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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 10 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  / 10 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  / 8 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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Before the ban, China was the biggest market for Japanese seafood exports. Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first half of 2024 fell for the first time since 2020, hit by China’s ban. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

China, Japan agree Fukushima discharge plan, paving way to restart seafood trade

People inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 20, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

Top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil among 14 killed in strike on Beirut, after Israel vows of ‘new phase in war’

The health worker had no prior exposure to infected livestock or other animals. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

Missouri health worker might have contracted bird flu from infected farmworker, US officials report

This court sketch created on September 17, 2024, shows defendant Dominique Pelicot (right) during his trial in which he is accused of drugging his wife, Gisele Pelicot (left), so that he and scores of strangers could rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, at the courthouse of Avignon in Avignon. — AFP pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

Indecent and shocking: Court refuses to let prosecutor screen thousands of pictures, videos of French wife drug-raped

Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris was seen to have performed better than her opponent Donald Trump at their recent debate. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

Will Trump agree? Harris says trying to get a second debate after dubbed winner of first one

Keir Starmer has been criticised for accepting thousands of pounds in gifts from a Labour donor. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Sep 2024

UK PM Starmer says he will not accept any more donations for clothes

A digitally altered photo of actor Ryan Reynolds swirled on social media sites. — Picture via X/snopes
World / 21 Sep 2024

Illusions of endorsement: The rise of fake celebrity support in the US presidential race with the help of AI

Backed by Iran and hated by Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is Lebanon’s most powerful man. — AFP pic/HO/Al-Manar
World / 20 Sep 2024

Who is Hassan Nasrallah, the architect of Hezbollah’s might in Lebanon?

The United States’ second largest labour union, the Teamsters, has chosen not to endorse either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for the White House in November’s election. — AFP pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

Who are the Teamsters and how will they shape the 2024 US election?

An Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border on September 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

What’s behind Israel’s shift to the Lebanon border? Decoding the strategy against Hezbollah

A woman lays a bouquet of flowers outside Shenzhen Japanese School, following the death of a 10-year-old child after being stabbed by an assailant on the way to the school, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 19, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

Japanese companies in China send staff, families back home after schoolboy stabbed to death in Shenzhen

A 25-year-old killed herself in an Auckland hotel in April 2022 after receiving an item ordered from an online business. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

In NZ, fifth death linked to DIY ‘suicide kit’ sold online by former Canadian chef Kenneth Law

Students demonstrate moves after a two-day self-defence training camp organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Vidyarthi Vikash following the rape and murder of a trainee medic, inside the premises of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, India, September 15, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

‘Time to move and help people’: Kolkata doctors end strike over rape, murder of colleague amid floods in West Bengal

Security personnel keep watch outside Shenzhen Japanese School, following the death of a 10-year-old child after being stabbed by an assailant on the way to the school, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 19, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

Japanese embassy asks for citizens in China to be protected after schoolboy killed in knife attack

A woman sweeps tree branches and leaves outside a shop brought down during the passage of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai on September 16, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 20 Sep 2024

Shanghai flooded after battered by Typhoon Pulasan, just days after hit by worst storm since 1949

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a
World / 20 Sep 2024

If I lose the US presidency? That’s on the Jews, Trump says as he laments trailing behind Harris among the community