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Restaurant New Petaling Kam Kee Seafood Restaurant is an institution in PJ Old Town for its old school Chinese fare. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 9 h ago

Shout your way to prosperity and dine on old school Chinese flavours at PJ Old Town’s Restaurant New Petaling Kam Kee Seafood

File picture of Mount Kinabalu as seen from Kampung Tanjung Aru in Labuan September 1, 2022. An elderly climber died while attempting to reach the summit of Mount Kinabalu yesterday. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Elderly climber dies on Mount Kinabalu in bid to reach summit

Negeri Sembilan Road Transport Department (JPJ) director Hanif Yusabra Yusuf shows a ‘dummy buckle’ used by drivers and passengers to silence the vehicle’s seat belt alarm during a press conference at the Special Operation in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration at the Senawang Toll Plaza in Seremban, February 9, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Dummy buckle trend on the rise: JPJ warns of safety risks

Soh Wai Ching arriving before the Shenzhen PingAn Finance Center International Vertical Marathon in January 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Soh Wai Ching Towerrunner

Sports / 11 h ago

From toilet stalls to top podiums: Malaysian champion Soh Wai Ching’s sacrifices for tower running success

Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, is seen during his sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand August 24, 2020. — Reuters pic

Singapore / 3 h ago

Singapore locks up self-radicalised ‘East Asian supremacist’ planning to attack Malays, Muslims in republic

A 54-year-old saleswoman from Sabah struck it big on Chinese New Year’s Eve, winning RM20.9 million in the RM23.1 million Toto 4D Jackpot 1. — Picture by Sayuti Zanudin

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Sabah saleswoman hits RM20.9m jackpot with 18 random car plate numbers

About 337,000 water consumers in Penang will experience a 24 to 48-hour scheduled water supply interruption (SWSI) in late April due to final connection works for the RM8.7 million Sungai Perai River-Crossing Pipeline (SP-RCP) project. — AFP pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Major water disruption in Penang end-April, affecting 337,000 consumers

US President Donald Trump watch the pre-game show before Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 9, 2025. — AFP pic

Showbiz / 7 h ago

US President Donald Trump shares video of singer Taylor Swift being booed at the Super Bowl while he gets cheers (VIDEO)

File picture of the police forensic unit conducting a detailed investigation at the scene at Setia City Mall. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Setia City Mall shooting: No need for panic, cops always on the ready, says home minister

US President Donald Trump before the game at the NFL Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana February 9, 2025. — Reuters pic

Money / 8 h ago

Trump escalates trade war with new 25pc steel and aluminium tariffs, reciprocal tariffs to follow

Trump’s proposal that the US takeover Gaza may have thrown a curveball into the mix, but the fragile ceasefire there, Bashar al-Assad’s ouster from Syria, a weakened Iran and a new government in Lebanon have fed hopes of a reset. — Reuters pic

Money / 11 h ago

New-look Middle East had started to draw investors... and then along came Trump

Malaysian squash player S. Sivasangari maintained her momentum after beating world top seed Olivia Weaver (back) in the semi-finals on February 8, 2025. — Picture from X/PSA Squash Tour

Sports / 6 h ago

Malaysian squash star Sivasangari trumps home fav Sobhy in US final to lift Cincinnati Gaynor Cup

The Ministry of Health said influenza vaccine is recommended to be taken once a year by all members of society, especially high-risk groups.. — Freepik pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Health Ministry: Senior citizens to receive free influenza jabs, applications open from Feb 14

A man and his girlfriend were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here, today, with the murder of his mother last month. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Butterworth man and girlfriend charged with mother’s murder

The mezzanine floor that collapsed in a Toa Payoh warehouse last month was installed without approval from the Singapore Civil Defence Force or the Building and Construction Authority. — Picture via Facebook/Singapore Civil Defence Force

Singapore / 5 h ago

Singapore authorities say mezzanine floor in collapsed Toa Payoh warehouse was built without approval

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Thailand raids Bangkok language schools in crackdown on unlicensed foreign teachers

Thailand’s Department of Employment said the tight rules were to prevent negative impacts on job opportunities for Thai workers. — AFP pic

BANGKOK, Feb 10 — Thailand’s Department of Employment (DoE) carried out a massive inspection of language schools in the capital city’s Ratchada and Bang Na areas yesterday, following the arrest of eight undocumented South Korean language teachers.DoE director-general Somchai Morakotsriwan said the inspections were to prevent any negative impact on...

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The Dalai Lama lost his elder brother Gyalo Thondup on February 9, 2025. — Reuters file pic

World / 1 h ago

Beijing offers talks with ageing Dalai Lama as he mourns older brother’s death, but demands Tibet’s loyalty

An Aboriginal flag flies alongside the Australian flag as the Albanese government acknowledges the ongoing struggles faced by the nation’s Indigenous people. — Reuters file pic

World / 1 h ago

Aussie PM Albanese calls to close gaps for indigenous as official data showing shorter lives, more jailing and welfare kids

According to Reuters, DeepSeek AI sparks controversy by giving conflicting answers about the origin of kimchi, claiming it’s Korean when asked in Korean and Chinese when asked in Chinese. — Reuters pic

World / 1 h ago

DeepSeek stirs up kimchi feud and privacy concerns as S. Korea spy agency demands access block to China’s AI app over ‘excessive’ data breach

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Lebanese American Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in the US for attempting to murder Salman Rushie in Mayville, New York on August 18, 2022 after reading two pages of the ‘Satanic Verses’ book the former claimed ‘attacked Islam’. — AFP pic

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US trial opens for Lebanese American over 2022 murder attempt on ‘Satanic Verses’ author Rushdie who he claimed ‘attacked Islam’

A man gets an electrocardiogram to check his heartbeat during a free public medical check-up in a government-run clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

4 h ago

Indonesia spends RM820m to roll out landmark free health screening

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addresses the media during a press conference of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Bonn, Germany, October 5, 2023. — Reuters pic

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New Zealand raises alarm, says not consulted as Cook Islands set to sign China pact

Flags fly over the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, DC while US President Donald Trump signals his intent to abolish the federal agency by executive order in 2025. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Trump swings wrecking ball at US Education Dept, plans its shutdown with Musk’s help

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that part of Trumps’ ‘America First’ agenda is empowering US allies and partners ‘to be combat multipliers’. — AFP pic

5 h ago

‘America can’t be the guarantor forever’: Trump officials visit Europe, want allies to shoulder defence burdens

Justin Welby (left), formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury who heads Anglican churches worldwide, is seen with Sudan Primate Ezekiel Kumir Kondo at the inauguration of the 39th Province of the Anglican Communion, in Khartoum, Sudan on July 30, 2017. — Reuters file pic

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Rotten rafters break, roof collapses: Church of England in ‘unprecedented crisis’ over sexual abuses as Canterbury archbishop quits

US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. — AFP file pic

7 h ago

Bringing religion back: Non-denominational Trump’s ‘God squad’ grows influence at White House

At least one of the three victims was attacked while in the doorway during what appeared to be a random stabbing in Dublin, Ireland on February 9, 2025. —Photo by Raymond Manuel

7 h ago

Three injured in random Dublin stabbing as witness recalls cops tackling suspect screaming ‘leave me alone’

Archbishop Martin Modeus, Bishop Johan Dalman, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden place flowers at the makeshift memorial in honor of the victims of the shooting at the adult education center Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, Sweden, on February 9, 2025. — AFP/Sweden OUT pic

7 h ago

Sweden in mourning: Five days after deadliest shooting of 10 at education centre, police yet to find clear motive

In an interview, Trump claimed there was ‘hundreds of millions of dollars of money that’s going to places where it shouldn’t be going’. — AFP pic

9 h ago

In cost-cutting campaign, Trump taps Musk to root out ‘hundreds of billions’ in US govt fraud

Vaping remains common in Hong Kong even though the Chinese finance hub banned the import, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in April 2022. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

9 h ago

Hong Kong targets ending vaping in public by mid-2026 after banning sale, import and manufacture on e-cigs

11 h ago

Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy backing the controversial Gaza relocation plan?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that relocated Palestinians would have to “disavow terrorism” to be allowed to return to Gaza. — AFP pic

23 h ago

‘We’ll do the job’: Netanyahu supports Trump’s controversial Gaza plan

A crackdown by Indian security forces has killed some 287 rebels in the past year. — Reuters pic

23 h ago

Maoist rebels and two Indian commandos among 33 killed in Chhattisgarh jungle clash

The Island-wide blackout in Sri Lanka was caused by monkeys at a power sub-station — Reuters pic

23 h ago

Monkey disrupts Sri Lanka’s power grid, triggering island-wide blackout

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