10. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Egg shortage drives Americans to raise chickens at home

Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on February 13, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Over 20 hurt in Munich after Mini Cooper mows down demonstrators

China’s foreign ministry rejected today a Swiss government report that suggested Beijing was exerting political pressure on Tibetans and Uyghurs. —Reuters pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

China rejects Swiss report on ‘transnational repression’ of Tibetans, Uyghurs

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attacks, block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest calling for the release of all hostages today. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Hamas says committed to truce as mediators push for Israeli hostage release

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since they were carved out of the Asian subcontinent at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.— AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Indian and Pakistani troops trade fire across Kashmir border, casualties reported

The bodies of a man, woman, and a boy were discovered inside a white Isuzu D-Max pickup truck parked near a deserted house in Khlong Khlung district in Kampaeng Phet province, central Thailand. — Picture from Facebook/บ้านเด่นสะเดา
World / 13 Feb 2025

Bad smell from pickup truck leads to discovery of dead family in central Thailand missing a month, cops investigating possible murder

Ministry of Interior official Traisuree Taisaranakul said the order was issued because many people in Thailand carry firearms in public places without a sound reason. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Thailand freezes new firearm permits for one year to cut gun crimes, starting tomorrow

TEPCO has stored around 1.3 million tons of water – a combination of groundwater, seawater and rainwater – at the site, along with water used for cooling the reactors, since the 2011 accident. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Strong winds force late start to water tank dismantling at Fukushima nuclear plant

An explosion at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi store in Taichung, Taiwan killed four people and left another ‘without vital signs’ on February 13, 2025. — AFP/Taiwan Central News Agency pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Four dead in Taichung’s Shin Kong Mitsukoshi store blast from suspected gas leak, rescue ops underway

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted multiple times in November 2024, killing nine people, cancelling scores of international flights to Bali and forcing the evacuation of thousands. — AFP pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki threatens to blow again, Indonesia issues highest alert and orders evacuations in Flores

The scene outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan after an explosion on February 13, 2025.— AFP/Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA) pic
World / 13 Feb 2025

Explosion rocks Shin Kong Mitsukoshi dept store in Taichung, at least 12 injured, possible deaths