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General view at the Batu Caves temple ahead of Thaipusam celebration in this file picture dated January 23, 2024. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Not just about ‘kavadi’ and Batu Caves: What is Thaipusam and how did it become massive in Malaysia?

US President Donald Trump looks on, after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 14 h ago

‘We want ‘em all back’: Trump demands Hamas free all hostages by midday Saturday or ‘let hell break out’

New modelling points to faster Antarctic ice melts driving a “substantial slowdown” of water circulation in the ocean depths if global carbon emissions remain high, researchers said in a study published in ‘Nature’. — AFP pic

Life / 16 h ago

Home to Malay descendants, Australia’s Cocos Islands face evacuation as seas rise

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is escorted to stand trial at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 6, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Malaysia spinning its wheels in Transparency International’s latest corruption perceptions index

KLIA OCPD Asst Comm Azman Shariat said the incident occurred on February 9 as the aircraft was preparing to depart for Jieyang, China, when a female passenger started to cause a commotion. — Picture by Choo Choo May

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Causing a commotion: China couple booted off plane in KLIA2 before take-off

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (right) at an event with PDC CEO Datuk Aziz Bakar (left) September 14, 2023. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Penang Development Corporation employees set to receive record bonuses of up to six months' salary after RM500m profit in 2024

Proton e.MAS 7 is Malaysia’s most popular EV for January 2025, EVs continue to grow while petrol and diesel decline

Life / 11 h ago

Proton e.MAS 7 is Malaysia’s most popular EV for January 2025, EVs continue to grow while petrol and diesel decline

Screengrabs from videos on social media capturing the crowd at IOI Mall Damansara yesterday after a fire broke out.

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Fire breaks out at IOI Mall Damansara, public acts fast to control blaze

Mohamad Azli, who is also a herbal medicine maker, gardener, and entrepreneur, explained that the vintage ‘Singer’ model refrigerator is still in working condition. — Picture via TikTok/abang mat jamu

Life / 12 h ago

Man’s 42-year-old vintage Singer fridge fetches RM20,000 after TikTok post goes viral (VIDEO)

New national men’s doubles head coach Herry Iman Pierngadi has a plan to tweak Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik’s playing style to take their game up a notch ahead of the 2025 All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham from March 11-16. — AFP pic

Sports / 10 h ago

Time needed to refine national shuttlers Aaron-Wooi Yik’s playing style for All England, says coach Herry

The cats of 'The White Lotus' Season 3 pose at the Paramount Theatre on February 10, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. — Getty Images via AFP

Showbiz / 9 h ago

Blackpink Lisa, Schwarzenegger son Patrick bring added star power as ‘White Lotus’ returns with steamy Thailand romp (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today received a Togg electric vehicle (EV) as a gift from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 9 h ago

From Türkiye with love: Erdoğan presents Anwar with cutting-edge Togg EV

US President Donald Trump speaks, while Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 12 h ago

‘I would own this’: Trump says Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza as he moots ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ redevelopment plan

An undated illustrative photo showing people being restrained with handcuffs. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Thai police warn Malaysians to avoid fishing villages in Narathiwat due to drug activities

The 37-year-old suspect, who works as a canteen worker, was detained in Mata Ayer after a closed-circuit television (CCTV) recording from the supermarket went viral.

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Cops nab woman for allegedly beating, injuring child in front of supermarket in Perlis; remand application pending

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‘Ridiculous and lame’: South Africans mock Trump’s proposal to accept them as refugees

A file picture of Donald Trump (L) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. — AFP

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 11 — On the streets of Johannesburg’s student district, US President Donald Trump’s offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both “ridiculous” and “lame”, among South Africans of all races.On Friday, Trump cut off aid to South Africa and claimed, without evidence, that the Pretoria...

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A bulk carrier is monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Oil spill nightmare looms as Russia’s sanctions-dodging tankers clog the Baltic

Research published this month, based on an analysis of the rings of Qilian Juniper trees on the Tibetan Plateau, offers a glimpse into how climate stress shaped societies and power shifts millennia ago. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Study: Ancient Tibetan tree rings link China’s dynastic turmoil to climate shifts

The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia, as part of the project’s pilot phase. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

WHO rolls out free childhood cancer drug programme to aid low-income nations

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A sign informs the public of the temporary closure of a poultry vendor in New York City, US, on February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

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WHO says ‘challenge’ getting through to US over H5N1 bird flu outbreak

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend a hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 11, 2025. — Lee Jin-man/Pool/AFP pic

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Suspended South Korean president Yoon blames ‘malicious’ opposition for martial law amid impeachment proceedings

Indonesia’s appointment of an army general to run the national food procurement company has raised concerns about the expansion of military roles under President Prabowo Subianto, with a rights activist saying it also violated military laws. — Unsplash pic

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Indonesia appoints general to head state food procurement company, raising military role concerns

This combination of pictures created on February 10, 2025 shows (from left) US Vice President JD Vance in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025 and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on December 19, 2024. — AFP pic

8 h ago

Trump floats Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday’ ahead of Zelensky-Vance meeting, wants US$500b worth in rare earth minerals

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US on August 22, 2018. — Reuters pic

9 h ago

Corruption threatens to doom global climate efforts, Transparency International warns

Shahira Sammour, 49, poses in front of her destroyed home in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, on February 9, 2025. — AFP pic

10 h ago

‘They destroy everything’: Hundreds of Palestinians displaced as Israeli forces escalate operation in West Bank refugee camp

Supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rally after Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Russell Vought told all of the agency's staff to stay away from the office and do no work, outside the CFPB in Washington February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

10 h ago

Hundreds protest as Trump’s appointee tells consumer watchdog staff to stop work

Stephen Butterfield of D.C. holds a sign outside the FBI headquarters showing his support for the FBI and Department of Justice employees, days after the Trump administration launched a sweeping round of cuts at the Justice Department, in Washington February 3, 2025. — Reuters pic

11 h ago

Judge blocks Trump’s buyout plan for federal employees as more than two million affected; unions challenge legality

Demonstrators hold signs as they protest against US President Donald Trump and DOGE Elon Musk's anticipated plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the CFPB headquarters in Washington, DC, February 10, 2025. Democrats announced a new platform for US whistleblowers yesterday as they launched the latest front in their rearguard against efforts by Musk to gut federal spending. — AFP pic

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US Democrats call for whistleblowers to rein in Musk, citing Trump’s ‘blatant disregard for rule of law’

US President Donald Trump speaks, while Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

12 h ago

‘I would own this’: Trump says Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza as he moots ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ redevelopment plan

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gives a statement on impeachment complaints filed against her at her office in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on February 7, 2025. Duterte said she had yet to consider stepping down and was still weighing a run for president despite her dramatic impeachment this week by the House of Representatives. — AFP pic

13 h ago

High-stakes political drama: Philippine midterm elections launch amid Duterte impeachment and feud with Marcos

US President Donald Trump looks on, after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington February 10, 2025. — Reuters pic

14 h ago

‘We want ‘em all back’: Trump demands Hamas free all hostages by midday Saturday or ‘let hell break out’

At least one person was killed yesterday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that was parked, authorities said. — Picture via X/donniefitz2

14 h ago

One dead, four injured, one still trapped after business jets collide at Arizona airport amid recent US crashes

Vendors set up lottery tickets for sale in Hanoi on February 5, 2025. — File pic via AFP

16 h ago

‘Revolution’: Communist Vietnam to cut 1 in 5 govt jobs, slash billions in spending amid reform push

Election campaign posters for Social Democratic Party (SPD) chancellor Olaf Scholz and Alternative for Germany party (AfD) co-leader and candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel are seen in Amelinghausen near Hamburg, Germany February 8, 2025. — Reuters pic

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