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A bustling street in Hat Yai. — Picture by Muhammad Yusry
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Foreign, but familiar: Why more and more Malaysians are choosing Hat Yai for their quick trips

Members of the public attempting to catch a glimpse of the public caning punishment against a 42-year-old man convicted of repeated “khalwat”, or close proximity with the opposite sex in Kuala Terengganu. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

PAS spiritual leader moots public caning for Shariah offences across all Perikatan-led states

MetMalaysia has issued a warning for strong winds and rough seas across the country’s waters, effective from Sunday to Tuesday. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

MetMalaysia: Strong winds, rough seas warning issued for Malaysian waters from tomorrow to Tuesday

OK Lim was convicted in May 2024 for cheating and abetting forgery, part of a trade financing fraud described as one of Singapore’s most severe. — AFP pic
Singapore  / 5 h ago

Former Singapore oil tycoon OK Lim and children declared bankrupt over Hin Leong debts

‘Nasi lemak’ with ‘ayam rendang’ and ‘daging rendang’ at Nasi Lemak Angah. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 6 h ago

Head to Nasi Lemak Angah on Jalan Ipoh for a ‘nasi lemak’ full of flavour... and personality

The damaged bus that got off the road on the E10 near Raftsundet, Hadsel municipality, is pictured after it's transportion to a control station in Gullesfjord on December 27, 2024. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Wisma Putra: Four Malaysians suffer minor injuries in Norway bus crash, now housed in crisis centre and restricted from contact due to probe

A Chinese military aircraft flies in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on December 26, 2024. — Social media pic/via Reuters
World  / 8 h ago

Mysterious new Chinese military jets spark debate over stealth tech

A group of men leaves flowers outside the Zhuhai Sports Centre November 12, 2024, a day after a car rammed through the site killing dozens in Zhuhai. — AFP pic
World  / 6 h ago

Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death

A view shows damages in the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer passenger plane that crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024 in this screengrab from a video obtained from social media. — Social media pic via Reuters
World  / 19 h ago

‘I thought the plane was going to fall apart’: Passenger recalls loud bang before plane crash, Azerbaijan Airlines blames ‘external’ interference

Simply put, the DRG is a pricing system that charges a fixed rate for certain medical procedures. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

What is DRG anyway? How Putrajaya plans to deal with rising medical costs with a new pricing system

US president-elect Donald Trump filed a brief yesterday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. — AFP pic
World  / 7 h ago

Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban

Blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, or Papagomo, is investigated under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act, Sections 500 and 504 of the Penal Code, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

After criminal probe against Papagomo for remarks targeting police, IGP sues over alleged defamation

Perlis Mufti Datuk Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said rejecting public caning for shariah offences does not mean opposing Islamic teachings. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

After public caning in Terengganu, Perlis mufti says rejection of practice does not mean opposing Islam

Detail of a Chinese-made Changan car at a dealership in Naucalpan, Mexico, December 7, 2024. Sales of luxury vehicles in Mexico registered a significant drop in 2024, in the face of a stronger presence of Chinese-made vehicles preferred by consumers. — AFP pic
Money  / 8 h ago

Why Mexicans are ditching legacy luxury rides for affordable Chinese auto upstarts

A man suspected of killing a dog in Ladang Malaya, Selama, by shooting it with an arrow was charged in the Taiping Magistrate’s Court on December 23.
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Man accused of shooting dog with arrow faces charges for alleged animal cruelty in Taiping

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A man visits the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on December 5, 2017. Founded in 1869 in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, it honours Japan’s war dead, including soldiers from World War II. — AFP pic
World / 1 h ago

Chinese national gets eight months in jail for defacing Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine

The second impeachment on Friday thrust Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok into the roles of acting president and prime minister. — AFP pic
World / 1 h ago

South Korea on edge: Rival protests erupt after second leader impeached in political crisis

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays last respects to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi December 27, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 4 h ago

India mourns former PM Manmohan Singh ahead of state funeral

French drug convict and death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui looks at his Indonesian lawyer Nancy Yuliana during a court hearing in Tangerang outside Jakarta April 1, 2015. — AFP pic
World / 5 h ago

France asks Indonesia to transfer national Serge Atlaoui on death row, says minister

Health experts have expressed bigger concerns about the sheer volume of bird flu currently circulating in the US. The CDC has reported 65 confirmed human cases in 2024, and many more may go undetected among dairy and poultry workers. — AFP pic
World / 5 h ago

New bird flu mutation discovered in US as cat infections cause alarm

A group of men leaves flowers outside the Zhuhai Sports Centre November 12, 2024, a day after a car rammed through the site killing dozens in Zhuhai. — AFP pic
World / 6 h ago

Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death

A man stands in front of a subway entrance at Coney Island in New York December 27, 2024. According to the police account, Zapeta used a lighter to ignite the clothes of a woman who appeared to be sleeping on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station on Sunday. — Reuters pic
World / 6 h ago

Suspect in deadly New York subway fire indicted on murder, arson charges

Mourners react next to the bodies during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, December 27, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 6 h ago

Israel raids north Gaza hospital, ministry says staff out of contact

US president-elect Donald Trump filed a brief yesterday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. — AFP pic
World / 7 h ago

Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban

A Chinese military aircraft flies in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on December 26, 2024. — Social media pic/via Reuters
World / 8 h ago

Mysterious new Chinese military jets spark debate over stealth tech

Manmohan Singh walks on stage for a photo opportunity as part of the 5th East Asia Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. India’s former prime minister died on December 26, aged 92, after he was admitted to hospital for an illness, the country’s leader Narendra Modi said. — AFP pic
World / 8 h ago

India’s ‘accidental prime minister’: Reflecting on Manmohan Singh’s legacy

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mina June 16, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 8 h ago

2024 — the year climate change became impossible to ignore

Ishida said he was not ‘particularly afraid’ of moving to his official residence, long rumoured to be haunted. — Reuters pic
World / 8 h ago

Military spectres lurking in the garden? Ghost tales won’t spook Japan PM Ishiba from moving to official home

Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the United States. — Picture from Pexels.com
World / 19 h ago

US citizen jailed for 15 years in Russia for espionage, accused of leaking biotech to Pentagon

A view shows damages in the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer passenger plane that crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024 in this screengrab from a video obtained from social media. — Social media pic via Reuters
World / 19 h ago

‘I thought the plane was going to fall apart’: Passenger recalls loud bang before plane crash, Azerbaijan Airlines blames ‘external’ interference

Survivors of the sinking of Russian cargo ship Ursa Major stand on the deck of a Spanish Maritime Rescue ship upon arrival at the port of Cartagena, Spain December 23, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 20 h ago

Russia’s Medvedev accuses Norwegian flagged vessel of anti-Russian bias for refusing aid to sinking ship, distressed sailors