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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Supplier confirms chicken ham in Shake and Bake sandwiches certified halal

Transport Minister Anthony Loke gives a press conference in Putrajaya on January 15, 2025. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Now, Loke says no definite date for KLIA’s aerotrain to start service

This comforting bowl of Pan Mee sparked off a round of visits to Restoran Tai Kar Ho by my group of friends. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi
Eat-drink  / 18 h ago

Restoran Tai Kar Ho: A place to delve deep into neighbourhood of Taman United as you slurp comforting bowls of ‘pan mee’, ‘kai si hor fun’ and ‘wantan mee’

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (centre) officiates the groundbreaking ceremony for the Penang Light Rail Transit (LRT) Mutiara Line in George Town January 11, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

With Singapore SEZ, clock ticking for Johor Baru to develop mass transit system

According to a source, the individuals — four men and one woman between the ages of 50 and 60 — were detained around 7pm yesterday, after appearing for questioning at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

MACC nabs five, including four company directors, over alleged misappropriation of RM104m investment funds

An illustration featuring US President-elect Donald Trump holding Bitcoin is displayed outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong, China, December 5, 2024. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Retired engineer loses RM9.5m to crypto scam in Johor

Former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy told the court that the money was used to purchase a luxury yacht and real estate, one of which was registered under Kassem Dean, the husband of singer Alicia Keys. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Sued by 1MDB, ex-CEO Arul Kanda tells court no personal knowledge funds used to buy US$1.3m worth of jewellery for Rosmah

In a statement, EPF said the recent decision to make a voluntary general offer for MAHB’s shares at RM11 per share as part of a consortium reflects a separate, long-term strategic plan aimed at achieving sustainable growth and returns. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 14 h ago

EPF’s investment in MAHB to support dividend payouts

Anwar said embracing blockchain and cryptocurrency will help Malaysia stay competitive in the global financial landscape. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

PM Anwar says going digital is way forward for Malaysia

After being shown the transcripts of two audio recordings of alleged phone conversations between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the then crown prince Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al-Nahyan in 2016, Najib agreed that he did make a ‘personal request’ in the second phone conversation regarding Riza Aziz. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Najib admits asking UAE crown prince to help clear moviemaker stepson Riza Aziz of 1MDB money claims

In a note, CIMB Securities said this is due to the off-takers for YTL Power’s AI data centres (DCs) being US hyper-scalers, including Nvidia, which are not subject to the limits. — Shutterstock pic
Money  / 15 h ago

YTL Power expected to attain NVEU status amid new US global AI chip policy, says CIMB Securities

A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol following his arrest drives down a road, in Seoul January 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

South Korea’s Yoon becomes first sitting president to be arrested in country’s history after weeks-long standoff

LUAS said the pink discharge was detected around 6.40pm January 14, 2025 and tracing the final discharge point to a factory in the Beranang industrial area, which feeds into the Beranang and Semenyih rivers. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Not spilt ‘air bandung’: Selangor water authority issues yellow alert after Sg Kabul turns pink, confirms supply unaffected for now

Visitors watch the BYD Yangwang U9 electric vehicle (EV) by Chinese car manufacturer BYD on display at Singapore Motorshow in Singapore on January 9, 2025. — AFP pic
Money  / 18 h ago

In escalating tech war, US to ban Chinese tech from smart cars

Testifying in his own defence in his trial involving RM2 billion of 1MDB funds which allegedly entered his bank account, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he had sent his then special officer Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin alone to China to explore if the latter was interested in infrastructure projects in Malaysia. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Najib: China never settled 1MDB debts; I used Jho Low for 2016 ECRL talks there as wanted quick riches for Malaysia

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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Nasrallah’s death ‘will not be in vain’, and First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said it would bring about Israel’s ‘destruction’. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

What Nasrallah’s death signals for Iran’s future in the region

The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1.17pm from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

SpaceX to the rescue: ISS docking marks new hope for stranded astronauts’ homecoming

File picture of Hong Kong police. Police arrested 185 people in a three-day citywide crackdown on triad-related activities and violent crime, authorities announced on Monday. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Hong Kong cops net 185 in three-day triad crackdown across city, surveillance cameras on the way

Mourners gather for a memorial service for Hassan Nasrallah, the late leader of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut days earlier, in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Karbala on September 29, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)
World / 30 Sep 2024

Hezbollah deputy chief to address Lebanon, first appearance since late boss Nasrallah was killed by Israel

People stand next to a banner with a picture of the late Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a street in Tehran, Iran September 29, 2024. — Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters
World / 30 Sep 2024

Iran vows retaliation: ‘Israel’s criminal acts will not go unanswered,’ warns foreign ministry

File picture of policemen standing guard at the scene where a stampede during Halloween festivities killed and injured many people at the popular Itaewon district in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. — Yonhap pic via Reuters
World / 30 Sep 2024

S. Korean police chief jailed for deadly 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, first conviction in disaster

A view of the damage at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburb of Ghobeiry on September 30, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Hamas says its leader in Lebanon killed in Israeli air strike

Activists in support of Taiwan in New York on September 27, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Biden bolsters Taiwan’s defence with US$567m as tensions with China escalate, says White House

Krathon, categorised as a medium strength typhoon, is forecast to hit the major port city of Kaohsiung early on Wednesday, then work its way across the bottom tip of Taiwan and cross out into the Pacific, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. — Picture from X/Angelic Panda Meteorology
World / 30 Sep 2024

Intensifying Typhoon Krathon forecast to hit Taiwan’s populated west coast

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese border village of Zawtar on September 29, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

It started with Israel’s invasion: A look at the decades-long conflict with Hezbollah that escalates with Nasrallah’s killing

This file photo taken on February 10, 2015 in Meyrin, near Geneva, shows the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) Cavern at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Some 500 scientists to be impacted when Europe lab CERN cuts Russia ties

Pope Francis talks to journalists on the flight back to Rome at the end of his four-day visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, September 29, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Pope slams use of Israeli force in Middle East and calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, Gaza as he denounces abuse cover-ups during thorny Belgium visit

A drone view shows damaged vehicles, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, September 29, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Death toll climbs to 93 as storm Helene ravages US, North Carolina reels from catastrophic floods

Rescue personnel carry the body of a victim retrieved from the debris of a passenger bus after it was buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Dhading, Nepal, September 29, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Relentless rains unleash deadly floods in Nepal, leaving 170 dead

Gisele Pelicot arrives with her lawyers Stephane Babonneau (right) and Antoine Camus at the courthouse of Avignon during the trial of her former husband Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on September 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

French mass drug-rape trial: Victim gets cheers, but defence lawyers for 50 defendants walk a tightrope amid jeers

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on September 27, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Japan set for Oct 27 snap polls as incoming PM Ishiba seeks to shore up mandate