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EPF chief executive officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn said that only a small proportion of EPF members currently meet the basic savings threshold, while over 58 per cent of working-age Malaysians are not contributing to any formal retirement scheme. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Cashing out too soon: Lump sum withdrawals risky as Malaysians face longer lifespans, says EPF

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran November 2, 2022. — Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Wana (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters
World  / 15 h ago

Khamenei vows Iran will ‘never surrender’, warns US of ‘irreparable damage’ as conflict with Israel deepens

For more than 10 years, SIS has been challenging a Selangor fatwa which labels it as deviant, and this court battle will finally come to an end today at the Federal Court. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

‘Deviant’ or not? Sisters in Islam awaits Federal Court verdict today on Selangor fatwa

In the leaked phone call, Paetongtarn is heard discussing the border crisis with Hun Sen — who stepped down as prime minister in 2023 after four decades but still wields considerable influence. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Thai PM Paetongtarn faces coalition collapse after leaked call to ‘Uncle’ Hun Sen

Former Senate deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad pleaded not guilty to 20 bribery charges involving RM235,000 and three luxury cars over a Melaka land reclamation project. — Picture via Facebook/CheguBard
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Ex-deputy Senate president claims trial to 20 bribery charges involving RM235,000 and luxury cars

Standard Chartered has laid off about 80 employees in Singapore, as part of a global cost-saving push. — Reuters file pic
Singapore  / 3 h ago

Standard Chartered’s Singapore jobs hit as bank chases US$1.5b return to investors

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired the Federal Court’s five-judge panel, read out the majority judgment which quashed parts of the Selangor fatwa. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Federal Court declares Selangor fatwa partially invalid, no more ‘sesat’ or deviant label for SIS

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during the Malaysia Madani Nationhood Seminar themed ‘Teachers as Catalysts for National Patriotism’ in Putrajaya June 18, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Anwar pushes for stronger measures as drug and vape abuse among Malay youths worsens, calls on educators to set good examples

IGP Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the recent killings in Brickfields and Cheras were not random shootings and are believed to have been triggered by disputes between the suspects and victims. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

‘No need for concern’: IGP says KL safe, Brickfields and Cheras shootings were targeted, tied to internal disputes

Its Legal and Prosecution senior director, Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, said Section 11(1) of the Act clearly states that anyone involved in the offence they report is not eligible for protection. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

MACC clarifies whistleblower protection after viral clips implicate Sabah reps to face graft charges

Perak police are seeking public assistance to locate a 13-year-old boy who has been missing since last Saturday after leaving his home in Jalan Padang Tembak. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Police seek public help to find missing 13-year-old boy, last seen Saturday in Ipoh

Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, in a statement today, said the discussions were among the key matters raised during a recent meeting with Grab’s senior management. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

MB: Johor, Grab in talks to ease Malaysia-Singapore travel under revamped cross-border deal

Supporters of Iraqi pro-Iran groups hold pictures of Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Tehran during a protest in Baghdad near the green zone, the ultra secured neighbourhood hosting the US embassy, on June 16, 2025, amid the Israel-Iran escalating conflict. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Who are Iran’s Revolutionary Guards? Key facts about the elite military force behind Tehran’s military strategy and regional influence

An unemployed man was today sentenced by the High Court to 40 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of his parents, whose bloodied bodies were discovered in their home in Kampung Sungai Penchala, in 2023. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

High Court jails man for 40 years, 24 strokes for murdering elderly parents in Kampung Sungai Penchala

The man is accused of recruiting women for prostitution, laundering money, and promoting sex work through media and documents. He also allegedly received financial benefits from these activities. — Reuters file pic
Singapore  / 2 h ago

Wanted Singaporean caught at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport over alleged sex trafficking, money laundering

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Residents of Venice, already fed up with crowds of tourists cramming into their canal city, now have one more gripe: Jeff Bezos. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2025

‘No space for Bezos’: Venice locals protest billionaire wedding with banners and backlash

Shangri-La Rasa Ria Kota Kinabalu has embraced an approach that harmonises luxury with environmental stewardship and cultural respect. — Picture courtesy of Shangri-La Group
Life / 14 Jun 2025

Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort aims to redefine hospitality through sustainability, waste reduction efforts

People carry buckets full of mud on their heads during the re-plastering of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Djenne, on June 12. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2025

Malians gather to replaster Djenne’s iconic mud mosque in annual heritage ritual

David Beckham shakes hands with Britain's King Charles, next to Meryl Streep, as they attend the King's Foundation Awards ceremony, on the 35th anniversary of The King’s Foundation, at St James's Palace, in London. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2025

Arise Sir David! Football legend Beckham knighted

A visitor looks at the artefacts exhibited in the main room of the newly opened museum V&A East Storehouse, in East London, on June 12, 2025. London's V&A has launched a revolutionary new exhibition space, where visitors can choose from some 250,000 objects, order something they want to spend time looking at, and have it delivered to a room for a private viewing. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2025

‘Museums should be and are for everybody’: London’s V&A Storehouse lets visitors order an object for up-close viewing

Odeta Nasi prepares traditional Albanian sweets with rose water in her workshop in Permet May 28, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2025

The Albanian town where roses ‘as precious as gold’ shape love, life and tradition

‘Meniti Cakerawala’ is based on Tan Sri Mazlan Othman’s book, Cosmic Connections (2023), which highlights that humans are materially connected to the stars. — Picture courtesy of Sutra Foundation
Life / 14 Jun 2025

‘We’re all star stuff’: Dance legend Ramli Ibrahim and Malaysia’s first astrophysicist unfold the cosmos in ‘Meniti Cakerawala’

At 90, national laureate A. Samad Said reflects on a life of literature, activism and quiet resilience — and he’s still savouring the classics he once set aside. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
Life / 14 Jun 2025

National Laureate A. Samad Said turns 90, but the ink still flows

Strip club dancers prepare for a performance in a dressing room at the strip club ‘Flash Dancers’ in Kharkiv on May 15, 2025. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, exhausted troops are the main clientele of the Flash Dancers club in the centre of the north-eastern city, just 20 kilometres from Russian forces. The dancers act as confidantes to soldiers bruised — mentally and physically — by a three-year war with no end in sight. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Jun 2025

‘The show must go on’: Ukrainian strip club becomes refuge for war-weary troops

Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur is a stylish addition to the KL cityscape. — Picture courtesy of Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur
Life / 13 Jun 2025

Calling all job seekers! Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur at KL Midtown is looking for you

This screenshot shows a scene from the trailer of ‘Avatar’. China has cleared 51 tonnes of trash from a scenic southern region famed for a craggy peak featured in Hollywood blockbuster ‘Avatar’, after videos went viral on social media showing ancient caves used as a rubbish dump. — Picture via YouTube/20th Century Studios
Life / 13 Jun 2025

China tackles decade of pollution at Unesco-listed park that inspired sci-fi film ‘Avatar’ after public outcry

Underwater image of fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on March 8, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Jun 2025

‘A chronicle of disaster foretold’: French Polynesia leader warns against deep-sea mining, urges ocean conservation

People take photos as they visit the grounds of the Blue House in Seoul on June 9, 2025, named for the approximately 150,000 hand-painted blue tiles that adorn its roof, that had been home to South Korea's leaders for seven decades until 2022, when former impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol moved out to settle in what was then the Defence Ministry headquarters, about 6 kilometres away. Tens of thousands of South Koreans poured into the Blue House in northern Seoul on June 9, as it could be their last chance to visit the premise as a new president is poised to return to the former presidential office. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Jun 2025

South Koreans flock to historic Blue House as new president prepares to move in

(Front from 2nd left) Manogaran and Sri Maha Mariamman Temple deputy president Vijayakumar R pose with others in front of the new temple’s main entrance. — The Borneo Post pic
Life / 12 Jun 2025

Sibu’s new Sri Maha Mariamman Temple undergoes final touch-ups, on schedule to open on July 7 (VIDEO)

This handout artist’s illustration made available by University of Calgary on June 6, 2025, shows the newly discovered dinosaur species Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Jun 2025

New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd as he arrives to hold the weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 11, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Jun 2025

First China bishop appointed under Pope Leo