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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 / 11 h ago

Government upgrades servers for next Sara aid round, expands retailer list to over 8,000 shops

Pearly Tan and M Thinaah during the women’s doubles final at the 2025 Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok on May 18, 2025. — AFP pic

Sports / 5 h ago

Malaysia power into SEA Games semis to lock in women’s badminton medal

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 / 12 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 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 / 8 h ago

Anwar gives all ministers thumbs up in surprise midterm review, says no weak links

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 / 8 h ago

MCA says ‘good luck’ to BN if allies team up with Pakatan, DAP again in next GE

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 / 10 h ago

SME group welcomes e-invoicing exemption for sub-RM1m firms, says 200,000 to benefit

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 / 10 h ago

Authorities detain 843 undocumented migrants in Selayang Baru raid after community complaints

Police said the woman’s hair was also cut during the incident, prompting her to flee the house and seek help from nearby neighbours before she was rescued. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Domestic worker’s nightmare: Malaysian woman burnt, stabbed and punched by employer in Rawang flees to neighbours; cops investigating

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 / 11 h ago

Two teens arrested over viral ‘basikal lajak’ stunt at Putra Heights traffic light

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 / 12 h ago

Anwar visits Bung Moktar’s family, calls late Sabah leader ‘a great loss to the nation’

A bank employee helped prevent a customer from losing more than S$200,000 to scammers after intervening during a tense encounter at a DBS branch late last year. — Reuters pic

Singapore / 7 h ago

Singapore bank employee foils S$200,000 scam attempt as victim almost hands cash to criminals

Continuous rain is expected overnight in Johor, involving the districts of Segamat, Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru from December 7 to 8, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of non-stop heavy rains overnight in Johor and Sarawak

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 / 11 h ago

Salah outburst shakes Liverpool as star claims he’s been hung out to dry by Slot

Penang police uncover 30 bitcoin mining machines hidden at several premises around Jalan Air Putih, Balik Pulau on December 6, 2025 following a join inspection with TNB on high electricity usage. — Bernama file pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Mystery electricity spike in Balik Pulau leads police to hidden bitcoin mine

The government has doubled the tax refund allocation to RM4 billion to clear its backlog and if necessary, will pump in more, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is also finance minister said on December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Govt doubles tax refund kitty to RM4b, payouts start tomorrow

World

2 h ago

Fresh landslide alerts in Sri Lanka as Cyclone Ditwah devastation pushes regional death toll to 1,812

Army personnel ride a military truck past a rainbow in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo. — AFP pic

COLOMBO, Dec 8 — Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings today with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has battered Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides, flooding vast tracts, and cutting off communities...

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London’s police force, known as The Met, said officers were first called shortly after 8 am following reports of multiple people being assaulted in the car park with pepper spray.— Picture by Choo Choy May .

World / 2 h ago

Pepper-spray attack at Heathrow car park leaves several injured, one man arrested

Iran on Sunday executed the ringleader of a vast investment scam that defrauded tens of thousands of people through a car-buying network, the judiciary said. — Reuters pic

World / 4 h ago

Iran executes mastermind behind US$350m car‑buying scam that duped tens of thousands

An aerial view shows a washed-out tea estate at the site of a landslide in Nuwara Eliya, 100 kilometres east of Colombo, on December 2, 2025. — AFPpic

World / 5 h ago

Fresh landslide warnings in Sri Lanka as nation reels from worst cyclone in decades; death toll hits 618

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6 h ago

Venezuela swears in 5,600 new soldiers as US military pressure escalates

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian man during a military operation in the town of Qalqiya, in the occupied West Bank on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic

9 h ago

Gaza truce under strain as Qatar and Egypt call for international force and full Israeli withdrawal

Trump shared a grainy aerial footage of two boats being blown up on his Truth Social account on September 15, 2025. — AFP pic/US President Donald Trump’s TRUTH Social account handout

10 h ago

US defence secretary under fire as controversies over Yemen operation and drug‑boat strikes intensify

Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Hamas signals readiness to disarm under sovereign Palestinian authority if Israeli occupation ends

Fresh lava fountains spewed in spectacular fashion from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Saturday, US vulcanologists said, marking nearly a year since one of the world’s most active volcanoes began erupting. — Screengrab of video from X/USGSVolcanoes

9 h ago

USGS says Hawaii’s Kilauea roars back, firing 100‑foot lava fountains in fresh eruption (VIDEO)

Mourners pay their respects to victims at a makeshift memorial outside the Wang Fuk Court apartment blocks in the aftermath of the deadly November 26 fire in Hong Kong. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Turnout fears loom as Hong Kong heads to polls amid grief over deadly housing‑block blaze

A handout photo taken on and released by Take Back Power on December 6, 2025, shows supporters of the civil resistance group. — AFP pic/Take Back Power handout

10 h ago

Custard‑splattering activists target Crown Jewels in a sticky show of dissent, ending in four arrests

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

11 h ago

Airstrike kills 18 in Myanmar teashop horror as crowded hangout is blown apart

A fire at a nightclub in the west Indian state of Goa has killed at least 23 people, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other officials said early Sunday. — Screengrab of video via social media

11 h ago

Tourists among dead as Goa nightclub inferno kills 23 in midnight chaos

This photograph shows Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral illuminated on the eve of its official reopening, after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire, in Paris December 6, 2024. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Notre-Dame draws 11 million visitors a year after Paris blaze restoration

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, adjusts his agal as he attends a session on the opening day of the Doha Forum. — AFP pic

1d ago

Qatar warns next phase of Gaza truce hinges on Israel’s full troop withdrawal

The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime-weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of the highest murder rates in the world. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Mass shooting at illegal hostel outside Johannesburg leaves 11 dead and 14 injured

Cars for export wait to be shipped at a port in Lianyungang, eastern China's Jiangsu province on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic

1d ago

Will EU give ground on 2035 combustion-engine ban?

Air travel across India has been in turmoil this week after IndiGo cancelled thousands of flights, prompting the government to announce special relief for the carrier and the operation of additional trains to help clear the backlog. — Reuters pic

1d ago

India caps airline fares as IndiGo crisis leaves hundreds stranded for fifth day (VIDEO)

A bushfire destroys homes along Glenrock Paradein Koolewong on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, Saturday, December 6, 2025. — AAP via Reuters pic

1d ago

Hot winds fan dozens of bushfires across eastern Australia

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