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Student activists involved in the weekend rally Gempur Rasuah Sabah 2.0 cleaned up the burn marks on the ground with brushes and soap after burning of a caricature of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.— Pictures courtesy of Suara Mahasiswa UMS
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Student activists face police probe, possible expulsion after caricature of PM set ablaze during rally

FashionValet Sdn Bhd founder Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband, Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court December 5, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Vivy Yusof, husband to face 15-day trial over RM8 million criminal breach of trust charge involving Khazanah and PNB funds

The US-headquartered semiconductor giant Intel, that has invested RM50 billion in Malaysia and employs 12,300 local workers, is reportedly looking to trim over 20 per cent of its workforce even as its newest facility in Penang nears completion. — Reuters pic
Money  / 17 h ago

InvestPenang seeks clarity on Intel’s plan as new Penang facility nears completion amid reported global job cuts

The runway at Kuching International Airport (KIA) is currently closed to facilitate the removal of a Royal Malaysian Air Force aircraft and subsequent runway clearing works, following an aircraft-related incident at 11.30am today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Kuching International Airport runway closed after aircraft incident, flight operations impacted

This grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on June 23, 2025 shows a plume of smoke billowing after Israeli strikes in Tehran. — Anonymous/UGC/AFP pic
World  / 11 h ago

Israel strikes Tehran’s Evin prison in largest attack yet; Iran warns US but holds fire — for now

Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the two men were behaving suspiciously near the entrance of the police headquarters at about 4.30pm yesterday. — Picture By Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Chest bitten, face punched: Police remand two youths who allegedly attacked officer at Penang headquarters

The High Court today allowed an application by Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid for a stay of its ex-parte order to freeze assets belonging to her and her family worth £132 million in London by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). ― Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

High Court grants stay on £132 million asset freeze for widow of late Daim Zainuddin, pending further hearings

According to the center’s “National Survey Highlights May 2025” report, when respondents were asked to name their top concerns, they pointed to inflation (33 per cent), economic growth (13 per cent), corruption (seven per cent). — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Merdeka Center poll: 73pc of Malaysians say economy is top issue, Anwar gets 55pc approval rating

Musicians play on a street during France’s annual street music festival ‘Fete de la Musique’ in Toulouse on June 21, 2025. French police have detained twelve suspects after 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during the country’s annual street music festival, officials said Sunday. — AFP pic
World  / 17 h ago

Wave of syringe attacks hits France’s street music festival, over 140 victims reported

Express buses are parked at Terminal Bandar Tasik Selatan (TBS) in Kuala Lumpur on June 8, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

APAD suspends Star Mart Express as operator over viral video of bus speeding

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook today said he has asked the police to take firmer action against cable theft incidents along railway tracks. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Transport minister: Cable theft a threat to national security, not just ordinary crime

MIC vice-president Datuk T. Murugiah speaks to the media during the cremation ceremony of the late former MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel at the Sentul Hindu Crematorium in Kuala Lumpur, June 19, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

MIC’s Murugiah hurt in car crash on NSE

File picture of a fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. Four Singaporeans have been evacuated from Iran with assistance from the governments of Oman and Malaysia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said today. — Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters
Singapore  / 19 h ago

Singapore evacuates four citizens from Iran with help from Oman, Malaysia as regional tensions soar

Selangor Mufti Datuk Dr Anhar Opir speaks during a special interview with the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) at the Selangor Mufti Department office in Shah Alam, March 28, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Selangor Mufti defends fatwa against liberalism, says SIS court win doesn’t affect individual Muslims

A view of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in Disneyland Paris. — Picture from Wikipedia/www.heatheronhertravels.com
World  / 16 h ago

Disneyland Paris hosts €130,000 staged wedding for Ukrainian girl, now ‘groom’ and organiser under fraud probe

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German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. — Reuters pic
Money / 11 Jun 2023

Germany refusing Intel’s additional demand for subsidies for chip plant, according to FT

Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli (second left) with Bank Negara Malaysia Datuk Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour (second right) at a launch in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Money / 11 Jun 2023

BNM’s new governor Abdul Rasheed is synonymous with vast experience, knowledge, says economist

Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey sits in a vehicle departing Westminster Magistrates' Court, after being found not guilty of indecent assault, during a three-day long trial in London March 11, 2021. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Leading UK hedge fund boss quits after sex assault claims

Perak was the biggest contributor to the country’s Arowana ornamental fish industry when it recorded a production of 1,108,450 of the species last year. — Picture via Twitter/Bernama
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Fisheries Dept: Perak largest producer of ornamental arowana last year

European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines nuclear energy. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

EU to try again for renewable energy deal after nuclear row

A salesman looks at a television screen showing the Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presenting the budget for the 2023/24 fiscal year in the parliament in Islamabad, at a shop in Karachi June 9, 2023. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Pakistan’s target of 3.5pc GDP in 2023-24 fiscal year ‘realistic’, says finance minister

A worker cleans a hotel's window, as a national flag waves at a seafront tent camp that became the focal point of months-long nationwide demonstrations in Colombo August 10, 2022. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Sri Lanka lifts import limits on 286 items as crisis eases

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said a proposal to raise the floor price of scrap rubber to at least RM3 per kilogramme will be brought to the Ministry of Finance for due consideration. — Bernama pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

DPM Fadillah: Proposal to raise floor price of scrap rubber to RM3 per kg will be brought to Finance Ministry

Maybank group president and chief executive officer and ABM chairman Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli said the banking industry would certainly benefit from BNM governor Datuk Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour’s experience to enable Malaysia to continue to progress and navigate through the headwinds. ― Picture by Yusof mat Isa
Money / 10 Jun 2023

ABM chief: Banking industry to thrive under new BNM governor’s leadership

Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, who is also Umno’s halal industry and entrepreneurship affairs secretariat chairman, said the Halal Entrepreneur Tour was designed to open up space and opportunities for entrepreneurs and members of the public who are interested in venturing into the field of entrepreneurship and the halal industry. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Tengku Zafrul: Umno’s Halal Entrepreneur Tour provides platform to develop potential in industry

On a Friday-to-Friday basis, the FBM KLCI declined 5.18 points to end the week at 1,376.08 from last week’s 1,381.26. — Picture by Razak Ghazali
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Caution seen on Bursa Malaysia next week ahead of US interest rate decision

For the week just ended, the local note was lower versus a basket of major currencies over the four trading days. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Cautious sentiment ahead of FOMC meeting to weigh on ringgit next week

Airbnb Public Policy Head for South-east Asia, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mich Goh said she was concerned that the draft proposal would make it difficult for Malaysians to generate income. — AFP pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

France plans to close tax loophole benefiting Airbnb

Ninestar, whose website says it is the world’s fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical, are being kept out of the US supply chain for participating in business practices that target China’s Uighurs and other persecuted groups, the US Homeland Security Department (DHS) said. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

US bans imports from China-based Ninestar over Uighurs

Binance.US, the purportedly independent partner of Binance, said in a tweet on Thursday that its banking partners were preparing to stop dollar withdrawal channels as early as June 13, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission asked a court to freeze its assets. — Reuters pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

Binance.US halts dollar deposits, Robinhood delists tokens after SEC crackdown

The benchmark S&P 500 built on Thursday’s 20 per cent rise from its October 12 finishing low, heralding the start of a new bull market as defined by some market participants. — AFP pic
Money / 10 Jun 2023

US stocks end a tad higher as Tesla rallies