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The prime minister's political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin (centre) attends press conference at the Bandar Tun Razak Member of Parliament's office in Kuala Lumpur, Dec 21, 2024. — Benama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Dr Wan Azizah demands swift response to mutilated cats at Universiti Malaya

A screen shot of a video showing the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line.

Malaysia / 5 h ago

‘Absurd’, Minister Hannah Yeoh says of football fans’ brawl inside Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT station

Johor police chief Datuk M Kumar said the receipts, dated December 19 and 20, involved food purchases at fast-food restaurants in Kluang, Batu Pahat, and Muar, believed to have been made by the same individual. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Johor cops probe receipts from fast food eatery allegedly containing insults to Islam

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that the National Registration Department (JPN) is conducting nationwide outreach programmes to combat the possession of fake MyKad among the public. — Picture by Farhan Najib

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Home Ministry cracks down on fake MyKad syndicate, mulls digital transition for future

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg. — Reuters pic

World / 19 h ago

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg that saw over 200 injured. — AFP

World / 4 h ago

Suspect in deadly Berlin Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

The concept of negative time has drawn both fascination and scepticism, particularly from prominent voices in the scientific community. — Pixabay pic/Gerd Altmann

Life / 17 h ago

Scientists observe ‘negative time’: A quantum breakthrough or just a new way of thinking?

A man passes by a mural of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Shah Alam, Selangor, on March 8, 2023. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 3 h ago

What you should know about MH370, the jumbo jet Malaysia is searching for again a decade after it went missing

A volunteer places a gold leaf on a human skull during a Lang Pa Cha mass cleansing ceremony for unclaimed bodies. — Reuters

Life / 4 h ago

Thai ceremony for the dead brings good karma and emotional closure

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Teen girl missing in Cheras since attending lion dance class in Batu 11 Thursday

‘Sate ayam’ and ‘sate daging’ at Sate Famili’s newest outlet in Mutiara Damansara. — Picture by Ethan Lau

Eat-drink / 5 h ago

Meru’s Sate Famili brings exceptional ‘sate ayam’ and more to Mutiara Damansara

Salt cod has long been a national staple in Portugal, where it is said there are as many recipes for this humble fish as there are days in the year. — AFP pic

Life / 17 h ago

Salt cod: Portugal’s Christmas staple served with tradition and a twist, but for how long?

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Man missing in Kuantan found in parked car nine days later, then dies on site

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir delivers a speech during the launch of the Index Nexus Polycc: Synergy between Polycc and Industries at the Ungku Omar Polytechnic in Ipoh September 4, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Minister Zambry tells UM to start inquiries into sex pest claims

Batu Pahat police chief, ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani, said the victim, Afiqah Syaurah Qamarul Arifin, died at the scene from severe head injuries in the incident, which occurred around 10.30am. — Screengrab from social media

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Tragic end: Four-year-old girl riding pillion with two siblings on bike with dad killed in motorcycle-lorry crash in Johor

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China slams US$571m US military aid to Taiwan, calls it a threat to sovereignty

This handout photo taken and released on December 16, 2024 by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense shows soldiers securing a US-made M1A2 Abrams battle tank onto a trailer at an army armour training centre in Hsinchu County. — AFP pic/Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence

BEIJING, Dec 22 — China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of US$571.3 million (RM2.6 billion) in defence assistance for Taiwan.The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to US$571.3 million in defence articles and services of the Department of Defence,...

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Rubble lies around a collapsed building following a strong earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu on Dec 17. — Reuters

World / 3 h ago

Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu

File photo of emergency services fighting a bushfire in the Adelaide Hills in 2021. — Reuters

World / 3 h ago

Out-of-control Australia bushfire will burn for days, hundreds of residents evacuated

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg that saw over 200 injured. — AFP

World / 4 h ago

Suspect in deadly Berlin Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

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President Joe Biden signed a funding bill yesterday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. — AFP

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Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown

Pope Francis condemned the ‘cruelty’ of Israel bombing and killing children in Gaza. — AFP

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‘This is cruelty, this is not war’: Pope slams Israeli air strike killing Gaza children

People look for survivors following an Israeli strike in the al-Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City on December 19, 2024. — AFP pic

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Game-changers of 2024: Trump, Assad, and Olympics in the spotlight

Google has begun limiting third-party cookies for some users of its Chrome web browser, a first step towards eventually abandoning the files that have raised privacy concerns. — Reuters pic

18 h ago

Google pushes back on US bid to force Chrome sale, proposes licensing restrictions instead

Pakistan military courts have convicted and sentenced 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Saturday, with the majority handed decade-long prison terms. — AFP pic

18 h ago

Pakistan’s military punishes 25 for pro-Khan riots, courts hand out decade-long terms

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg. — Reuters pic

19 h ago

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

A Thai national was sentenced to death and two Germans were handed life sentences for the gruesome murder of a German real estate broker near the resort town of Pattaya, Thai media reported. — AFP pic

19 h ago

Death sentence for Thai man, life terms for Germans in grisly Pattaya murder of real estate broker

A court on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping over 100 migrants aboard a boat he had blocked at sea for nearly three weeks in 2019, as part of a policy to curb irregular arrivals. — Reuters pic

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Italian deputy PM Salvini acquitted after three-year trial over blocking migrant rescue ship

A French court on Friday handed heavy sentences to several men convicted of having played a role in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Eight convicted in France over beheading of teacher who showed Prophet caricature

Taliban security personnel stand around a coffin of a passenger at a hospital after two bus accidents on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, in Ghazni on December 19, 2024. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Pakistan Taliban claim 16 soldiers dead after midnight raid near Afghanistan border

Medical professionals and activists hold posters and candles as they take part in a midnight protest to condemn the rape and murder of a 31-year-old medic, in Kolkata on August 14, 2024. — AFP pic

21 h ago

Kolkata hospital volunteer claims ‘framed’ for brutal rape and murder of doctor, trial to start Jan 2025

Rohingya refugees (C) interact with police personnel as they arrive at the eastern port of Trincomalee after being rescued by the Sri Lankan navy, on December 20. — AFP

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Myanmar rebels claim capture of military's western regional command, marking fall of junta's second regional command

Israeli emergency services work at the scene of a missile strike that, according to Israel’s military, was launched from Yemen and landed in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv. — Reuters

23 h ago

Israeli military: Yemen missile lands in Tel Aviv area, 14 lightly injured

The dome of the Capitol is seen through a security fence in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024. — Reuters pic

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US Congress passes budget deal to avert shutdown, saves Christmas for federal workers

People boarding a Royal Australian Air Force plane after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu on December 17, 2024. Commercial flights will resume December 22, 2024. — Handout picture courtesy of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via AFP

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Quake-hit Vanuatu to reopen to commercial flights amid seven-day state of emergency

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