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MetMalaysia has issued a thunderstorm alert for several areas nationwide, warning of heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected to last until 9pm. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of thunderstorms in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, KL, Sarawak and Sabah until 9pm

A worker walks past beer cans inside a production unit at Murree Brewery in Rawalpindi December 17, 2025. — AFP pic

Life / 15 h ago

Yes, Pakistan brews beer — and its 164-year-old brewery is finally allowed to export it

2026 will see some of the most anticipated malls opening to shoppers, with developers promising more than just conventional retail experience amid a major shift in what consumers expect from urban development. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Elevated shopping? Klang Valley malls slated to open in 2026 tout lifestyle‑driven experience

Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, April 29, 2025. — Reuters pic

Money / 17 h ago

How Malaysia-born Silicon Valley dealmaker Lip-Bu Tan charmed Trump and gave Intel a lifeline

Based on the International Migration Statistics, Malaysia 2025 report released by DOSM today, the composition of the non-citizen population has decreased from 10.0 per cent in 2024 to 9.9 per cent in 2025. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Stats Dept: Malaysia’s non-citizen population projected at 3.38 million in 2025

Industrial Court chairman Zalina Awang @ Mamat made the decision after finding that the airline failed to prove that the termination of the three pilots was carried out bona fide (in good faith). — Unsplash pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Industrial Court rules in favour of three ex-Malindo Airways pilots, awards RM1.44m for wrongful dismissal

Petrol pumps shut at Samarahan Petronas station following diesel mix‑up and vehicle breakdowns. — The Borneo Post pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Petrol mixed with diesel at Samarahan Petronas station stalls vehicles, forces temporary closure

The ringgit strengthened to 4.04 against the US dollar — its highest level in nearly five years — after weak US consumer confidence data weighed on the greenback. — Bernama pic

Money / 17 h ago

Ringgit closes at near five-year high as the dollar slips on shaky US sentiment

(L-R): Chuping Adun Saad Seman, Bintong Adun Fakhrul Anwar Ismail and Guar Sanji Adun Mohd Ridzuan Hashim. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

PAS expels three Perlis assemblymen under party constitution amid political unrest

In a Facebook post today, the prime minister said that Malaysia’s strength as a nation lies in its unity in diversity, particularly among its multi-religious and multi-racial communities. — Screengrab from X/Anwar Ibrahim/Bernama

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Anwar urges Malaysians to shun hatred, embrace empathy this Christmas

Hannah Yeoh and Yeo Bee Yin share the spotlight. — Pictures by Raymond Manuel and Ahmad Zamzahuri

Opinion / 1 h ago

A Christmas tale of two DAP ladies, no carols included

The Home Ministry (KDN) announced that applications for the 2025 foreign worker quota in the services sector under the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) will close early on December 26 as the 30,000 quota nears full capacity, it said in a statement today. — File picture by Farhan Najib

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Foreign worker quota applications for services sector to close early on Dec 26, says Home Ministry

FAM is committed to providing full cooperation to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) and will respect the ongoing legal process. . — Reuters pic

Sports / 19 h ago

FAM follows through with police report over document forgery allegations involving naturalised players

Previously, a woman in her 50s and a five-year-old girl, her adopted daughter, were found dead in the 9.45am fire, while the victim’s son in his 20s was injured after being struck by the kitchen roof. — Picture from Facebook/Bomba Sukarela Sungai Puyu Butterworth Pulau Pinang

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Butterworth fire that killed woman and adopted daughter: Son to face charges, says Penang top cop

A drone view shows new Tesla Model Y vehicles parked at the National City Marine Terminal in National City, California. Tesla enters the holiday season with EU sales down nearly 40 per cent year-on-year. — Reuters pic

Money / 15 h ago

In Europe’s electric-car Christmas, BYD gets the presents, not Tesla

World

5 m ago

Trump uses Christmas Eve message to attack Democrats as ‘radical left scum’

US President Donald Trump attends a Christmas Eve Dinner At Mar-a-Lago on December 24, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump is spending the holidays in Florida this year. — Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America/Getty Images/AFP

PALM BEACH (Florida), Dec 25 — US President Donald Trump seized on the occasion of Christmas Eve to assail opposition Democrats, branding them “radical left scum” as he sent out holiday greetings.From his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the Republican spent the day before Christmas spreading some yuletide cheer. He participated...

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This handout photo provided on December 24 2025 by by Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV carrying the statue of Baby Jesus at the end of the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. — Vatican Media/AFP pic

World / 18 m ago

Leo XIV celebrates first Christmas as pope, revives Christmas Day service tradition

Rescuers work as search and rescue operations continue at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, found two kilometres south of Kesikkavak Village at Haymana district in Ankara on December 24, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 38 m ago

Black box recovered after plane crash that killed Libya’s army chief in Turkiye

An Israeli soldier walks next to military vehicles near the border with Gaza, in Israel September 17, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 48 m ago

Netanyahu says Israel will spend US$110b to develop self‑reliant defence sector

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US auto safety officials have opened a preliminary investigation into Tesla’s door design following a complaint from a driver who said poor labelling worsened an emergency, authorities said this week. —- SoyaCincau pic

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US safety officials probe Tesla door release after reports of trapped occupants in accidents

A couple watches the high water level of the Los Angeles river after heavy rains on December 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. A major winter storm rolled into California on December 23, forcing hundreds of evacuations in burn areas while threatening flooding and travel delays through Christmas for much of the state, officials said. — AFP pic

1 h ago

Christmas storm batters Southern California with floods, power outages, mudslide fears

Newly constructed buildings are pictured in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on October 24, 2025. Fourteen countries, including France, Britain, Canada and Japan, condemned on December 24, 2025, Israel's recent approval of new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. — AFP pic

2 h ago

France, Britain, Germany among 14 nations denouncing Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion

This photo illustration taken in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2025 shows court documents after the US Justice Department began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — AFP pic

2 h ago

US Justice Dept uncovers over a million Epstein case documents, release delayed for weeks over redactions

This picture taken on May 29, 2024, shows a general view of the border between Thailand (left) and Cambodia (right) at Khao Phra Viharn national park in the Kantharalak district of Thailand's Sisaket province. A Cambodian official accused Thailand of destroying a statue of the Hindu god Vishnu in a disputed border area, after more than two weeks of military clashes between the neighbours. — AFP pic

2 h ago

Cambodia condemns Thai army for demolishing Hindu statue near disputed border

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on December 25, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the manufacturing site of an 8,700-tonnage nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — KCNA pic via KNS/AFP

2 h ago

KCNA: North Korean leader visits nuclear sub site, warns of ‘threat’ from US‑South Korea nuclear sub deal

An Australian man has been charged and detained after allegedly posting a message on social media backing the mass shooting on Bondi Beach. — Reuters pic

3 h ago

Australian charged with racial harassment after online support for Bondi Beach shooting

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer in The Vatican December 21, 2025. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Pope says Christmas should bring silence to the front lines, even if briefly

A woman poses for a photo inside a Christmas decoration at Los Proceres boulevard in Caracas December 19, 2025. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Under holiday glow, Venezuelans try to shut out anxiety over US threats

Tourists visit the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province December 18, 2025. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Quiet temples, empty tuk-tuks: Thailand-Cambodia clashes empty Angkor at the worst time

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chant slogans as they gather in front of the stage ahead of a rally to be attended by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

15 h ago

After 17 years in exile, scion of Zia dynasty Tarique Rahman returns to a changed Bangladesh

A partial lunar eclipse is seen over the towers of the Kremlin in Moscow. The proposed reactor is meant to fuel Russian and Chinese lunar projects, as Moscow doubles down on its moon ambitions. — Reuters pic

15 h ago

A little light lunar fission: Russia plots nuclear power for its moon base by 2036

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands and hold up a document, during the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Kuala Lumpur October 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

17 h ago

Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday, according to Germany’s geoscience centre GFZ. — Reuters pic

18 h ago

South-eastern Taiwan hit by 6.0-magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

A house in Or Meir, an Israeli settler outpost near the Palestinian village of Deir Dibwan, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 16, 2025. — Reuters pic

18 h ago

As settler outposts spread, violence surges and the West Bank map is redrawn by force

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