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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

Ukraine ranks 40th among mineral-producing countries. — AFP file pic
World / 23 Feb 2025

Ukraine’s mineral wealth draws global interest but rare earths remain untapped

Candles with Pope Francis' portrait are set at the feet of a statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized in Rome. —AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2025

Pope Francis’ pneumonia keeps him from Angelus prayer for second consecutive week

A Lebanese man holds a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at Baghdad airport as he waits to board a flight to Beirut. — AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2025

Iran parliament speaker to attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Handout photo taken on Feb 13, 2025 and released by The Australian Defence Force shows sailors onboard the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta looking at the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

New Zealand says Chinese naval vessel fires live rounds in new drill

A woman mourns next to pictures of portraits of late Israeli hostages Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz and Shiri Bibas as people gather at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, ahead of seventh hostage-prisoner release. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Bibas family says mother’s remains home, ahead of Gaza hostage-prisoner swap

Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand today, the third batch of hundreds of foreigners expected to be sent home from scam compounds in Myanmar over the coming weeks. — File pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Myanmar returns more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers

Handout picture by La Libertad Police Region shows rescue teams working at the scene of an accident in which a roof of a food court collapsed in a shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

At least three dead, 74 injured after food court roof collapses in Peru

Merchandise sold in front of a bus with U.S. President Donald Trump's face during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

‘Make Europe Great Again’: European right makes pilgrimage to US

Police apprehend a suspect at the scene where a person was stabbed near the memorial of the murdered jews of Europe in Berlin. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Suspect arrested after stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial

The Red Cross receiving one of four coffins during the handover of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis om Thursday. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Gaza hostage-prisoner swap set to go ahead after row over bodies

Donald Trump signed a memo yesterday calling for curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors like tech and critical infrastructure — including restrictions by a foreign investment review panel. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump orders tighter restrictions on Chinese investments in key sectors

The Philippines Anti-Money Laundering Council singled out President Ferdinand Marcos’ 2023 signing of an executive order targeting money laundering and “counter-terrorism financing” as having played a key role. — FIle pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Philippines welcomes removal from money laundering ‘grey list’

Donald Trump fired top US military officer General Charles Brown yesterday, as part of a major shake-up of the armed forces’ leadership. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump fires top-ranked US military officer as shake-ups spread

The US Supreme Court yesterday temporarily blocked a request from Donald Trump to allow him to fire the head of a whistleblower protection agency. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

US Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump firing watchdog head

Handout photo taken on Feb 13 released by The Australian Defence Force showing the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta (lower left) sailing near the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Australia says no live firing seen or heard from Chinese ships

Donald Trump said yesterday that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will have to “get together” to end the war between Moscow and Kyiv. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump says Zelensky and Putin must ‘get together’