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A file photograph shows a general view of the Puspakom branch in Wangsa Maju. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Swapping tyres before Puspakom checks? Loke says that game is going away

South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk and the cast of ‘Squid Game Season 2’ attend a press conference at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul December 9, 2024. — AFP pic

Showbiz / 16 h ago

Netflix shuts down US$1b revenue estimates for ‘Squid Game Season 2’

Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s monopole transmission towers are illuminated in vibrant colours in conjunction with the 2025 New Year celebrations on Jan 1, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Now shining: Penang official says TNB’s RM500m monopoles fully operational

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaks to reporters after the New Year Message event at the Rural and Regional Development Ministry in Putrajaya, on Jan 2, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

After Guan Eng criticises Najib solidarity gathering, Zahid says DAP leader’s time has gone

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Penang preschooler dies after getting stuck in folding table

An undated file photograph shows yellow tape used by the Royal Malaysia Police to secure a perimeter. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Pinkfish Countdown 2024 organisers vow full cooperation for police probe into reveller deaths

Malaysian can now also pay their JPJ summons on the MyJPJ app. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Malaysians can now pay summonses via MyJPJ app, says Transport minister Loke

A file photograph shows Road Transport Department (JPJ) enforcers conducting an inspection at the Petaling Jaya Selatan Toll Plaza on June 27, 2023. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Half off JPJ fines until June 30

This file photograph shows a general view of the Johor Baru city centre. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Jan 6 holiday for Johor civil service to bridge weekend transition

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan has confirmed the death of Yap Xin Yuan. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Selangor cops: Banting body identified by DNA test as teen missing from lion dance training

Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow posing with the Penang Miaohui mascot for this year, Xiao Ru Yi, a snake. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Get ready for Penang Miaohui: This grand cultural celebration returns for its 26th year with over 200,000 visitors expected

File photo of investigations at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. — AFP

World / 18 h ago

South Korea police raid Muan airport over Jeju Air crash that killed 179

An electrical switch box with fire damage is pictured at the KLCC LRT station on Jan 2, 2025. — Picture courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Fire breaks out at KLCC LRT station

Women and Children Sexual Crimes Investigation Division Assistant Director ACP Siti Kamsiah Hassan speaks during an interview at her office in Bukit Aman on Nov 29, 2023. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Shepherds or predators? Police say finding more sexual groomers among religious figures

The report states that the proposed EPF contribution rate for non-citizen employees with a new contract of employment is 11 per cent for employees and 12-13 per cent for employers, depending on salary compensation. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Money / 13 h ago

AmInvestment forecasts RM1.7b boost to Malaysia’s equity market from non-citizen employees’ EPF contributions

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World

8 h ago

Afghan refugees in Pakistan struggle with extortion and arrests as local Taliban influence grows

Pakistani police check documents of Afghan refugees during a search operation to identify alleged illegal immigrants on the outskirts of Karachi. — AFP pic

ISLAMABAD, Jan 2 — The space in which refugee Shaharzad has to live has shrunk to the small courtyard of a guesthouse in Pakistan’s capital, reminiscent of her life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.She fears being swept up in a wave of anti-Afghan sentiment, including reports of harassment, extortion and...

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Children born with congenital disease, second generation victims of the 1984 gas disaster, participate in a candlelight vigil disaster in Bhopal, India on December 2, 2013. — AFP file pic

World / 8 h ago

Bhopal gas tragedy: Indian begins toxic waste clean-up 40 years after world’s deadliest industrial disaster

The Fiji government on Thursday said police were investigating incidents involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year’s Day. — Reuters pic

World / 15 h ago

Fiji police investigate Virgin crew’s alleged rape, theft on New Year’s Day

File photo of investigations at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. — AFP

World / 18 h ago

South Korea police raid Muan airport over Jeju Air crash that killed 179

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A participant holds a placard reading ‘Stop the Steal’ during a rally to support impeached South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul. — AFP

18 h ago

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol resists arrest over martial law bid

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea. — Reuters

18 h ago

South Korea’s Choi orders immediate action on aircraft inspection as crash probe ramps up

The French Quarter, near Bourbon Street is blocked off late morning with a heavy police and FBI presence. — AFP

20 h ago

Witnesses describe ‘war zone’ left in wake of New Orleans attack

The Tesla Cybertruck after it caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel. — AFP

20 h ago

Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one

The operations of Al Jazeera have been halted by the Palestinian Authority in the territory including its broadcasts. — Reuters

21 h ago

Palestinian Authority suspends broadcast of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV temporarily

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies on the scene at Bourbon Street where a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, injuring dozens before the suspect got out of the car, opened fire on police officers, and was subsequently killed by law enforcement. — AFP

20 h ago

Terrorism suspected in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15

Hossam Abu Safiyeh, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries following an Israeli strike that according to the civil defence in Gaza hit the medical compound in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, late on November 23, 2024. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Hero in a white robe: How a hospital chief detained in Israeli raid becomes face of Gaza’s crumbling healthcare

A Ukrainian infantry soldier of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade sits as he waits to deploy toward the frontline in the Avdiivka direction, in the Donetsk region, on April 3, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

22 h ago

‘Not many are made for war’: Ukrainian soldiers face guilt, fear as desertion cases mount from fatigue

This picture taken on September 2, 2014 shows equipment from the border release and compressor station of the gas pipeline from Ukraine in Velke Kapusany, eastern Slovakia. — AFP pic

1d ago

‘Energy blackmail’: How Ukraine halting Russian gas transit due to invasion is now sowing crises in Moldova and Slovakia

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter gestures during an interview with Reuters in Cairo January 12, 2012. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Jimmy Carter’s Nobel legacy: Peace treaty forged between Egypt, Israel endures despite Gaza war... but mostly in name

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in Christiansted, St. Croix, on the US Virgin Islands, December 31, 2024, after a week's vacation in the US Virgin Islands. — AFP pic

1d ago

Counting down final days in White House, lame-duck Biden tries to Trump-proof agenda and bolster legacy

Palestinian Moazaz Obaiyat, who was released from Israeli jail, shows marks on his body, in a hospital in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 11, 2024. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Not interrogation, but destruction: Former Palestinian prisoners recount physical, mental torture in Israeli detention camps

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1d ago

At least 10 killed, 30 injured after truck ploughed into New Orleans crowd before firing weapon

Supporters of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol holds a placard showing a picture of the president as supporters gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on January 1, 2025.

1d ago

Embattled South Korea president’s last stand found new sympathisers — conspiracy-fuelled right-wing YouTubers

People burn a US flag during a demonstration against US President-elect Donald Trump held outside the Panama Canal Administration building in Panama City on December 31, 2024, as the country marks the 25th anniversary of the United States' handover of the interoceanic Panama Canal to Panama. — AFP pic

1d ago

Two days after Carter’s death, Panama marks 25 years of canal handover as Trump threatens US return

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