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Previously, a photo went viral showing the giant rocket replica with a Chinese flag placed on its wings.
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Chinese flag on giant rocket replica in Tangkak sparks concerns, Johor cops probe after Umno Youth file report

According to police, the victim is believed to have slipped from the 33rd floor while trying to exit through the bathroom window after the bathroom door was damaged. She then fell into the 12th-floor corridor of the apartment. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Foreign student dies in 33rd floor fall while trying to exit bathroom through window at Kajang high-rise

The Kelantan state government has made it mandatory for food and beverage outlets in the state to obtain halal certification to renew their business licences. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Halal compliance a must: Kelantan enforces new licensing rule for F&B outlets

Muhammad Syarifuddin Manan, 24, shows the police report and photos of his baby daughter’s condition, who is said to have fallen from the baby cot when he was met at the Kuala Terengganu District Police Headquarters, December 26, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Two-day-old baby falls onto road during hospital transfer: Terengganu dad files negligence report

The woman, in her 40s, filed the notice of motion, obtained by the media today, in the Federal Court last December 23, naming the director-general of the National Registration Department (NRD) and the Malaysian Government as respondents. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Indonesian woman seeks Federal Court’s nod to appeal for son’s Malaysian citizenship

A 24-year-old car wash assistant was sentenced to three months in jail by the magistrate’s court today after admitting to trespassing in a building for paranormal activity last Saturday. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Ghost hunting at abandoned Batu Pahat mall lands car wash assistant in jail for trespassing

Thanakarn “Bank Leicester” Kanthee, 21, sold flowers and accepted paid challenges for a living. — Picture from Facebook/แบงค์ เลสเตอร์'
World  / 14 h ago

Thai garland seller ‘Bank Leicester’, 21, dies after whisky challenge, sparking outrage; activist offers legal help

A 28-year-old former security guard has been awarded RM1.8 million in compensation due to medical negligence at Taiping Hospital, Perak, and by four others involved in his treatment following an accident, which led to permanent brain injuries. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Medical negligence at Taiping Hospital leads to RM1.8m payout for brain injury victim

Telegram and WeChat are taking steps to secure official licenses to operate in Malaysia, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced today. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

MCMC: Telegram, WeChat set to meet licensing requirements, warns others to comply or face consequences

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the MACC will also carry out a transformation of the MACC structure, namely improving the assignment approach and empowering the functions and roles of each division to be more effective in carrying out duties. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

MACC chief: Grand corruption cases, national asset recovery in agency’s crosshairs for 2025

According to the charge, the oil palm plantation worker was accused of storing obscene videos and images on his mobile phone at a house in Sri Medan in Batu Pahat at 11.15pm on December 23. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Court fines Batu Pahat man RM4,000 for filming explicit videos of granny, aunt and cousin  

The fire on December 26, 2024 destroyed 40 per cent of the hospital generator room measuring 5.5sqm, according to the Fire Department. — Picture from Wikipedia
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Fire breaks out in Seremban hospital generator room; cause likely from lorry snagging electrical cable outside

At 6pm on December 26, 2024, the ringgit rose to 4.4670/4715 against the US dollar — Picture by Hari Anggara
Money  / 13 h ago

Ringgit up against US dollar on oil prices at market close to petrol producing Malaysia’s gain

Ipoh Mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ Md Daud (right) said the new Valuation List includes a reduction in the assessment tax rates and was published in the Perak state government gazette on December 26, 2024. — File picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Ipoh city council cuts assessment rate by up to 2pc after residents object

Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese coach Joao Pereira reacts during the Portuguese League football match between Gil Vicente FC and Sporting CP at the at the Cidade de Barcelos stadium in Barcelos, on December 22, 2024. — AFP pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

Sporting sack Amorim's successor Joao Pereira after just weeks in charge, replaced by Rui Borges

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People commute along a street amid heavy rains ahead of a cyclonic storm in Chennai on November 30, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Cyclone Fengal set to hit Tamil Nadu, schools closed and hundreds evacuated

Men carry ducks as they wade through the floodwaters in Setiu, Malaysia. In neighbouring north Malaysia, the rains have forced the evacuation of at least 80,000 people to temporary shelters this week. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Heavy rain in southern Thailand kills nine, displaces over 13,000

This photo shows Syrian jihadists in the streets of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 30, 2024. Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria's second city of Aleppo on November 30, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. — AFP pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Jihadists, Turkish-backed allies seize half of Aleppo in major offensive

US Vice President Kamala Harris helps prepare Thanksgiving dinner at DC Central Kitchen in Washington, DC, on Thursday. — AFP pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

What’s next for Kamala Harris after historic White House bid falls short?

Around 630,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses last year, the lowest level since a peak of 2.1 million in 2004, the report said ahead of World AIDS Day. — AFP pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Unicef sounds alarm on HIV crisis among girls ahead of World AIDS Day

The case is part of a wave of lawsuits against OpenAI and other tech companies by authors, visual artists, music publishers and other copyright owners over data used to train generative AI systems. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Canadian media firms sue OpenAI, allege copyright breaches in AI training data

Kim Leadbeater, MP for Spen Valley, reacts during a demonstration in support of assisted dying outside the British parliament after lawmakers voted in favour of the assisted dying law, in London yesterday. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

UK lawmakers back historic assisted dying bill in first parliamentary vote

anadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exits the Delta Hotels by Marriott West Palm Beach ahead of a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on November 29, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. — AFP pic
World / 30 Nov 2024

Canadian PM Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump as tariff threats loom

A boy looks at Air India airline passenger aircrafts parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai February 1, 2024. Airlines and airports in India received a total of 999 hoax bomb threats from the start of this year until November 14, nearly ten times more than in the whole of 2023, the country’s deputy civil aviation minister told parliament yesterday. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Nov 2024

India’s airlines and airports see record 999 bomb hoax threats in 2024, nearly 10 times last year, arrests made, says minister

A South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jet takes off during an air drill as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercise between South Korea and US in South Korea August 21, 2023. South Korea’s military said today it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. ― Defence Ministry handout pic via Reuters
World / 29 Nov 2024

South Korea scrambles fighter jets as Chinese and Russian warplanes enter air defence zone over East Sea

Dong’s work has been published in the Chinese editions of The New York Times and the Financial Times. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Nov 2024

Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu jailed seven years for espionage, family calls charges shocking        

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the age limit may not be implemented perfectly — much like existing restrictions on alcohol — but it was ‘the right thing to do’. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Nov 2024

Social media companies slam Australia’s under-16 ban

Anil Douglas, a campaigner in support of the assisted dying bill whose father suffered from multiple sclerosis and committed suicide, poses for a portrait following an interview with AFP in London on November 15, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 29 Nov 2024

UK MPs to debate assisted dying bill amid rising public support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of a
World / 29 Nov 2024

Russia targets Ukraine's energy grid in massive missile assault, over one million left without power

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 17, 2024. This combination of pictures created on November 27, 2024 showsMexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum (L) on November 20, 2024, andFormer US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 17, 2024. US President-elect Donald Trump said November 27, 2024 that Mexico's leader had agreed to
World / 29 Nov 2024

Mexico’s president Sheinbaum denies border closure, dismisses trade war fears after call with Trump

So far, 55 human cases of H5N1 bird flu, including in a child, have been reported in the United States this year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Reuters file pic
World / 29 Nov 2024

WHO urges stronger animal surveillance to curb H5N1 bird flu spread