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Fast forward (pun intended) 2025, with 12 new RFID lanes added to the North-South Expressway in 2023 we should’ve been zooming past tolls; instead we’re perfecting the art of reversing at 2kph while praying the car behind doesn’t ram us. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Opinion / 9 h ago

Why don’t we just terminate the RFID lane at tolls?

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visiting Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamam Temple after the groundbreaking ceremony of the Madani Mosque here at Jalan Munshi Abdullah. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Anwar meets with Hindu temple committee after mosque groundbreaking ceremony, following amicable resolution to relocation dispute

'Nasi lemak' is among the new Malaysian loanwords added into the Oxford English Dictionary. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Alamak! Malaysian loanwords ‘mat rempit’, ‘tapau’ and ‘terror’ among new additions to Oxford English Dictionary

PBAPP chief executive officer Datuk K. Pathmanathan, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and state exco Zairil Khir Johari looking at the map to show the areas affected by the scheduled water supply interruption. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Penang to face 60-hour statewide water disruption starting April 25 for RM25m pipeline upgrade

Ong Yew Sin announces engagement to Japan’s Aya Ohori, vows to embrace cultural differences. — Picture via Instagram

Sports / 4 h ago

Malaysian shuttler Ong Yew Sin engaged to former Japanese player Aya Ohori

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (second left) officiates the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Masjid MADANI, owned by the Jakel Group, at Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

PM Anwar: Construction of Madani Mosque a ‘victory’ of wisdom and strength, not arrogance

Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos said he had undergone a MRI check after experiencing pain in his neck and head. — Picture from Facebook/DS Jamal Yunos

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Firebrand Selangor Umno man Jamal Yunos hospitalised after MRI reveals cancer spread to brain

A Road Transport Department (JPJ) enforcement officer displays a retreaded container lorry tyre that had burst during a special operation held in conjunction with the 2025 Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Penang JPJ nabs lorry driver high on drugs, driving 87km from Taiping to Perai with burst tyre

Shredded Chicken Hor Fun Soup — Picture by CK Lim

Eat-drink / 10 h ago

Track down this stall hidden inside a car park food court in Cheras for slurp-worthy Ipoh shredded chicken ‘hor fun’ and egg topped ‘kaya toast’

Johor police chief Datuk M Kumar (right) and on-duty officers display firearms seized following a new arrest related to the fatal shooting at an eatery in Taman Setia Indah on 8 January, during a press conference at the Johor Police Contingent Headquarters in Johor Baru, March 27, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Fatal shooting at JB restaurant linked to secret society feud, revenge may be motive, says Johor top cop

Screengrab from Circular No. 3/2025 which shows proper procedures regarding the wearing of the badge.

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Jalur Gemilang on school uniforms: Education Ministry says each student supplied with two free badges

Earlier, a video went viral on TikTok with captions claiming that a female sales assistant was threatened and verbally abused by a customer, including with racial slurs, allegedly due to a misunderstanding during a sales transaction.

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Cops probing verbal abuse complaint by drinks shop worker at Shah Alam mall

Flight AK128 landed safely at KLIA's Terminal 2 at 12.08 am. — Picture courtesy of Selangor Bomba

Malaysia / 10 h ago

AirAsia’s flight AK128 bound for Shenzhen turns back to KLIA after engine fire, lands safely

Transport Minister Anthony Loke poses with officials during the launch of the Rapid KL On-Demand open payment service at at Rapid Bus Maluri Depot, Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. March 27, 2025 — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Loke: Passengers can now use debit, credit cards to pay for Rapid KL On-Demand vans

Rescue teams found the father’s body from a river in Kampung Bukit Jati around 9 pm. — Picture from Facebook

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Klang tragedy: 40-year-old man drowns while trying to rescue son who fell in while fishing

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Female captain spearheads helicopter firefighting missions in northern Thailand as smog crisis worsens

A Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) personnel on a firefighting helicopter inspects fire spots to drop water to combat forest fires over Mae On district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on March 26, 2025. Forest fires are burning in several areas of northern Thailand, contributing to the annual spike in air pollution that comes with farmers burning stubble to prepare their land for the next crop. — AFP pic

CHIANG MAI, March 27 — A bright orange helicopter races over the jungle to dump water on a raging wildfire that is adding to the air pollution choking Thailand’s northern tourist hub of Chiang Mai.Chutaphorn Phuangchingngam, the only female captain in Thailand’s national disaster prevention team, draws on two decades...

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President Donald Trump sent two planeloads of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to a prison in El Salvador on March 15 after invoking the AEA, which has only been used previously during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II. — Reuters pic

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Appeals court denies Trump bid to lift ban on deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act

A total of 1.4 tons of ketamine was seized in the coastal tourist city of Nha Trang, the government said. — AFP file pic

World / 3 h ago

Vietnam makes its biggest drug factory bust, seizes 1.4 tonnes of ketamine

Relatives and friends of late Marcedes Myran gather for a candlelight vigil in front of Manitoba's highest trial court in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 28, 2024, on the eve of the trial of the accused. — AFP pic

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Built to house El Salvador’s most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security ‘Terrorism Confinement Center’ (CECOT) are slammed by rights groups as inhumane. — AFP pic

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At El Salvador’s mega-prison, Trump official warns migrants: ‘do not come illegally or face removal’

Nikita Demydov and his wife Alina and daughter Darina, 7, at their apartment in San Diego, California, on March 20, 2025. With Russian troops ravaging their native Kharkiv, Nikita Demydov and his wife Alina were offered a way out when the United States welcomed them and their five-year-old daughter as part of a humanitarian programme. But that welcome is now being withdrawn under President Donald Trump, whose administration has suspended ‘Uniting for Ukraine,’ which allowed more than 200,000 Ukrainians to legally settle in the country. — AFP pic

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‘We just want to be safe’: Once welcomed in US, Ukrainians now in limbo as humanitarian policy shifts under Trump

The US on March 16 launched large-scale military strikes against the Houthis that killed at least 31 people in response to the group’s threats to resume attacks against ships passing through the Red Sea. — Reuters pic

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Trade under threat: How the US and Europe are tackling Houthi strikes in the Red Sea

Cars drive past the Ritz-Carlton hotel nameboard at its entrance in Riyadh on March 23, 2025, where talks are underway with US mediation to try to reach a ceasefire in the Russia Ukraine war. — AFP pic

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‘Clearest progress yet’: Russia gets US to agree to help lift curbs on food, fertiliser and shipping

The best-known member of Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters. — Reuters pic

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DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ linked to cybercrime ring known for hacking and FBI cyberstalking, raising concerns over US govt access

The European Commission said today that Europe should enhance stockpiling of critical equipment and encourage the public to maintain sufficient supplies for at least 72 hours in case of emergencies. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

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EU calls for stockpiling emergency supplies, urges 72-hour preparedness

Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, March 25, 2025. — AFP pic

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‘We don’t want war’: Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas in rare public dissent

Vance had said he would join his wife Usha on a trip tomorrow to Greenland, saying he would visit US Space Force members based there but also ‘check out what’s going on with the security’ of Greenland. — AFP pic

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Denmark welcomes US rethink on Greenland visit

Beijing called the report ‘biased’ and accused it of ‘exaggerating the China threat’ today. — Reuters pic

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China ‘steadily’ gaining ability to seize Taiwan, poses ‘most robust’ military threat to US, intel warns

A resident films a wildfire devastating a mountain, in Uiseong, South Korea, March 24, 2025. — Yonhap pic via Reuters

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South Korea’s wildfires kill 24, wreak ‘unprecedented damage’

Taiwan said today that it will use this year’s events marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two to remind the world it was not the government in Beijing that won the war. — Reuters pic

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Taiwan to use WWII legacy to push back against China threats

Li Yanhe, editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, went missing during a visit to mainland China in 2023 before Chinese authorities revealed he was being investigated for national security crimes. — Istock.com pic via AFP-Relaxnews

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China sentences publisher to three years on ‘secession’ charges

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party, gestures upon his arrival at a court in Seoul March 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

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South Korean appeals court acquits Lee Jae-myung, bolstering his 2027 presidential prospects

A screengrab of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young brandishing a salmon in the Australian Senate today.

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A load of pollocks: Aussie senator’s salmon stunt causes a stink in Parliament

Embers remain among the debris after most of the buildings were burned to the ground in a wildfire at Gounsa Temple in Uiseong on March 26, 2025. — AFP pic

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South Korea firefighting helicopter crashes, killing pilot

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