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The Honda City bearing the car plate that failed to meet JPJ’s required specifications. — Picture via Facebook

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Personalised car plate leads to fine for woman in Kedah

File photo of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex December 6, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Najib: I didn’t ask MACC chief to do me favour on 1MDB probe; AGC official was just briefing me

While campaigning, Donald Trump had vilified diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the federal government and corporate world, saying they discriminated against white people — men in particular. He also demonised any recognition of gender diversity, attacking transgender people — notably transgender women in sports — and gender-affirming care for children. — AFP pic

World / 15 h ago

Trump orders immediate shutdown of federal diversity offices, staff put on paid leave

Serdang District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner AA Anbalagan, said the suspect is accused of offering treatments without the proper licences or recognition from the Ministry of Health Malaysia or relevant authorities. — AFP file pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Police probe fake ‘Datuk Seri’ over unlicensed health and beauty treatments in Puchong

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is brought to stand trial at Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 4, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Was money in accounts ‘gift’, ‘political donation’ or ‘financial support’ from Saudi? Najib says it’s all the same

At 6pm, the ringgit gained to 4.4340/4400 versus the greenback from Tuesday’s closing of 4.4730/4780. — Reuters pic

Money / 15 h ago

Ringgit closes higher against US dollar as Malaysia’s inflation eases to 1.7pc in December

This handout photograph on January 21, 2025, shows an aerial view of a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu’s Kartalkaya ski resort. — DHA (Demiroren News Agency) handout pic via AFP

World / 15 h ago

What we know about the deadly Turkiye ski resort fire that killed 76, injured 51

The 27-year-old accounts executive siphoned over S$500,000 from his company in just two months. — Unsplash pic via TODAY

Singapore / 18 h ago

Singapore exec steals S$500,000 from firm for second-hand Rolex, Pokemon cards, gets jail for 19 months

In a statement posted on Facebook last night, the popular kopitiam chain announced that the previously proposed service charge increase to 15 per cent on the first and second days of the Chinese New Year would no longer take effect.

Malaysia / 1 h ago

Oriental Kopi apologises, confirms no 15pc service charge hike for CNY

In the clip made by generative artificial intelligence posted to the government’s Facebook page, a likeness of Paetongtarn Shinawatra appears speaking in fluent Mandarin, a language she does not speak in real life. — Screengrab from Facebook/PR Thai Government

World / 15 h ago

Thai PM makes Mandarin AI video to reassure Chinese tourists amid border kidnappings (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (right) attends a forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 22, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Despite US pullout, PM Anwar says Malaysia still all-in on Paris Agreement

Earlier this month, Haniff filed a judicial review in which he challenged the constitutionality of the smoking ban in private workplaces. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Lawyer secures interim stay on smoking ban at his office

Red paint is seen outside the KK Mart outlet at Kompleks Perdana Siswa (KPS) in Universiti Malaya (UM). — Picture courtesy of Umany

Malaysia / 19 h ago

UM says working with authorities over paint attack at KK Mart following ‘ham’ sandwich row

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek speaks to reporters after a meet-and-greet event at the Institute of Teacher Education, Dato’ Razali Ismail Campus in Kuala Nerus January 22, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Teachers must seek Education Ministry approval for part-time jobs, says Fadhlina

Kota Tinggi Police Chief, Superintendent Yusof Othman, said that there were no injuries in the accident involving two cars and a lorry. — Composite of Facebook photos

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Johor highway turns into seafood free-for-all after lorry spill

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12 m ago

Hundreds to wed today as Thai same-sex marriage law now in force

Ploynaplus Chirasukon (left) and Kwanporn Kongpetch pose for pictures after registering their same-sex marriage in Bangkok today. — Pic by AFP

BANGKOK, Jan 23 — Hundreds of same-sex couples are set to tie the knot in Thailand on Thursday as it becomes by far the largest nation in Asia to allow equal marriage.A mass LGBTQ wedding in the capital, organised by campaign group Bangkok Pride with city authorities, expects hundreds of...

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No immediate casualties were reported after a magnitude 5.8 quake struck off the central Philippines today. — File pic by Reuters

World / 19 m ago

Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Philippines, no immediate reports of casualties

The Laken Riley Act is named after a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting. — File pic by AFP

World / 27 m ago

US Congress approves Trump crackdown on migrant criminal suspects

An inmate crew led by firefighters light backfires near power lines as smoke from the Hughes Fire fills the sky in Castaic. — Pic by AFP

World / 55 m ago

Mass evacuations after explosive new fire erupts near Los Angeles

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, US, on January 21, 2025. — Reuters pic

2 h ago

Who’s getting fired? What Trump’s war on diversity means

People walk in Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea in this file picture dated June 1, 2016. The Asian country has recorded the world’s lowest fertility rates, but the number of newborns between January 2024 and November 2024 rose 3 per cent from a year earlier to 220,094, monthly government data showed on Wednesday. — Reuters pic

12 h ago

South Korea’s birthrate set to rise in 2024 for first time in nine years, boosted by rebound in marriages

A view shows Israeli tanks near the border with Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, January 21, 2025. — Reuters pic

14 h ago

Asean demands immediate action: Israel-Hamas ceasefire must be fully implemented

This handout photograph on January 21, 2025, shows an aerial view of a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu’s Kartalkaya ski resort. — DHA (Demiroren News Agency) handout pic via AFP

15 h ago

What we know about the deadly Turkiye ski resort fire that killed 76, injured 51

In the clip made by generative artificial intelligence posted to the government’s Facebook page, a likeness of Paetongtarn Shinawatra appears speaking in fluent Mandarin, a language she does not speak in real life. — Screengrab from Facebook/PR Thai Government

15 h ago

Thai PM makes Mandarin AI video to reassure Chinese tourists amid border kidnappings (VIDEO)

While campaigning, Donald Trump had vilified diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the federal government and corporate world, saying they discriminated against white people — men in particular. He also demonised any recognition of gender diversity, attacking transgender people — notably transgender women in sports — and gender-affirming care for children. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Trump orders immediate shutdown of federal diversity offices, staff put on paid leave

The entrance of an immigration detention centre is pictured in Bangkok. — Pic by AFP

18 h ago

Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China

Jeju Air flight 2216 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea on Dec 29, 2024, when it issued a mayday call and belly-landed before hitting a barrier and bursting into flames, killing everyone aboard except two flight attendants pulled from the burning wreckage. — Pic by AFP

18 h ago

South Korea to implement improvements at seven airports across the country after Jeju Air crash

Volunteers carrying a body on a makeshift stretcher in Pekalongan. — Screenshot from X/roniabidin2

21 h ago

Indonesia resumes search for 13 missing after deadly landslide in Central Java

Sebastian Harrison poses for a photo as he surveys the charred ruins of his home and annexes overlooking the Pacific Ocean after the Palisades fire in Malibu. — Pic by AFP

22 h ago

No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires

Drug kingpin Ulbricht, who ran Silk Road, had also been accused of commissioning five murders. — Pic by AFP

23 h ago

Trump pardons ‘Silk Road’ drug kingpin undergoing two life sentences

Snow falls on Chartres Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. — AFP

23 h ago

Rare snow socks New Orleans as Arctic blast chills much of US

Members of Israeli security forces stand guard at the site of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. — Pic by AFP

1d ago

Foreign attacker killed after stabbing five in Tel Aviv in second incident in four days

Trump said yesterday he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk buying Chinese-owned app TikTok. — Pic by AFP

1d ago

Trump says would be open to Musk buying TikTok

Rachel Powell speaks to press outside the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington, DC after being released. — Pic by AFP

1d ago

US Capitol rioters celebrate prison release after Trump pardons

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