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Johan Ghazali is currently training in Thailand with renowned Muay Thai trainer Ajarn Gae. — Picture from Instagram/Johan Ghazali

Sports / 16 h ago

Ten-second KO, US$50,000 bonus and ice cream later: ‘Jojo’ Ghazali visualises ideal fight night with Colombian fighter ‘Panda Kick’

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 8 h ago

PM Anwar: If a general election were held today, reforms and civil service support would secure win

The service offers a one-way fare of RM45 and will make stops at several major stations, including Bukit Mertajam, Sungai Petani, Alor Setar, Arau, and Padang Besar. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 10 h ago

KTMB introduces trial MySawasdee Penang Edition train service to Hat Yai from Dec 29 to Jan 5

A file photograph shows the Sungai Kelantan flooding the Tambatan D’Raja near Kota Baru on Nov 29, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Kelantan police: Teenage girl raped in Kota Baru flood relief shelter

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected to affect Perak, Selangor and Sabah until noon today. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 12 h ago

MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm and strong winds warning for Perak, Selangor, and Sabah

Six suspects, three men and three women, were arrested in Sungai Golok, Thailand for alleged possession of 6,000 meth pills. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Over RM1m just for Thai legal fees? Jailed Kelantanese singer’s family says may need to sell land, home if needed

Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi announced that the toll-free period will commence at 12.01am on December 23 (Monday) and end at 11.59pm on December 24 (Tuesday). — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Christmas: Toll-free travel for Class 1 vehicles on Dec 23 and 24, says works minister

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 19, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Umno Youth chief: ‘Rosmah’s ring, Rosmah this, Rosmah that — today, Allah has revealed the truth’

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 8 h ago

‘Just leave it, lah’: PM Anwar tells authorities to focus on racial and religious offences, not harass dissenters

A police car is parked in front of a Christmas market in the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg where a car crashed into a crowd injuring more than 60 people on early December 21, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

At least two dead, including child as BMW mows down Christmas revellers in German market; cops nab Saudi doctor behind wheel

Screen shot of the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line last night.

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Prasarana files police report over football fans’ brawl at Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station

File photo of Daren Liew in a match against Kento Momota of Japan in the men's singles semi-final match during the badminton World Championships in Nanjing in 2018. — AFP pic

Sports / 13 h ago

Badminton federation suspends ex-national player Liew Daren over betting violations

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a press conference at Dorsett Grand Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

PM Anwar: Cabinet agrees for govt to continue special aid for pensioners

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 / 2 h ago

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

A disappointed Malaysian player Syamil Kutty Abba after the scoreless tie against Singapore that resulted in Malaysia's exit from the 2024 Asean Cup. — Bernama

Sports / 13 h ago

Harimau Malaya out of 2024 Asean Cup after 0-0 draw against Singapore in final group match

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World

3 h ago

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

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

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 — Google late Friday countered a US call to sell its Chrome browser, suggesting a judge address antitrust concerns by barring the firm from making favourable treatment of its software a condition of licensing.Google filed a 12-page proposed order banning the internet giant from requiring favourable...

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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 / 3 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

World / 3 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

World / 4 h ago

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

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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

5 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

5 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

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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

7 h ago

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

7 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

8 h ago

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

10 h ago

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

UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen (left) speaks with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus on December 15, 2024. — Handout picture by the Syrian Interim Government via AFP

11 h ago

US drops bounty on Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa amid counter-terrorism focus

Germans are mad at US billionaire Elon Musk over his December 20, 2024 X post asserting that ‘Only the AfD can save Germany’. — AFP file pic

11 h ago

US ‘efficiency czar’ Musk accused of meddling over X post claim only AfD can ‘save Germany’ ahead of Feb 2025 polls

US lawmakers sat at the Capitol in Washington DC and voted across party-lines to approve a Bill to continue funds to agencies until mid-March 2025 to prevent a government shutdown. — AFP pic

12 h ago

US House passes funding Bill to avert govt shutdown, Senate faces midnight deadline

A police car is parked in front of a Christmas market in the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg where a car crashed into a crowd injuring more than 60 people on early December 21, 2024. — AFP pic

12 h ago

At least two dead, including child as BMW mows down Christmas revellers in German market; cops nab Saudi doctor behind wheel

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says Egypt is receiving hundreds of Sudanese refugees daily, with more than 845,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered as of November. —Picture from UNHCR/Pedro Costa Gomes

15 h ago

Egypt’s first-ever asylum law fuels concerns over refugee rights

A sailboat passes by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, in New York City September 20, 2024. — Reuters pic

16 h ago

Can Trump end US birthright citizenship? A look at its history, Trump’s plan and legal hurdles

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania, as New York Mayor Eric Adams walks behind him, in New York December 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Murder, stalking and silencer use: A breakdown of Luigi Mangione's charges in UnitedHealth CEO killing

US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida December 16, 2024. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Experts brace for ‘more chaos to come’ as early signs suggest Trump 2.0 may be chaotic as his first term

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