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Previously, a photo went viral showing the giant rocket replica with a Chinese flag placed on its wings.
Malaysia  / 18 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  / 15 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  / 16 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  / 12 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  / 13 h ago

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

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Two people died and six were injured in a shooting in the downtown area of Orlando, Florida in the midst of Halloween festivities. ― Reuters file pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Halloween horror in Orlando: 17-year-old suspect arrested after shooting leaves two dead

A participant wearing wings in the rainbow colours attends the yearly Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin on July 22, 2023. Germans will be able to change their legal gender more easily from November 1, 2024 thanks to a new law hailed as a ‘historic’ step for the LGBTQ community. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Germany eases legal gender change with new law, removing psychological assessment requirement

Footage from Metro TV showed flames and billowing black smoke coming out of a building in the centre of an industrial complex in Bekasi, a city on Jakarta’s eastern edge. The report said roads had been closed around the factory. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Jakarta cooking oil factory fire leaves eight dead, authorities investigating cause

In a June paper reviewed by Reuters, six Chinese researchers from three institutions, including two under the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) leading research body, the Academy of Military Science (AMS), detailed how they had used an early version of Meta’s Llama as a base for what it calls ‘ChatBIT’. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Chinese military uses Meta’s Llama to advance AI capabilities, analysts reveal

Pedestrians walk near the India gate amid smoggy conditions after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi on November 1, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

India’s capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted during Diwali 

Surrogacy is illegal in China and authorities said last year they would ‘severely crack down’ on illegal activities related to the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as the buying or selling of sperm or eggs and surrogacy. — AFP Relaxnews pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Surrogacy scandal in Chengdu: Pregnant woman left in the lurch after agency abandonment sparks outrage and probe

Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 1, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Beirut’s southern suburbs rocked by Israeli strikes after evacuation orders, says Lebanon news agency

The allegations follow the airing of a BBC documentary in September that detailed multiple claims of rape and sexual assault by the former owner of the upmarket London department store. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Over 400 come forward with sexual misconduct claims against late Harrods owner Al-Fayed, say UK lawyers

Socks depicting Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump are displayed for sale in a gift shop in Washington, US, October 31, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

High US early voter turnout gives both sides hope as opinion polls show Harris, Trump running neck-and-neck 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

How Musk’s millions power Trump’s White House bid: From financial backing to social media influence

People bury a victim of Israeli bombing in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 46 Palestinians, including 16 in central camp; hospital hit as military alleges Hamas activity

Wreckage of cars pile up on the on the railway on October 31, 2024 after flash floods ravaged the town of Alfafar, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain. Rescuers raced on October 31, 2024 to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

Spain’s deadliest floods leave 158 dead, scores missing as nation mourns

Palestinians queue to receive medicine at the UNRWA Japanese Health Center in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Israel faced a mounting international backlash on October 29, after its parliament approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip. — AFP pic
World / 01 Nov 2024

What legal grounds does the UN have to oppose Israel’s ban on UNRWA and what could it mean for Gaza?