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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 11 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  / 14 h ago

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

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  / 18 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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 16 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  / 11 h ago

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

Anwar said embracing blockchain and cryptocurrency will help Malaysia stay competitive in the global financial landscape. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 18 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  / 17 h ago

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

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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 9 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  / 15 h ago

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

Money  / 18 h ago

YTL gets green light for Ryt Bank, Malaysia’s first ‘AI-powered’ digital bank in venture with Shopee owner

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  / 8 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  / 11 h ago

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

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The ABC News presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump is shown at a debate watch party at The Abbey, an iconic gay bar, on September 10, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

Eating cats? Killing babies? Fact-checking the remarks made by Trump and Harris in their debate

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gestures as former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

Trump lying and ‘insulting American women’ with remarks on abortion, Harris says in presidential debate

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are seen on a screen in the spin room as they participate in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

From ‘hating Israel’ to ‘I’m talking now’: Who said what in the Harris vs Trump US presidential debate?

A screen shows Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump during a presidential debate between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at a watch party hosted by the New York Young Republican Club, in New York City, U.S., September 10, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

Harris gets under Trump’s skin by belittling rally crowd size, causing him to talk abut immigrants eating pets and calling her ‘Marxist’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks as Democratic presidential nominee President Kamala Harris listens as they attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on September 10, 2024. — Reuters
World / 11 Sep 2024

All you need to know about the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate in three minutes

Protesters rally for a cease fire in Gaza near the venue of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 10, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

Muslim group lodges complaint against US university for not doing enough to curb Islamophobic harassment since Israel’s war in Gaza

A photo of Taiwan's French-built Mirage 2000 fighter jets. — Picture courtesy of Taiwan Central News Agency
World / 11 Sep 2024

Taiwan fighter jet crashes at sea on training mission after power loss, pilot ejected and rescued

People light candles as they take part in a protest against the rape and murder of a doctor, at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, on September 4, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

‘No safety, no duty’: Indian doctors defy court order, continue strike to demand justice for raped and murdered colleague

This court sketch made on September 10, 2024 shows the empty seat where defendant Dominique Pelicot (not pictured) was due to appear in court during his trial in which he is accused of drugging his wife for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

French wife mass drug-rape trial: Husband who recruited dozens of strangers will return to court after being hospitalised

Palestinian security forces carry the body of slain Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, covered with a chequerred keffiyeh and the Palestinian flag, during a memorial service starting from the Rafidia hospital in Nablus. — AFP pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

‘No one should be shot for a protest’: US’ Blinken warns Israel after ‘unprovoked and unjustified’ killing of American activist

The nationally televised debate between Kamala Harris (left) and Donald Trump (right) takes place just eight weeks before the Nov. 5 election — Reuters pic
World / 11 Sep 2024

Harris, Trump faces off in first and likely only US presidential debate today — what can we expect?

Activists wearing eye masks, hold posters reading 'Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too?' during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on August 30, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2024

‘The pain is no less real’: South Korean female students live in fear of ‘deepfake’ porn as perpetrators get slap on wrist

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Independence Day parade in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Sep 2024

‘Elon Musk is a global problem’: Brazil’s X shutdown comes amid scrutiny of social media titans’ handling of hate speech, disinformation

Former US president Donald Trump departs a campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Airport on September 07, 2024 in Mosinee, Wisconsin. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2024

How will the US look like if Trump returns to power? Here are five of his plans if he gets another term

World / 10 Sep 2024

Jakarta commuter train to ban sexual harassers for life, mulls adding more women-only coaches

Swiss leading Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan arrives at Geneva's courthouse on May 27, 2024, prior to his appeal trial over charges of rape and sexual coercion. — AFP pic
World / 10 Sep 2024

Swiss court overturns acquittal and finds Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape, two out of three years of jail suspended