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BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic

Sports / 13 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Under the Sumbang Tunai Rahmah (STR), eligible recipients receive direct cash assistance from the government to help cover living costs. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 2 h ago

With Sara closing, Malaysians can access alternative govt cash and subsidy programmes

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi attends the 33rd All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) general assembly in Hulu Langat December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Zahid cautions BN component parties against exit, says there will be ‘no way back’

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

World / 14 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic

Sports / 13 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

Malaysia secured its first badminton gold of the SEA Games today after national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah triumphed in Bangkok. — Reuters pic

Sports / 17 h ago

Pearly Tan–Thinaah break the spell as Malaysia finally strikes SEA Games gold

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia took the silver in the men’s doubles badminton final at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok on December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Sports / 14 h ago

SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Indonesia claims men’s doubles gold

The Kuala Terengganu High Court ruled today that the earlier defamation trial against Clare Rewcastle-Brown was invalid and must be reheard. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said the latest victim, identified as Hong, had invested RM300,000 in the investment fund proposed by the BSN employee in question in 2024 and only realised he had been scammed after news reports emerged in 2025. — File picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 15 h ago

BSN payouts coming next week for victims of employee-linked investment scam, says Sarawak DAP chief

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Alert-level continuous rain warnings remain in place for parts of Perak, Pahang, Johor and Sarawak over the coming days. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

More heavy rain ahead: MetMalaysia issues warnings for Pahang, Perak, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Sarawak until Dec 18

This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire. — AFP pic

World / 13 h ago

Israel says Sydney Bondi shooting was antisemitic attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah

Mosti is holding STI Madani Carnivals nationwide to empower young Malaysians and boost the country’s chances to reach developed nationhood. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Malaysia needs 70pc of jobs in STEM to reach developed nation status, says Mosti official

Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the party’s supreme council has not met to determine MIC’s political direction. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 15 h ago

MIC still part of BN as supreme council yet to decide on future ties, says deputy president

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Albanese orders Australian flags at half-mast after Bondi Beach massacre

An Australian flag flies at half-mast at Bondi Beach following a shooting that left 16 people dead on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

SYDNEY, Dec 14 — Australia will lower flags to half-mast in a national gesture of mourning for the 15 people killed in a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday.“Flags will fly at half-mast across the country today as we pay our respects to all those...

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Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 6 m ago

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

Six-year-old US citizen Andy looks on as he is escorted, along with six other children, at Miami International Airport before flying to Guatemala, where they will reunite with their recently deported parents, in Miami, Florida. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Too young to choose: Migrant children caught in US’s deportation drive

Belarusian 2022 Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski speaks to journalists at the US embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, after his release on December 13, 2025, alongside 121 other political prisoners. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

Teachers, dissidents, and a Nobel laureate: The 123 prisoners freed in Belarus-US sanctions deal

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People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Police walk on a street after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney earlier today. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Police find improvised explosive device in car linked to Bondi beach shooter

This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Israel says Sydney Bondi shooting was antisemitic attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

A Buddhist monk leads a procession as soldiers carry the flag draped coffins of four Thai servicemen killed in border clashes with Cambodia. — Reuters pic

15 h ago

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate

A screengrab from a video on X that reportedly shows two men firing shots.

16 h ago

Two in custody as police respond to reports of gunfire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party holds a final vote on Sunday on whether to disband, as China ratchets up pressure on the city’s remaining liberal voices in a years-long national security crackdown. — Reuters pic

16 h ago

End of an era as Hong Kong’s last major opposition party votes on disbanding after sustained security crackdown

Displaced residents at a temporary camp in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province on December 14, 2025. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Border clashes grind into a second week as Cambodia and Thailand dismiss talk of a truce

A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said. — AFP pic

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Fiery engine blast forces United Flight 803 back to Washington minutes after takeoff for Tokyo

Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic

22 h ago

German police arrest five men over suspected Islamist plot to attack Christmas market in Bavaria

A police vehicle near the site of a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US, December 13, 2025. — Reuters pic

22 h ago

Brown University campus on lockdown after gunman kills two and critically injures eight

Agence France-Presse (AFP) video journalist Dylan Collins speaks about his experience being wounded during an Israeli attack on a group of seven journalists in Southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. — AFP pic

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Proposed Israeli media laws spark outrage over threat to press freedom

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court during an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York, on December 12. — AFP pic

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This screen grab from a video posted by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on her X account on December 10 shows the execution of

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Displaced people set up a temporary camp in Banteay Meanchey province amid Cambodia-Thailand border clashes on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic

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Cambodia halts all entry and exit at Thailand border as fighting continues

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