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Under the Sumbang Tunai Rahmah (STR), eligible recipients receive direct cash assistance from the government to help cover living costs. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

With Sara closing, Malaysians can access alternative govt cash and subsidy programmes

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  / 16 h ago

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

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 17 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

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

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, on Dec 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

METMalaysia issues thunderstorm warning for Klang Valley, six states until 1pm

In a statement uploaded on his Facebook page, Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the declaration was made in compliance with the decree of the Regent of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Ismail, as a mark of celebration for the team’s outstanding achievement in continuing its dominance in Malaysian football. — Picture from Facebook/Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Johor declares special public holiday after JDT’s FA Cup 2025 win, SPM exams to proceed as scheduled

Despite nearly 80 per cent of speed tests being conducted on 5G-capable devices, most Malaysian users still spend two-thirds of their time on 4G networks due to coverage gaps. — Picture by Mukhriz Hashim
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Malaysia’s 5G speeds have nearly halved as network comes under strain, Ookla reports

Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia took the silver in the men’s doubles badminton final at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok on December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 17 h ago

SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Indonesia claims men’s doubles gold

People hold placards during a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany on December 14, 2025, in solidarity with Australians after the Bondi Beach shooting. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’

Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

According to the author, DAP’s quiet on key issues—from Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s DNAA to Tan Sri Azam Baki’s contract extension and ongoing corruption under Madani — risks alienating Chinese voters, a lesson already seen in Sabah’s polls. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
What You Think  / 2 h ago

The end of DAP’s ‘Golden Era’? — Izmil Amri

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said the latest victim, identified as Hong, had invested RM300,000 in the investment fund proposed by the BSN employee in question in 2024 and only realised he had been scammed after news reports emerged in 2025. — File picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

BSN payouts coming next week for victims of employee-linked investment scam, says Sarawak DAP chief

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Mosti is holding STI Madani Carnivals nationwide to empower young Malaysians and boost the country’s chances to reach developed nationhood. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Malaysia needs 70pc of jobs in STEM to reach developed nation status, says Mosti official

Muslim pilgrims walk on a road in Mina near Islam’s holy city of Mecca on June 4, 2025, ahead of the Mount Arafat prayers as part of the annual Haj pilgrimage. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Haj’s spiritual peak amid Saudi heat warnings

The warehouse units torched in March last year on an industrial estate in east London belonged to Oddisey, a company that delivered packages and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including satellite equipment from Elon Musk’s Starlink. Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
World / 05 Jun 2025

Six on trial over London arson attack linked to Wagner Group in alleged €1m Russian plot

Chinese authorities accused Taiwan of organising, planning and premeditating attacks on key sectors such as military, aerospace, government departments, energy and transportation, maritime affairs, science and technology research firms in China as well as in special administration regions Hong Kong and Macau, Xinhua said. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

China offers bounty for alleged Taiwan-linked hackers, ramps up cyber war claims

Samples of a pathogen identified by the US Department of Justice as Fusarium graminearum, a fungus it said was classified in scientific literature as a potential agroterrorism weapon, are seen in a criminal complaint by the FBI against Chinese researcher Zunyong Liu and his girlfriend Yunqing Jian dated June 2, 2025. — US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan handout pic via Reuters
World / 05 Jun 2025

Bail hearing set for Chinese researcher accused of smuggling farm fungus into US

US President Donald Trump gestures during a ‘Summer Soiree’ held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 4, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

‘We don’t want them’: Trump signs travel ban on 12 countries after Colorado attack

In some of his most hawkish remarks in recent months on the outlook for peace, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the bridge attacks had been directed against civilians and accused Ukrainian leadership of being a ‘terrorist organisation’ supported by powers who were becoming ‘terrorist accomplices.’ — AFP pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

Putin says Ukraine ‘not serious about peace’, tells Trump retaliation coming

HMRC deputy chief executive Angela MacDonald, speaking to lawmakers in parliament, said fraudsters masquerading as customers had managed to extract three payments, totalling £47 million. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

Crime ring steals £47m from UK tax office in phishing scam

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 4, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency. — KCNA handout pic via Reuters
World / 05 Jun 2025

North Korea’s Kim pledges unconditional support for Russia, backs Putin’s war stance

United Nations Security Council members vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on June 4, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jun 2025

US, Israel’s biggest ally, vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire

Corporate USA is reallocating its budget and has scaled back contributions in support of LGBTQ groups as President Donald Trump pushes forward with his anti-diversity offensive , according to Suzanne Ford, executive director of San Francisco Pride. — AFP pic
World / 04 Jun 2025

‘Pinkwashing’ no longer in style in Trump’s America

Streets once filled with children's laughter have fallen silent on Gardi Sugdub, a Panamanian island where almost all residents left in 2024 due to the threat of the sea swallowing their homes. — AFP pic
World / 04 Jun 2025

Panama’s first climate exodus: Gardi Sugdub left empty as rising seas claim Caribbean homes

The Royal Thai Air Force will be using the Saab JAS 39 Gripen to replace its ageing F-16 A/B fleet bought in the 1980s. — Picture from Wikipedia
World / 04 Jun 2025

Thailand goes Nordic for new fighter jets, drops Uncle Sam’s F-16s amid tariff trouble

The University of Michigan (pictured) was the supposed place where Chinese scientist Yunqing Jian worked and where her boyfriend Zunyong Liu allegedly planned to research the toxic fungus. — Pexels pic
World / 04 Jun 2025

From China, with spores: US charges two scientists with sneaking in toxic fungus as potential bio-weapon

Spain has twice cancelled arms deals with Israeli companies since the Gaza war began in October 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Jun 2025

‘No business with a genocidal govt’: Spain halts €287m missile purchase from Israeli firm Rafael

US President Donald Trump says he likes Chinese President Xi Jinping (pictured), but added that the latter is very ‘tough and extremely hard to make a deal with”, souring hopes of future trade negotiations. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Jun 2025

Trump calls China’s Xi Jinping ‘extremely hard’ to deal with as 50pc metal tariffs take effect today

An evacuation zone with a radius of 1,000 metres will be cleared from 8am (0600 GMT), impacting around 20,500 residents as well as many workers and hotel guests in the city’s historic old town and popular Deutz district, a statement from the authority said.
World / 04 Jun 2025

Germany’s Cologne clears out 20,000 people as WWII bombs unearthed in city centre