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Former Malaysian Hannah Thomas (right) is challenging Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (in poster) in the country’s May 3 general election. — Picture from Facebook/Hannah Thomas - Greens Candidate for Grayndler

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Hannah Thomas, daughter of former Malaysian AG Tommy Thomas, aims to unseat Australian PM Albanese in May 3 vote

Urban renewal plans in Kampung Sungai Baru, the heart of Kuala Lumpur, have been stalled for more than 40 years. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Inside KL’s longest-running housing dispute: The Kampung Sungai Baru redevelopment row

Glorious, golden fried chicken is what you get at Restoran Nasi Ayam Ji Wang. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 3 h ago

You say chicken rice, I say glorious fried chicken rice at Gombak’s Restoran Nasi Ayam Ji Wang

Youth and Sports Minister said the Safe Sports Code is for all following a brawl outside the Bukit Jakuk stadium on April 27, 2025. — Bernama pic

Sports / 19 h ago

Behave yourselves, Hannah Yeoh tells rowdy football fans after clashes mar Malaysia Cup finale

Attorney General Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar gives a thumbs-up after the Federal Court ruled in his favour on April 28, 2025; granting him leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s earlier decision to seek a house arrest order that will enable him to serve the remainder of his jail sentence at home instead of in prison. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 1 h ago

AG gets Federal Court nod for bid to stop Najib from seeking to serve remaining prison term at home

Investigations suggest the fight started after a group harassed a woman from another group at the restaurant in Bangsar. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Bangsar brawl: Cops hunt suspects after harassment sparks fight, leaving Telawi restaurant with RM5,000 in damages

Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has arrived in Malaysia for a four-day official visit to the country. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrives in Malaysia for official visit

US President DonaldTrump’s second-term 'America First' agenda has alienated friends and emboldened adversaries while raising questions about how far he is prepared to go. — Reuters pic

World / 5 h ago

Trump’s first 100 days: America First president is overturning world order

An illustrative photograph taken on August 22, 2024 shows people being restrained using handcuffs. — Picture By Raymond Manuel

Showbiz / 3 h ago

Nearly RM500,000 lost: Police probe Kim Seri’s ex-husband in travel fraud case

Malaysia does not agree with the tariff hike imposed by the United States, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Special Parliament session on May 5 to address US tariff hikes, Anwar urges unity amid economic challenge

US President Donald Trump said he has been too busy to buy First Lady Melania a present for her 55th birthday yesterday, so he is treating her to a romantic dinner on Air Force One instead. — AFP pic

Life / 15 h ago

‘I’ve been busy’: Trump explains why Melania’s birthday gift is a romantic Air Force One dinner

The Perak state government is unable to resolve the financial crisis that is currently plaguing the Perak FC football team said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, adding that the cost of financing Perak FC is too high and of course it requires a huge expenditure every season. — Bernama pic

Sports / 17 h ago

Perak FC faces financial hurdle too big for state government to clear, says Saarani

Efforts to improve the capacity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and mastery of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among youth are needed to build the domestic economic resilience of Malaysia said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

PM Anwar calls for focus on engineering, AI and digital fields to future-proof economy

Lee Jae-myung leads potential conservative opponents by double digits in most polls ahead of the June 3 snap election called after Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his brief attempt at martial law in December. — Reuters pic

World / 5 h ago

South Korea martial law put Lee Jae-myung back on track for presidency

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, facing possible life in prison if convicted, is among the most influential and widely recognized men in the entertainment field to face sexual abuse allegations after the #MeToo movement encouraged accusers to speak up. — Reuters pic

Showbiz / 5 h ago

Once a hip-hop king, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces trial that could send him to prison for life

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Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 50 people

A Palestinian boy stands amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 27, 2025. A Hamas delegation is in Cairo to discuss with Egyptian mediators ways out of the 18-month war while, on the ground, rescuers said Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 35 people. — AFP pic

GAZA CITY, April 28 — Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes yesterday had killed 50 people in the territory.Israel resumed its military campaign in the Gaza Strip on March 18.A ceasefire agreement that had largely halted the fighting for two months collapsed over disagreements with Palestinian militant group Hamas,...

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A 'Canada First' flag is affixed to a dog's collar during a campaign rally for Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Oakville, Ontario, April 27, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Last day of Canada election campaign jolted by Vancouver attack

France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) arrives for late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 3 h ago

Macron warns against religious hate after Muslim killed in mosque

US President Donald Trump has declared that Russia President Vladimir Putin needed to 'stop shooting'. — AFP pic

World / 3 h ago

Trump tells Putin to ‘stop shooting’ and make a deal

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Lee Jae-myung leads potential conservative opponents by double digits in most polls ahead of the June 3 snap election called after Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his brief attempt at martial law in December. — Reuters pic

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US President DonaldTrump’s second-term 'America First' agenda has alienated friends and emboldened adversaries while raising questions about how far he is prepared to go. — Reuters pic

5 h ago

Trump’s first 100 days: America First president is overturning world order

Cardinals hug during Mass for the Vatican workers, following the funeral for Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 27, 2025. — AFP pic

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What’s a cardinal? The ‘princes’ of the Church electing a new pope

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (RCS) on April 27, 2025, shows the devastation at the scene of an explosion that took place a day earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock south-west of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Fires were still blazing on April 27 after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port the day before, killing at least 25 people and leaving hundreds more injured, according to local media. — Iranian Red Crescent handout/AFP pic

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Fires blaze on after massive blast at Iran’s key commercial port as death toll rises to 25, 800 injured

The suspect confessed to using a pair of scissors to cut open the victim, removing the silicone breast implants and heart. — Unsplash pic

21 h ago

Chinese national admits to killing Thai transwoman, removing breast implants and heart in gruesome Pattaya crime; police say lungs missing

Indian and Pakistani flags are seen in this illustration taken April 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

20 h ago

Troops exchange fire in Kashmir as relations between India and Pakistan deteriorate

An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day block party, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver, British Columbia April 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

23 h ago

Multiple dead, injured in Vancouver after vehicle ploughs into Filipino street festival

This handout photo taken on March 21, 2024 and received from the Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PCG/BFAR) shows an aerial view of Philippine scientists inspecting Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in Spratly Islands, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. — Philippine Coast Guard handout/AFP pic

23 h ago

Chinese coast guard seizes disputed Sandy Cay reef near key Philippine military outpost, escalating South China Sea tensions

Three American children aged two, four and seven — one of whom has a rare form of cancer — have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, campaigners announced yesterday. — AFP pic

23 h ago

‘Families have been ripped apart unnecessarily’: US faces backlash after deporting three American children, including cancer patient

People participate in a pilgrimage to landmarks for Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 26, 2025, after a mass to bid him farewell. — AFP pic

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This handout picture released by the Palestinian Authority's Press Office (PPO) shows President Mahmud Abbas (centre) leading prayers next to Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Secretary General Hussein al-Sheikh (3rd left) during a meeting of the organisation's Executive Committee in Ramallah April 26, 2025. — PPO/AFP pic

1d ago

Abbas appoints aide Hussein al-Sheikh as Palestine Liberation Organisation’s first ever veep, paving way for succession

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (left) speaks with a member of the military forces in Via della Conciliazione by St Peter's Square in The Vatican on April 26, 2025 during late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony. — AFP pic

1d ago

Julian Assange, freed after plea bargain, joins crowds at Pope Francis’ farewell alongside world leaders

In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service in Kyiv on April 26, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) meets with US President Donald Trump (left) on the sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. — Ukrainian Presidential Press Service handout/AFP pic

1d ago

Trump questions Putin’s intentions after Zelensky meeting at Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome

An aerial image shows Catholic believers holding candles during Pope Francis? requiem mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, where he held a Mass in September last year, on April 26, 2025, as his funeral takes place in Vatican. The funeral for Pope Francis was held yesterday after the 88-year-old reformer died of a stroke on April 21, the Vatican announced. — AFP pic

1d ago

Pope Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourners honour his legacy ‘with open heart’

This photograph shows a road sign indicating the entrance of La Grand-Combe, southern France, on April 25, 2025, after a Muslim worshipper was stabbed to death at the local mosque. — AFP pic

1d ago

French police hunt suspect in fatal mosque attack as worshipper stabbed 50 times; PM denounces ‘Islamophobic atrocity’

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