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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  / 18 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  / 11 h ago

Malaysia secures semi-final spots in SEA Games badminton

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

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  / 15 h ago

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

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

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  / 14 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  / 14 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  / 16 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

Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said he will ensure full transparency in investigating what transpired in the police shooting that killed three men in Durian Tunggal, Melaka on November 24, 2025 that has been challenged by the victims’ families. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Bukit Aman receives CD of Durian Tunggal shooting from next-of-kin; IGP pledges thorough investigation

The casino proposal is part of the Pheu Thai-led government’s policy, which was first outlined by Paetongtarn in Parliament in September 2023. — AFP pic
World / 12 Feb 2025

Thai PM defends casino project amid criminal activity warning from China’s Xi, says legalised gambling revenue outweighs risks

People gather outside an elementary school building in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on February 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 12 Feb 2025

South Korean teacher stabs student to death in Daejeon primary school

Astronomers work at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory on Paranal Hill in Chile's Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama Desert some 1150 km north of Santiago, on January 27, 2025. A project to develop green hydrogen near the Cerro Paranal observatory, home to the world's most powerful optical observatory, threatens the world's darkest and most pristine skies. — AFP pic
World / 12 Feb 2025

Chile's astronomers warn green energy project could dim world's clearest night skies

The website—which initially described the workers as “targets”—now displays “dossiers” for workers it claims have promoted such initiatives, most of whom are Black and women. ― File pic via iStock
World / 12 Feb 2025

US federal workers fear for safety after conservative group publishes ‘DEI watchlist’

The first satellite assembled at the factory, hailed as the first ever made by an African nation, was built mainly in China and launched from a spaceport there in December 2023. The Egyptian satellite lab is the latest advancement in China’s secretive overseas space program. — File pic via Reuters
World / 12 Feb 2025

China builds space alliances in Africa with Egyptian satellite lab as Trump cuts foreign aid

McConnell found on February 10 that the Trump administration had appeared to violate the order by continuing to withhold money and directed the government to restore the funds immediately. — File pic via Reuters
World / 12 Feb 2025

Where do legal cases against Trump’s executive orders stand? Setbacks as birthright citizenship, funding freeze and policies blocked

A file picture of Donald Trump (L) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. — AFP
World / 11 Feb 2025

‘Ridiculous and lame’: South Africans mock Trump’s proposal to accept them as refugees

A bulk carrier is monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Oil spill nightmare looms as Russia’s sanctions-dodging tankers clog the Baltic

Research published this month, based on an analysis of the rings of Qilian Juniper trees on the Tibetan Plateau, offers a glimpse into how climate stress shaped societies and power shifts millennia ago. — AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Study: Ancient Tibetan tree rings link China’s dynastic turmoil to climate shifts

The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia, as part of the project’s pilot phase. — AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

WHO rolls out free childhood cancer drug programme to aid low-income nations

A sign informs the public of the temporary closure of a poultry vendor in New York City, US, on February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

WHO says ‘challenge’ getting through to US over H5N1 bird flu outbreak

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend a hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 11, 2025. — Lee Jin-man/Pool/AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Suspended South Korean president Yoon blames ‘malicious’ opposition for martial law amid impeachment proceedings

Indonesia’s appointment of an army general to run the national food procurement company has raised concerns about the expansion of military roles under President Prabowo Subianto, with a rights activist saying it also violated military laws. — Unsplash pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Indonesia appoints general to head state food procurement company, raising military role concerns

This combination of pictures created on February 10, 2025 shows (from left) US Vice President JD Vance in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025 and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on December 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Trump floats Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday’ ahead of Zelensky-Vance meeting, wants US$500b worth in rare earth minerals

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US on August 22, 2018. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

Corruption threatens to doom global climate efforts, Transparency International warns

Shahira Sammour, 49, poses in front of her destroyed home in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, on February 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 11 Feb 2025

‘They destroy everything’: Hundreds of Palestinians displaced as Israeli forces escalate operation in West Bank refugee camp