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Signature ABC at Lubiantan ABC in Cheras. –– Pictures by CK Lim
Eat-drink  / 12 h ago

Why folks line up for the ABC, prawn mee and ‘nasi lemak ayam rendang’ at this ‘lubiantan’ in Cheras

Johor police chief Datuk M. Kumar (centre) with the outgoing deputy state police chief Afandi Senin (left) who will be replaced by lNor Azizi Maarof (right) at the Johor police contingent headquarters in Johor Baru November 21, 2024. — Picture by Ben Tan
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Police arrest six men after 180km high-speed chase from Muar to KL, recover two rented vehicles

An undated file photo shows the Royal Malaysia Police logo outside the federal police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Toyota Hilux driver leads cops in 180km chase from Muar to KL, then gets away

A general view of the Kuala Lumpur city centre on January 10, 2023. —Picture by Firdaus Latif
Opinion  / 11 h ago

Kuala Lumpur: A city under other people

If you’re a TNG eWallet user, you must complete your eKYC process by December 20, 2024 to ensure seamless and full access to your eWallet. –– SoyaCincau pic
Tech-gadgets  / 7 h ago

Unverified TNG eWallet users will gradually lose access starting Dec 20: Here’s how to check and complete the eKYC process

Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed while another pregnant woman sustained critical injuries after a Perodua Viva they were in skidded near a shopping mall in Putrajaya late last night. — Picture courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Pregnant woman among three killed in Putrajaya crash, another pregnant woman critically injured

A lorry driver fell into a micro-sleep while driving, causing an accident on the North-South Expressway (NSE) that killed a toddler and injured seven others in Muar. — Picture courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Three-year-old dies, seven injured in North-South Expressway crash as lorry driver’s micro-sleep causes collision with family’s car

File picture of the road where the incident happen. The 10-year-old girl, confirmed to be brain dead following a fall from her bicycle in an accident in Kuang last Thursday, died at 10am yesterday at Sungai Buloh Hospital. — Picture courtesy of the police
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Selangor police: 10-year-old girl in Kuang dies after bicycle fall, trousers caught in chain, hit-and-run ruled out

School students use an illegal route on a boat to cross the Malaysia-Thailand border to start the school session November 19, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Immigration to open Rantau Panjang ICQS at 6am, offer RM10 annual pass and considering special lane for students crossing Kelantan-Thai border

Najib’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on October 30, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

After Shafee complains about Najib’s SRC trial reports, NUJ says don’t blame the media

A photo posted online shows the freezer where the woman’s body had been stored for the past three years.
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Woman in Taman OUG freezer died from blows to chest, police say

Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Malaysia. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Life  / 14 h ago

Silent killer: Colon cancer highly treatable, but third leading cause of cancer deaths

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (second from right) and Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi (fifth from left) speak with healthcare workers during the handover ceremony for Hospital Seri Iskandar on Nov 21, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Tanjung Malim health clinic’s 24-hour times not coming back, Dzulkefly says

Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the government’s current priority is completing and further developing projects such as the Gemas-Johor Baru electrified double-track rail project and the East Coast Rail Link. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

KL-Singapore HSR plans pending approval as Cabinet prioritises existing rail development projects like Gemas-JB line and ECRL, says Amir Hamzah

People cross a street in the Omotesando shopping area in Tokyo on November 15, 2024. Japanese people are the least satisfied with their sex and romantic lives, closely followed by South Koreans, a global survey by a French research firm showed. — AFP pic
Life  / 14 h ago

No sex or romance: Japan, South Korea trail global satisfaction rankings, Ipsos survey finds

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Chairperson of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani, speaks at the World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai on November 19, 2022. — AFP file pic
World / 11 h ago

Gautam Adani, Indian billionaire industrialist, charged with bribing officials US$250m for solar energy contracts

A worker for Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) watches screens that monitor autonomous vehicles at FMG’s Chichester Hub iron ore operations, which includes the Christmas Creek iron ore mine, in the Pilbara region, located south-east of the coastal town of Port Hedland in Western Australia, November 29, 2018. — Reuters pic
World / 14 h ago

Sexual harassment and assault continue at Rio Tinto, two years after reforms, report shows

Police said Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, an online gambling addict, funded her addiction by borrowing money from her victims — in one case as much as 300,000 baht — before killing them and stealing their jewellery and mobile phones. — Reuters pic
World / 1d ago

Alleged Thai cyanide serial killer, one of the worst in kingdom’s history, sentenced to death for poisoning friend in first of 14 murder trials

Supporters wait inside to take shelter from heavy rain at the West Kowloon Magistrates' court in Hong Kong on November 20, 2024. Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will on November 20 take the stand in his collusion trial, testifying in court for the first time despite five previous trials in almost four years. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells court he championed ‘freedom’

North Korea has also shipped additional arms for the war in Ukraine, including self-propelled howitzers and multiple rocket launchers. — Reuters pic
World / 1d ago

North Korea troops have joined Ukraine war battles as part of Russian units, Seoul says

Mary Jane Veloso, a domestic helper and mother of two, was arrested in the city of Yogyakarta, for carrying 2.6 kg of heroin concealed in a suitcase in 2010. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Philippines to bring home woman drug convict from Indonesia, eyes clemency

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll from the resulting war had reached 43,972 people, the majority civilians. The United Nations considers the figures reliable. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

UN to vote again on Gaza ceasefire, US plans unclear

The WHO’s Harris estimated that between November 8 and 16, 'four WHO missions we were trying to get up to go were denied'. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Hospital chief decries ‘extreme catastrophe’ in north Gaza

The 64-year-old heart surgeon was championed on daytime television by Oprah Winfrey before he entered politics with an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat in 2022. — USA Today pic
World / 1d ago

Trump appoints TV celebrity ‘Dr. Oz’ to key US health post

Linda McMahon, who had been in the running for commerce secretary, headed up the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first administration and was a major donor and early supporter of the Republican president-elect. — Reuters file pic
World / 1d ago

Trump taps former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as education secretary

The blade of a French farmer’s tractor blocks the French police standing in position as French farmers gather with their tractors in front of the Lot et Garonne Prefecture to protest against the prospect of a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Latin American countries united within Mercosur, and to demand more social aid amid rain-hit harvests and disease outbreaks, in Agen, France, November 19, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 1d ago

French farmers continue protests as union threatens food supply disruption

Months-long nationwide protests shook Iran following the September 2022 death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini over an alleged violation the dress code for women. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Iran says no charges against student who stripped to underwear

Gisele Pelicot's daughter Caroline leaves the courthouse after a hearing in the trial of her father and Gisele's former partner Dominique Pelicot, accused of drugging Gisele Pelicot for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, at a courthouse in Avignon, on November 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

‘You will die in lies!’: Daughter clashes with father at French rape trial

Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of the now-shuttered tabloid Apple Daily is accused of colluding with foreign forces, a charge that could carry a sentence of up to life in prison. — AFP
World / 1d ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai takes witness stand in collusion trial

US President-elect Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pose for a photo as they attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024. –– AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Will the Trump-Musk ‘bromance’ survive the long haul?

This frame grab taken from video footage circulating on Chinese social media on November 19, 2024 shows the scene where a car crashed outside the Yong’an primary school in Changde, central China’s Hunan province, in which ‘multiple students were injured’ according to state-run media. –– Chinese social media handout pic via AFP
World / 2d ago

Cops arrest man for crashing car near school in China’s Changde, injuring multiple kids (VIDEO)