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Ah Chong Curry Laksa serves a superb ‘curry laksa’ with all kinds of toppings to suit your taste — Picture by Lee Khang Yi
Eat-drink  / 12 h ago

Ah Chong Curry Laksa brings fragrant ‘curry laksa’, Kampar noodles and ‘asam laksa’ to PJ SS2

In this file photo taken on January 26, 2017, a guard tower is seen outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Inset) Mohamad Farik Amin. — AFP/Bernama pics
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Malaysian detainee Farik Amin details torture at Guantanamo in harrowing sketches

A screenshot of the the viral video of ministry staff singing Christmas songs. — Picture via TikTok/Nga Kor Ming Official
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Nga defends ministry’s Christmas celebration, urges PAS to embrace Malaysia’s diversity

Singapore will face a 6 per cent increase in fare price. — Picture from Facebook/SBS Transit
Singapore  / 13 h ago

Get ready to pay 10 cents more when you take Singapore MRT, buses starting tomorrow

Previously on November 25, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur decided that the Home Ministry’s May 2023 raids of Swatch stores in Malaysia and seizure of the 172 watches were illegal, as the searches were done without warrant. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Swatch case: Malaysian court ruling on ‘illegal’ seizures of Pride watches remain as Home Ministry did not appeal

The punishment was carried out at the Al Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque earlier today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Repeat khalwat offender in Terengganu undergoes two-minute public caning 

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, on Dec 8, 2024. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds in several states, until 5pm today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Thunderstorms, heavy rain in several states until 5pm, warns MetMalaysia

The president of the Malaysian Animal Strays Association (SAFM), R Kalaivanan, said that the dog, known as Kutty, sustained severe injuries before dying as a result of the cruel act.
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Dog dies after being shot with arrow for entering wrong lane at Perak farm, says animal group

A crane truck lifts the bus that had driven off the E10 road in Hadsel, Norway December 27, 2024. The bus was carrying 58 people at the time of the accident. — NTB/Jens Andre M. Birkeland handout pic via Reuters
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Malaysians among passengers in Norway bus accident that killed three, injured four

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mingles with Malaysians at a stall in Langkawi, December 27, 2024. — Picture from X/Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

PM Anwar: No electricity tariff hikes that burden public, TNB must explain surcharges

The TNG Extendable Charm — Cat Edition is priced at RM35 and was available on TNG’s official Shopee store prior to being snapped up. — SoyaCincau pic 
Life  / 7 h ago

Not just any extension stick — Touch ‘n Go launches handy cat-themed charm for drivers, and it’s already sold out (VIDEO)

Earlier, a video circulated widely on social media showed a woman, reportedly a trader, setting a black Honda RSX motorcycle on fire near a stall in Pokok Assam, Taiping. — Screengrab from Facebook/Aiman Tak Kisah
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Taiping cops arrest woman who set motorcycle ablaze in anger over repossession (VIDEO)

This photograph shows an overturned bus near Hadsel, on December 26, 2024. Three people have died and four are seriously injured after a bus went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a Norwegian lake near the Raftsundet strait. Many of the passengers on the bus were foreign nationals. — Birkeland/NTB handout pic via AFP
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Wisma Putra sends consular team following bus accident in Norway involving passengers from Malaysia  

Nga’s remarks come in response to the Kelantan state government’s announcement yesterday that all food and beverage operators in the state would soon need halal certification to renew business licences. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Housing minister: Halal certification push by Kelantan local councils oversteps Jakim’s authority

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Ja’afar said that at 11.32am yesterday, members of the Petaling Jaya Police District’s Mobile Patrol Unit (MPV) chased a Proton Satria driven by the two suspects, who attempted to ram the police MPV and a motorcycle ridden by a member of the public. — Picture from X/Bernama
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Cops arrest duo evading roadblock at Damansara-Puchong Expressway after 35km chase, seize drugs and weapon from car

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Dapur Kita-Kita will operate entirely on volunteer support. — Picture by Julia Chan
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Kota Kinabalu’s first soup kitchen Dapur Kita-Kita serves hope, one meal at a time

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Kim Keon-hee during at event on October 1, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

South Korea’s ‘First Lady’ documentary on Kim Keon-hee controversies sparks nationwide frenzy with sold-out screenings

The limestone eyelash pit viper is known only from a narrow limestone area in the Nakawan Range spanning the border of Thailand and Malaysia. — Picture courtesy of WWF
Life / 16 Dec 2024

’Eyelash viper’, leaf-nosed bat among over 200 new species found in Mekong region in 2023

A Chinese mistress paid a divorce fee of 1.2 million yuan (RM736,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, but her request for a refund was denied by the court after the wife accepted the money without agreeing to divorce. — Picture via Pixabay/PublicDomainPictures
Life / 16 Dec 2024

China court denies mistress’ refund request after paying divorce fee to legal wife

An empty Guinness glass, seen behind the bar inside The Old Ivy House public house in Clerkenwell, London December 15, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Pint-sized panic: The viral Guinness craze draining UK pubs and sparking stout rationing

Travels abroad and large gatherings add to the chances of one catching influenza. — Picture from Freepik
Life / 16 Dec 2024

How to protect yourself from influenza this holiday season

Jean-Louis Bertrand, son of the French Nazi concentration camp survivor Louis Bertrand (1923-2013), points on a model depicting the former camp site at the ‘Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial’ on November 7, 2024 near Halberstadt, eastern Germany. During the construction of a tunnel system in which warplanes were to be built in the last months of World War II, in the subcamp (Codename ‘Malachite’) of the Buchenwald concentration camp almost 2.000 men died. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Outrage and controversy as developer proposes turning Nazi-era tunnels into rich survivalists’ haven in Germany

A man arranges stacks of soap at a local soap factory in the old city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank November 28, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

Find out the secret of Nablus soap as Palestinians celebrate Unesco recognition of centuries-old tradition as cultural treasure

View of the fortified church in Cincsor, a small Transylvanian village some 250km north-west of Bucharest October 17, 2024. The medieval village of Cincsor is located in a region at the foot of the Carpathians where Germans settled in the 12th century, recruited by the Hungarian kings to colonise an uninhabited land. Before World War II, there were still up to 300,000 Germans, but there are only about 10,000 today, most of them having emigrated since the 1970s to flee persecution by the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. — AFP pic
Life / 16 Dec 2024

From ruins to revival: Last Saxons breathe life into Transylvania’s stunning ghost villages

Co-founder of Mlimani Editions Depaul Bakulu looks at books on sale at the ‘Lave Litteraire’ bookshop in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo November 22, 2024. In the DR Congo, access to reading is very complicated, not least because of the price of books and access to African authors who can resonate with local populations. With this in mind, Mlimani is working to re-edit books by Congolese or African authors and print them in Goma, where they can then be offered at prices suited to the population's standard of living. — AFP pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

Grassroots publisher brings book bug to DR Congo, giving affordable access for youth

Angelique Angarni-Filopon (second from right) reacts after being crowned Miss France 2025 at the Arena Futuroscope in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou in central-western France on December 14, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

Trailblazer crowned: In a first, new Miss France takes tiara at 34

A Monarch butterfly perches on a Cherry tree as it overwinters in the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, California on January 26, 2023. The Fish and Wildlife Service said on December 10, 2024, it has initiated a public comment period to consider listing the insect under the Endangered Species Act. — AFP pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

Once-common monarch butterfly faces extinction as US launches bid for endangered species status

A person dressed as Santa Claus poses to camera during Christmas season at a shopping mall in Jakarta December 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

‘Santa’s not real’: UK vicar’s Christmas truth bomb leaves kids in tears and parents outraged

Surdi Maris, 72, showcases the Kuih Pau sold at his stall during the Pau Festival X Muallim Recreation 2024 event at the Bernam River waterfront in Tanjung Malim December 15, 2024. — Bernama pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

‘Pau’ and relax: Tanjong Malim’s steamed bun festival adds a ‘healing’ twist

Japan’s Tokyo-based Space One President Masakazu Toyoda (centre) and others bow their heads during a press conference regarding the launch failure of their first small satellite rocket Kairos, in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture March 13, 2024. — Jiji Press/AFP pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

Japan’s first private satellite launch delayed for second day in a row

A pub owner serves whisky to customers in Damascus on December 13, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 15 Dec 2024

Damascus pubs reopen, but drinkers are asking: Will Hayat Tahrir al-Sham let us party?