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A screen capture shows the offending sandwich sold through some KK Mart stores. — Picture from Facebook/Dr Akmal Saleh
Malaysia  / 9 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  / 9 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  / 7 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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File picture of a giant panda at Zoo Negara in Kuala Lumpur September 9, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
World / 25 Sep 2024

High maintenance: Finland sends pandas back to China, can’t afford soaring upkeep

Caroline Ellison, who testified against her former boyfriend and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried at his crypto fraud trial, was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for her role in the case, New York prosecutors told AFP. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Crypto CEO and Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison gets two-year jail for role in crypto fraud

Ryan Routh, 58, was arrested on September 15 after Secret Service agents spotted him with a gun near the course where Trump was playing. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Gunman suspected of trying to kill Trump at Florida golf course now charged with attempted assassination

Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes had killed 558 people — 50 of them children. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

On the brink: World leaders challenge UN’s ability to address crisis in Lebanon

This picture taken on September 22, 2024 shows a view of the damaged 13th-century Great Omari Mosque in the old town of Gaza City, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. — AFP pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Gaza's endless cycle of destruction leaves families shattered and dreams of rebuilding in tatters

A Palestinian man sits in front of rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip at the site where a makeshift pastry shop was hit by an Israeli strike on September 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 25 Sep 2024

Gaza in numbers: 169,000 buildings destroyed, 41,000 dead, and 85pc of schools damaged in devastating year-long war

In this photo taken on September 10, 2024, labourers carrying Hilsa fish in bamboo baskets, wear plastic sheets as it rains at a wholesale market in Diamond Harbour, in the Indian state of West Bengal. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Fishy business caught by fraying India-Bangladesh ties

This photograph shows a view of the Sarco assisted suicide capsule, during a press conference organised by the 'Last Resort', a Swiss human rights non-profit association focused on assisted suicide, in Zurich on July 17, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Multiple arrests after controversial suicide pod used in Switzerland

The body was found last month after a worker who was searching for water leaks found the travel bag. — Picture from Facebook
World / 24 Sep 2024

Chilling confession: South Korean man admits to killing girlfriend 16 years ago, hiding body under cement on balcony

The Thai Enquirer reported that once the bill has received formal endorsement from His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn, it will then be published in the Royal Gazette, making it officially law in the country. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Thai media: Thai same-sex marriage bill receives royal endorsement, will officially be first South-east Asian country to recognise LGBT relationships

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau (left), returns the public applause as she leaves the Avignon courthouse during the trial of her former husband Dominique Pelicot accused of conducting a 10-year-long mass drug-rape against her at their home in Mazan, south France, on September 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Co-accused rapist’s ex-girlfriend tells French court in drug-rape trial that she might have undergone the same

Jakarta police chief Karyoto said the victims were likely part of a group of teens arrested by Bekasi police at the Cipendawa Industrial Complex around 3am on September 21, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Fearing arrest, seven Indonesian boys jump into West Java river and drown

The thermometer keeps climbing higher and higher these days. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Hottest US city Phoenix breaks own record with 38°C for 113 days

The incident was described as a ‘negligent discharge’. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

US secret service agent shoots himself in the foot while working, no one else hurt

Japan issued a tsunami warning after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Ishikawa prefecture on September 22, 2024. Heavy rains continue to lash the area, swelling rivers. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Japan issues tsunami alert after 5.6-magnitude quake; 10-50cm waves strike Izu Islands

Emergency responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Sep 2024

Cynicism grows over US-brokered peace in the Middle East as presidential campaigns take priority while Israel pounds Lebanon