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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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EU member states yesterday voted in favour of lowering the protection status of wolves, a move decried by conservationists that paves the way for a relaxation of tight hunting restrictions. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

EU votes to cut wolf protections, ignites debate on conservation efforts

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris admitted to Oprah Winfrey that she owns a gun and is not afraid of using it. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Why admit to owning a gun? With avid hunter Walz as running mate, Harris sets sights on arms-bearing US voters

Pope Francis arrives on a Toyota Mirai hydrogen-powered popemobile for the weekly general audience on September 25, 2024 at St Peter's square in The Vatican. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Recovering from flu after intense Asia-Pacific tour, Pope Francis heads to ‘heart of Europe’ with Luxembourg and Bruseels next

This handout photograph taken on September 25, 2024 and released by the Chinese People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center 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. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Neighbours express concern after China launches intercontinental missile into Pacific in first test in decades

Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits a drone production facility of the the Special Technology Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 19, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

In rule change, Putin says Russia will now use nuclear weapons if it falls under ‘massive’ air attack

Sarah Beth Clendaniel pleaded guilty to planning an attack on electrical infrastructure and illegal possession of a weapon as a felon. — Picture courtesy of the US Department of Justice
World / 26 Sep 2024

Neo-Nazi woman sentenced 18 years for planning attack on electrical infrastructure to trigger collapse of US society

Pagers on display at a meeting room at the Gold Apollo company building in New Taipei City, Taiwan, September 18, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Taiwan prosecutors say four probed so far over exploding pagers in Lebanon

This file photo taken on May 20, 2013 shows Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who had been on death row in Japan for 47 years, showing a picture of her young brother Iwao, during an interview outside the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

A Japanese ex-boxer was world’s longest death row prisoner — after a decade, today he finally escapes the gallows

A man walks past a mural created by Maca_dessine depicting Gisele Pelicot in Gentilly, south of Paris on September 21, 2024 as her former partner Dominique Pelicot is accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Two participants in France mass wife drug-rape admit sexual assault, say didn’t realise consent wasn’t given back then

A cardboard cut-out of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stands in the window of the offices of the Indiana County Democrats ahead of a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 23, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Trump vows to ‘blow Iran to smithereens’ if harmed, while Harris attacks rival of being friend of billionaires

Merchandise is displayed, on the day of a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. September 24, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

Lesser evil: US Muslim group endorses Harris despite concerns over Gaza, says Trump even more dangerous

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a gathering called in support of Lebanon, in Madrid on September 25, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 26 Sep 2024

‘Hell is breaking loose’: France, US call for 21-day ceasefire as hundreds die from Israel’s strike against Lebanon

This new understanding of the role of kleptoparasitism in the spread of H5N1 could help specialists limit the risk of avian flu contamination.  — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Avian flu may be spread through the food-stealing behavior of some seabirds, researchers say

The Israeli military said that it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile over the city. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Hezbollah launches unprecedented missile strike on Tel Aviv, escalating Israel-Lebanon tensions

A screenshot of a video in which a teenage boy in China assaulted his mother. The disturbing footage has garnered over 5 million views. — Picture via Douyin
World / 25 Sep 2024

Teenager in China caught on video brutally attacking mother, amassing five million views and sparking outrage 

A crocodile farm in Thailand has culled 125 of the reptiles because of fears they could escape during ongoing floods and endanger human lives, the owner said today. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Crocodile farm in Thailand culls 125 crocodiles to prevent flood escape, safeguard locals and livestock