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Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa conducts an inspection during Op Selamat 25 for Chinese New Year 2026 at Jalan Raja Laut in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Rider’s leg severed in early morning KL crash, Honda City driver arrested

File picture of a man working from the comfort of home during phase three of the movement control order in Shah Alam April 15, 2020. Civil servants in the federal territories, Selangor, and state capitals with commutes over eight kilometres can start working from home from April 15. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

WFH for civil servants: Those in FT, Selangor, state capitals with commutes over 8km eligible from April 15

The Ministry of Health (MOH) no longer permits the sale of two cosmetic products, Glowing Nite Treatment and Glowing Herbal Treatment, which have been found to contain scheduled poisons. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Toxic beauty: MOH bans two cosmetic products over mercury and other poisons

A general view shows the new highway linking Nilai, Labu, and Bandar Enstek in Nilai on April 2, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

What is Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0? Inside Negeri Sembilan’s six-zone economic mega-project

File picture of Perdana Putra building, which houses the Prime Minister’s Office, in Putrajaya on March 3, 2025. nergy controls in government buildings will be tightened, including setting air-conditioning temperatures at no lower than 24°Celsius, following the global energy crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Global energy crisis: Putrajaya to cap air-conditioning at offices to 24°C, tighten energy use in govt buildings, says DPM Fadillah

While food supply remains stable for now, higher fuel costs are expected to raise the cost of transport and production, which could eventually push up prices at the checkout. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

US-Iran conflict: What it means for Malaysians’ consumption habits

Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (JKDNKA) Wildlife Crime Bureau (WCB) Commander, SAC Mohd Zaki Ashar, said the seizures followed raids on three separate premises in the area. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Police seize RM1.5m in non-halal chicken and pork in Kampung Baru Subang, 32 detained

In a war saturated with AI-generated content, even authentic images are increasingly met with doubt. — Picture from social media
World  / 4 h ago

‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction

Jafry Ariffin (centre) after the courtesy call from Jesselton International who presented a proposal for a cable car project in the Kundasang area. — Picture courtesy of Jafry Ariffin’s office
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Sabah mulls Mount Kinabalu cable car proposal, stresses conservation-first approach

Vehicles are seen on the North-South Expressway on March 19, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

US-Iran war crisis shows Malaysia not built to survive an oil shock, think tank warns

Darren Jack, a Canadian motorsports memorabilia collector from Toronto, poses with the racing helmet worn by late Formula One legend Ayrton Senna in Nagoya on March 30, 2026. — AFP pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

Canadian collector secures Ayrton Senna helmet, turns down million-dollar offers at Japan GP

Proton said March sales rose 15.4 per cent from February and were 12.8 per cent higher compared to the same month last year. Its market share for March is expected to reach 25.1 per cent, with year-to-date share forecast at 27.4 per cent — its highest level since 2017. — Reuters pic
Money  / 17 h ago

Proton says 2026 Q1 sales hit highest level since 2004, driven by EV growth

Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said a man and two women aged between 25 and 54, were arrested in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2026 and seized three passports bearing Social Visit Pass (Dependent) stickers from the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme that were suspected to be fake. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Immigration Dept nab three Chinese nationals in KL suspected of using forged MM2H stickers to aid US visa applications

The hybrid airline, which employs around 3,500 staff, will also offer voluntary unpaid leave, with applications open until April 3 for leave beginning April 6. — Bernama pic
Money  / 14 h ago

Batik Air trims April flights by 35pc as fuel costs soar

In a statement today, Rapid Rail said that the last train from Putrajaya Sentral Station heading towards Kwasa Damansara - scheduled at 11.35 pm today and 11.05 pm tomorrow - will end at Metro Prima Station. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Power outage stalls Ampang/Sri Petaling line, Rapid Rail rolls out shuttle buses

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on January 14, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jan 2026

Venezuela looking to ‘new era’ after Maduro ouster, says interim leader

Crew-11 mission astronauts Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, mission commander Zena Cardman and Kimiya Yui wave as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jan 2026

Nasa cuts short space mission, astronauts leave ISS in first-ever medical evacuation

World / 15 Jan 2026

Trump says Iran killings ‘have stopped’ as US pulls back troops from Qatar amid crackdown

The announcement comes after California’s attorney general launched an investigation into Musk’s xAI, the developer of Grok, over the sexually explicit material. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jan 2026

X blocks Grok from generating sexualised ‘bikini, underwear’ images amid global backlash

Ushering in the new year with a flurry of aggressive moves and fiery rhetoric just days before the first anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the rules-based global order that the US helped build from the ashes of World War Two. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Jan 2026

From Venezuela to Greenland, Trump’s exercise of raw power upends world order, sending friends and foes reeling

A Bedouin man gathers plastic sheeting as families begin to gather their belongings to leave their homes after continues harassment from Israeli right-wing settlers in Ras Ein al-Auja, near the city of Jericho in the Israel-occupied Palestinian West Bank on January 11, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jan 2026

Pastoral colonialism: Israeli settler violence forces West Bank Bedouins off their land

A member of ‘3 Raices,’ a pro-government group known as ‘Colectivos’, stands guard with an assault rifle at the organisation’s headquarters in the working-class neighbourhood of 23 de Enero, in Caracas on January 7, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

‘They’ll have to kill us first’: Venezuela’s armed colectivos vow resistance after US raid

People hold signs during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in Rome January 13, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Why Iran’s clerical regime endures despite nationwide protests and rising US pressure

A photograph shows tent shelters housing displaced Palestinian families set up along the shore in Gaza City as strong winter winds sweep the Palestinian enclave on January 13, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

US to announce interim Gaza administration under Trump’s phased plan, sources say

File picture of an Etihad Airways plane landing at Heathrow during Storm Isha in London, Britain, January 22, 2024. Thailand’s Phuket International Airport received a notification on Wednesday morning that Flight EY416 of Etihad Airways, en route from Abu Dhabi to Phuket, had encountered severe turbulence, leaving multiple passengers injured, reported Xinhua, citing Thai media. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Passengers hurt but safe as Etihad flight hits turbulence on Abu Dhabi-Phuket route

A Toyota HiAce used in the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party leadership race, featuring a photo of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and messages from supporters across Japan, is displayed at a museum in Nara on January 14, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Japan PM Takaichi eyes February snap election as approval ratings soar

The 23 containers arrived in Manila in late September after Indonesian authorities ‘rejected and reexported’ them upon discovering traces of radioactive Caesium-137. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Radioactive zinc containers offloaded in Philippines after months at sea, now in ‘safe location’

This file picture shows US Vice President JD Vance touring the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Denmark and Greenland to face US vice president Vance in high-stakes meeting

A demonstrator holds a Venezuelan flag during a march in Caracas on January 13, 2026, to demand the release of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Venezuelans regain access to social network X after year-long ban

Chinese businessman She Zhijiang (2nd R) is escorted by Royal Thai Police out of the Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station in Bangkok on November 12, 2025, before being extradited to China. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

‘Continued combat’: Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centres after arrest of alleged mastermind

The reports come as efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of climate change, are stalling in developed countries. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jan 2026

Earth’s heat streak continues: 2025 was third hottest year on record, say EU and US experts