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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 13 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  / 16 h ago

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

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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 14 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

EPF’s investment in MAHB to support dividend payouts

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  / 14 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  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 11 h ago

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

Mohd Isa Abdul Karim (centre) was charged with seven counts of accepting RM26,300 in bribes for processing foreign marriage registrations. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Kangar mosque imam charged with taking RM26,300 in bribes for registering Muslim marriages held abroad

The sentence was upheld due to defendant Liang Yu-chih’s intention to kill, the cruelty of his actions and the high risk of him reoffending, it reported the court said in a news statement.
World  / 11 h ago

Taiwan upholds death sentence for man convicted of Malaysian student’s brutal murder in 2020

When asked if Jho Low had made any proposals, former chief executive officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) Arul Kanda Kandasamy said there was one in particular that involved an investment on Al Maryah Island, a financial district in Abu Dhabi. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Former CEO Arul Kanda says he met Jho Low in Abu Dhabi four years prior to joining 1MDB

During the confirmation hearing, which was broadcast across major US networks, Pete Hegseth faced intense questioning from US Senator Tammy Duckworth, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, regarding his understanding of Asean member states and their strategic significance. — Reuters pic
World  / 11 h ago

‘Do your homework’: Trump’s defence nominee under fire for lack of Asean knowledge in senate hearing as senator issues warning

The lorry driver, 73, and his Bangladeshi assistant aged 44, died at the scene of the crash atKM 226.5 northbound on the PLUS Highway Senawang–Ayer Keroh on January 15, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/INFO-INFO SEMASA,Kemalangan,Bencana,Jenayah di Pahang & Luar Pahang V.2
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Four-vehicle crash on NSE near Senawang claims lives of lorry driver, assistant, and college student; five others severely injured

Five people across three generations in a family were killed in a two-car collision on Jalan Nenasi-Rompin in Pahang on January 11, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Pahang Sultan calls for more street lights after three generations in family die in Pekan-Nenasi-Rompin crash, says will inspect them personally

Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun said the state will explore mining if there really is gold in Lenggong as claimed. — Pixabay pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Gold rush in Lenggeng after Gemas? Negeri Sembilan authorities investigate claims of discovery

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This handout photo released by the Mexican Red Cross on September 14, 2024 shows rescue team members carrying an injured person after of landslide in Jilotzingo, Mexico State. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Baby killed, several trapped in Mexico landslide (VIDEO)

The crash was the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit Egypt’s extensive rail network, which has been beset by ageing infrastructure and mismanagement.— Picture via Facebook/Egyptian Railways
World / 15 Sep 2024

Two trains collide in Egypt due to ‘human element’, killing three including two children

Residents rescue a dog from rising flood waters caused by Storm Boris in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi on September 14, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Storm Boris wreaks ‘epic’ havoc across central and eastern Europe, causing floods, blackouts, and fatalities though ‘peak is yet to come’

This aerial view shows flooded farms and fields in Hanoi on September 12, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

China prepares for heavy rain as typhoon nears Shanghai

A Philippine flag flutters from a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Philippine ship in standoff with China leaves flashpoint reef

Buddhist nuns walk through flood waters by a temple in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Storm, flooding death toll in Myanmar jumps to 74, according to state media

With her now trademark auburn bob and dark glasses, 71-year-old Gisele Pelicot has become a figurehead in the battle against the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

‘Shame must change sides’: France’s mass rape plaintiff becomes feminist icon

A protestor holds a placard reading ‘Protect your daughter (crossed out) - educate your son’ during a demonstration in support of Gisele Pelicot in Rennes, western France on September 14, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Thousands in France protest ‘rape culture’

A screen displays the presidential debate hosted by ABC between Republican presidential nominee, former Us President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to ‘Comrade Kamala,’ Republicans sharpen their tone against Democrats in US presidential race

Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, poses for a portrait at his bookstore in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 15 Sep 2024

Forced out of business in China, a bookseller turns the page to new beginnings in the US

Maria, the 47-year-old English professor at a Moscow university who asked for her surname to be withheld, poses during an interview with AFP in Moscow on August 2, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 14 Sep 2024

Gulag ghosts return: Modern Russia paralysed by fear amid Ukraine crackdown

File picture of the home video game console Atari 2600 belonging to the Charles Cros collection at the Francois-Mitterrand National Library of France in Paris, August 4, 2022. Italian police today dismantled a video game trafficking ring that dealt in fake vintage consoles and games valued at nearly €50 million.— AFP pic
World / 14 Sep 2024

Italian cops bust fake retro video game ring worth €50m, seize counterfeit games ‘Mario Bros’, ‘Street Fighter’, and ‘Star Wars’

The decision by the Nagoya High Court is likely to be the first for a child of Afghan parents to be allowed to create a new family registry in Japan.
World / 14 Sep 2024

Japan court grants citizenship to Afghan refugees’ daughter in landmark ruling

A view of an Iranian satellite carrier named ‘Simorgh’ during the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran February 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Sep 2024

Iran launches second satellite this year into orbit, denies US allegations of ballistic missile transfers to Russia

People stand near a building overlooking the Taiwan Strait, at the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, one of mainland China’s closest points to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan island, Fujian province, China August 5, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Sep 2024

Beijing slams German navy’s passage through Taiwan Strait as ‘public hyping’

Israeli soldiers drive past destroyed buildings in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on September 13, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 14 Sep 2024

Gaza rescuers say 11 from one family killed in Israeli strike