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US fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items yesterday after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one. — Reuters pic

World / 25 Oct 2024

US fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak turns deadly

This handout screegrab courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board taken on March 26, 2028, shows part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sitting on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 25 Oct 2024

Singaporean firms to pay RM434m in Baltimore bridge wreck settlement

People crowd outside a bakery as they queue for bread in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2024 amidst a flour shortage. — AFP pic

World / 25 Oct 2024

Freezing under fire: Displaced Gazans brace for harsh winter with no food, shelter, blankets, or aid as conflict drags on

The Islamic Center of America is pictured in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 15, 2024. Lebanese-Americans in the Detroit suburbs, watching with horror the unfolding devastation of the war in the Middle East, are contemplating denying Kamala Harris their votes to punish her administration for its support for Israel. — AFP pic

World / 25 Oct 2024

Michigan’s Arab-American community rethinks Harris vote amid US support for Israel in Mideast conflict

A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang’e-6 probe’s lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024. China’s state security ministry said foreign spy intelligence agencies have been trying to steal secrets from the country’s space programme as the arms race in space intensifies. — Reuters pic

World / 25 Oct 2024

Space, the final ‘battlefield’: China says foreign spies trying to steal its programme secrets

Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa (5th left) speaks during the opening remarks of the Pre-CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, on October 24, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

Commonwealth nations to discuss reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slave trade, climate change

The lawsuit also targets Alphabet’s Google, where Character.AI’s founders worked before launching their product. Google re-hired the founders in August as part of a deal granting it a non-exclusive license to Character.AI’s technology. — Reuters pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

AI addiction tragedy: Mum sues Character.AI, Google after teen’s suicide following deep attachment to chatbot

In this photograph taken on October 14, 2024, women police personnel stand guard beside a wall handprinted and scribbled by protesters during a demonstration to condemn the alleged rape of a woman student in Lahore. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

The report may be fake, but the threat is real: How Pakistan erupts into street protests over campus sexual harassment

A man reads a newspaper displayed on a street for the public in Seoul on October 21, 2024, with coverage on North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's front lines. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

Seoul says won’t ‘sit idle’ if North Korean troops join war in Ukraine, as Russia ratifies defence pact with Pyongyang

At 80 years old, French physicist Gérard Mourou joined China’s Peking University to set up an international research institute into all kinds of physics. — Picture from Facebook/Gérard Mourou

World / 24 Oct 2024

French Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou joins Peking University to lead cutting edge physics research

Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency said it deterred Chinese ships entering Indonesia-claimed areas of the North Natuna Sea. — Picture from Facebook/Indonesia Coast Guard

World / 24 Oct 2024

Indonesia: Chinese coast guard ships intruded into disputed waters near Natuna islands twice recently

A rare mix of astronomical and meteorological on October 21, 2024 caused an unusual tidal surge that turned coastal cities in eastern China, like Dalian (pictured here) into the sea, wrecking vehicles but no casualties were reported. — Screenshot from YouTube/Mysterious Weather

World / 24 Oct 2024

The day eastern China turned into ‘Venice’: Was it written in the stars, are they paying for some crime?

After five years of frosty relations, China and India finally broke the ice between them at the Brics summit in Russia. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

From border clashes to tech wars, four key sources of tensions between China and India

(From left) Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a moment during an informal dinner on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

In first talks in five years at Russia Brics meet, Modi and Xi agree to India-China border patrol, easing military tensions

Gisele Pelicot poses in Avignon, on October 23, 2024, during the trial of her former husband accused of drugging her for nearly 10 years and inviting dozens strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

Broken but not beaten: French woman at centre of mass rape trial says shame on perpetrators, not survivors

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a festive reception of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 24 Oct 2024

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PM Anwar: If a general election were held today, reforms and civil service support would secure win

Over RM1m just for Thai legal fees? Jailed Kelantanese singer’s family says may need to sell land, home if needed

Umno Youth chief: ‘Rosmah’s ring, Rosmah this, Rosmah that — today, Allah has revealed the truth’

Prasarana files police report over football fans’ brawl at Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station

‘Just leave it, lah’: PM Anwar tells authorities to focus on racial and religious offences, not harass dissenters

Dr Wan Azizah demands swift response to mutilated cats at Universiti Malaya

PM Anwar: Cabinet agrees for govt to continue special aid for pensioners

Police seek public info on teacher missing in Ipoh for 11 days

Honda Skyline or Nissan Civic? Japan’s two auto giants to consider mutual production of vehicles

MetMalaysia: Severe continuous rain warning issued for Sarawak, Sabah, and Labuan until tomorrow

PM Anwar: Criticism of high-profile acquittals unfounded, judiciary must be respected

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

‘We owe it to the people’ to find MH370, PM Anwar says as search resumes with Ocean Infinity

Most Malaysian women in Narathiwat Prison are drug offenders, says Thai prison specialist

Johor completes seven ‘sick’ housing projects worth RM700m, says exco

US fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak turns deadly

Singaporean firms to pay RM434m in Baltimore bridge wreck settlement

Freezing under fire: Displaced Gazans brace for harsh winter with no food, shelter, blankets, or aid as conflict drags on

Michigan’s Arab-American community rethinks Harris vote amid US support for Israel in Mideast conflict

Space, the final ‘battlefield’: China says foreign spies trying to steal its programme secrets

Commonwealth nations to discuss reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slave trade, climate change

AI addiction tragedy: Mum sues Character.AI, Google after teen’s suicide following deep attachment to chatbot

The report may be fake, but the threat is real: How Pakistan erupts into street protests over campus sexual harassment

Seoul says won’t ‘sit idle’ if North Korean troops join war in Ukraine, as Russia ratifies defence pact with Pyongyang

French Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou joins Peking University to lead cutting edge physics research

Indonesia: Chinese coast guard ships intruded into disputed waters near Natuna islands twice recently

The day eastern China turned into ‘Venice’: Was it written in the stars, are they paying for some crime?

From border clashes to tech wars, four key sources of tensions between China and India

In first talks in five years at Russia Brics meet, Modi and Xi agree to India-China border patrol, easing military tensions

Broken but not beaten: French woman at centre of mass rape trial says shame on perpetrators, not survivors

At Russia meet, BRICS leaders tout grain exchange, alternative payment for trade to US dollar dominance