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A screengrab of the viral video where the policeman was seen taking something from a car driver who was stopped at the roadblock.

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Viral video prompts internal investigation into police behaviour at Serdang roadblock

‘Cucur udang’ at Heng Cakoi is probably the best in Petaling Jaya at the moment. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 8 h ago

Heng Cakoi probably serves the best ‘cucur udang’ in Petaling Jaya

For 2024, the Malaysian economy grew 5.1 per cent, surpassing initial estimates as exports rebounded and people kept buying. But so did household debt, which grew to a staggering RM1.63 trillion, or close to 85 per cent of GDP. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Are Malaysians shopping their way into debt? Data shows BNPL use, personal loan-taking on the rise

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspect’s family resides in Kelantan, and investigators believe he was planning to flee there before being apprehended. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Selangor CPO: Kota Damansara goldsmith robber is auxiliary policeman

Buy-now-pay-later apps Hoolah and Atome's logos displayed at the shop in Shah Alam June 23, 2022. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 10 h ago

What is the Consumer Credit Bill? The upcoming law that will rein in unregulated BNPL, credit service providers

All Cold Storage and Giant supermarket outlets in Singapore will be sold to Malaysian retail group Macrovalue. — Picture via Facebook/Cold Storage Singapore

Singapore / 2 h ago

Singapore’s Cold Storage, Giant supermarkets sold to Malaysia’s Macrovalue in S$125m deal

Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah arriving for the hearing on the Attorney-General's Chambers' bid to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision to grant Datuk Seri Najib Razak leave for judicial review on house arrest royal addendum use in Federal Court, Putrajaya. March 24 , 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May .

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Federal Court dismisses Najib’s objection over AGC’s leave bid to appeal ruling on ‘house arrest’ order

A Form Five student was injured in an accident following an attempt to evade a police roadblock on the Kemuning-Shah Alam Expressway (LKSA) on March 8, according to police. — Picture via Facebook/Polis (IPD) Shah Alam

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Teen hit, dragged by four-wheel drive while fleeing Shah Alam police roadblock with no licence

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim said many volunteers, particularly Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) members, are unaware they qualify for the scheme. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Steven Sim: Many volunteers unaware they qualify for Perkeso’s self-employed protection

Tiger Woods took the unusual step of confirming his romance with Vanessa Trump yesterday in a brief post on social media. — Picture via X/Tiger Woods

Sports / 6 h ago

'Love is in the air': Woods confirms romance with Vanessa Trump in rare social media post

Selangor civil servants in Shah Alam listening to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim giving a speech. June 12, 2023. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Don’t borrow to impress, Angkasa warns as civil servants’ personal loans spike by 10pc for Raya spending

Attorney General of Malaysia Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar gives a thumb up ahead of the hearing in the Federal Court, Putrajaya. March 24, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 4 h ago

AG Dusuki makes rare Federal Court appearance in bid to block Najib’s judicial review over house arrest

The top 15 per cent (T15) income bracket fuel subsidy eligibility criteria, to be finalised by mid-2025, may push some consumers to downgrade their vehicle choices or switch to electric vehicles, according to MIDF Research. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Money / 2 h ago

T15 fuel subsidy criteria may push consumers toward vehicle downgrades, boost EV shift, says MIDF

The High Court today reportedly overturned the government’s ban on When I Was A Kid 3, a graphic novel by Cheeming Boey, ruling in the artist’s favour. — Picture via Facebook/Cheeming Boey

Malaysia / 5 h ago

‘When I Was A Kid 3’ ban overturned, court allows Boey to claim losses

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a no-confidence motion in parliament starting today, with the opposition set to grill her over an underperforming economy and her powerful father’s perceived influence over her administration. — Reuters pic

World / 8 h ago

Thaksin’s shadow and economic woes: Thai PM faces no-confidence motion as leadership challenged in high-stakes censure debate

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China says Duterte’s Hong Kong trip was personal, denies asylum request from former Philippine president

China has not received any application for asylum from Philippines’ former President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, a foreign ministry spokesperson said today. — AFP pic

BEIJING, March 24 — China has not received any application for asylum from Philippines’ former President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, a foreign ministry spokesperson said today.Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong was for his personal holidays, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference.The former president was arrested on...

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Some 1.8 per cent of 77.6 million chickens at poultry farms nationwide have been culled since late October due to the bird flu, according to the ministry. — Reuters pic

World / 31 m ago

South Korea reports four additional avian influenza cases in less than a week, total at 41

The wildfires spread across 128 hectares in Ehime and 250 hectares in Okayama.

World / 1 h ago

Japan deploys army to battle raging wildfires in Okayama and Ehime (VIDEO)

A picture taken on March 23, 2025 shows a view of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh where talks are underway with US mediation to try to reach a ceasefire in the Russia Ukraine war. US and Ukrainian officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on March 23 for talks on a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia. — AFP pic

World / 4 h ago

Ukraine hails ‘productive’ US talks as Russia prepares for separate discussions in Riyadh

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South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo bows during a briefing at the Government Complex in Seoul March 24, 2025. — Ahn Young-joon/Pool/Reuters pic

5 h ago

South Korean court rules 7-1 to reinstate PM Han Duck-soo as acting president after impeachment overturned

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 23, 2025 after asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament thereby triggering snap elections on April 28. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada's centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country's broader electorate. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Canada’s PM calls snap elections for April 28 to defend sovereignty as Trump’s annexation rhetoric escalates

Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD Vance, will visit Greenland this week, the White House said yesterday. — Reuters pic

6 h ago

Wife of US VP Vance to visit Greenland as Trump revives controversial territorial claims

US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC March 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

7 h ago

Trump’s envoy says Putin not eyeing ‘all of Europe’, expects ‘real progress’ in Ukraine-Russia talks

Palestinians rush an injured girl away from the site of Israeli strikes on a makeshift displacement camp in central Gaza City on March 23, 2025. — AFP pic

7 h ago

‘No food in Gaza’: Israeli escalates ground offensive as death toll surpasses 50,00, sparking humanitarian crisis

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a no-confidence motion in parliament starting today, with the opposition set to grill her over an underperforming economy and her powerful father’s perceived influence over her administration. — Reuters pic

8 h ago

Thaksin’s shadow and economic woes: Thai PM faces no-confidence motion as leadership challenged in high-stakes censure debate

A protester waves Turkey's national flag during a demonstration outside Istanbul's city hall to support Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following his arrest in connection with two probes. — AFP pic

10 h ago

‘Authoritarian rule or democracy?’: Why mass protests in Turkey actually signal simmering anger against Erdogan

Cameras are set up in the conference room of the 'Our Lady of Fatima' inter-diocesan seminary, where journalists wait for reactions from the 'national dialogue' between sectors of civil society and the Nicaraguan government, in Managua on June 15, 2018. — AFP pic

20 h ago

USAIDcalypse: Latin American journalists warn of crisis as Trump pulls independent media funding

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome March 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

21 h ago

‘Francis, Francis, Francis’: Pope leaves hospital after making first public appearance in five weeks

Black smoke rises from the site of fire following an explosion at an oil depot, which was recently hit by a drone what local authorities called a Ukrainian a military strike, in the settlement of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar region, Russia, in this still image from video released March 21, 2025. — Krasnodar Region's Ministry of Internal Affairs handout pic via Reuters

22 h ago

Fire spreads at Russian oil depot as spill worsens aftermath of drone strike

Children hold out empty pots as they queue for charity meals handed out from a kitchen during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 22, 2025. — AFP pic

22 h ago

‘Cruelty on top of cruelty’: UN warns Gaza’s children suffering from massive trauma as war, shortages escalate

Palestinians carry the bodies of Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel and his wife who died after an Israeli strike on their tent shelter in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas leader Salah al-Bardaweel, wife while praying in Gaza

The court said Imamoglu, 54, and at least 20 others were jailed as part of a corruption investigation, one of two that were opened against him last week. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival Imamoglu on graft charges as opposition decries ‘politicised’ case

A red-covered table stretching several hundred metres carved a path through mounds of rubble in southern Gaza on Saturday, as families gathered to break their fast during the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. — AFP pic

1d ago

Israel orders Rafah residents to evacuate as military launches new offensive

Multinational victims of scam centres, who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, stand on a vessel floating towards the Thai side of border via Moei River in Phop Phra District, Tak province, Thailand on February 12, 2025. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Thailand to tighten borders as scam call centres shift from Myanmar to Cambodia and Vietnam

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‘Ne Zha 2’, ‘Mickey 17’ & ‘Novocaine’ — three new bangers playing in local cinemas right now

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Midterm blues: Perikatan needs ideas, not anger

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19 Mar 2025

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