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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 6 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  / 9 h ago

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

A spokesman for the Save Taman Desa Coalition proposes that the vacant land next to the abandoned school be turned into a transportation hub. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Taman Desa’s infrastructure strain: Is the township ready for 70,000 residents?

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  / 15 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  / 13 h ago

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

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  / 15 h ago

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

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 15 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  / 11 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  / 13 h ago

PM Anwar says going digital is way forward for Malaysia

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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 7 h ago

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

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  / 14 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  / 7 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  / 15 h ago

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

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This handout photograph taken on September 25, 2024 and released by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre on September 26, 2024, shows the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launching an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, at an undisclosed location. — Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre handout pic via AFP
World / 30 Sep 2024

Taiwan on alert as China fires missiles in dramatic show of force

Firefighters douse the flames of an apartment building hit by an Israeli air strike in Beirut’s Kola district, September 30, 2024. Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 30, a Lebanese security source said, the first strike on the city itself since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel last year. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Israeli strike kills three Palestinian leaders in first attack inside Beirut amid escalating regional tensions

A view shows damage near the site of the Israeli air strike that killed Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 29, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

‘We will reach everyone’: How Israel hunted Nasrallah

A man recites verses from the Quran during a memorial service for Hassan Nasrallah, the late leader of the Lebanese 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. — AFP pic
World / 30 Sep 2024

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s body found, says source close to group

Conservative Party MP and leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat greets people as he arrives at the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Rebuilding the brand: UK Conservatives converge to find new direction, new leader after historic loss

Lebanese army soldiers in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut following Israeli air strikes. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Lebanon’s military appeals for calm and unity after Nasrallah’s assassination

Demonstrators burn an Israeli flag in front of the parliament building in Rabat on September 28, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Israeli military says it has killed another senior Hezbollah figure: Nabil Kaouk

A man checks the destruction at a factory targeted in an overnight Israeli airstrike in the town of Chouaifet south of Beirut on September 28, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

‘At breaking point’: UN sends emergency food aid for one million Lebanese

A police personal carries an injured woman from an inflatable raft after being rescued from a flooded area near the bank of the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Nepal closes schools as deaths from heavy rains hit 129

Israeli army tanks are deployed in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on September 29, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

China says it opposes any violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty as Israel pounds Beirut

Heavy rains caused a landslide at a remote illegal mining site on Thursday evening in West Sumatra province. — Pixabay pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Indonesia mine landslide toll up to 13 as search ends

According to Johnson, the deputy chief of Britain’s defence staff at the time, Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers — who has since retired from the military — told him it would not be possible to carry out the mission undetected. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

UK ex-PM Johnson reveals ‘nuts’ 2021 plan to raid Dutch Covid vaccine factory amid EU row

Shigeru Ishiba will officially take office on Tuesday. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Shigeru Ishiba: Japan’s incoming prime minister with a penchant for cosplay, drawing on Majin Buu for some ‘Dragon Ball’ magic

Belgian authorities said that the two men had used ecstasy and poppers together before having sex. — AFP pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Belgian priest arrested in Antwerp after British clergyman dies during drug-fuelled night of sex

Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 28, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Israel strikes ‘dozens’ of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after Nasrallah killing

Drunk driving is a leading cause of road accidents in Thailand, resulting in 284,253 fatalities and injuries from 2019 to 2023, costing the country 370 billion baht. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Sep 2024

Anti-drunk driving groups say ‘No alcohol’ as Thailand distributes 10,000-baht handouts