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Bride-to-be dies in Yong Peng highway crash days to wedding, fiance survives

BATU PAHAT, May 2 -- A 28-year-old woman died in a car accident on May Day at Kilometre 93.3 of the North-South Expressway, southbound near Yong Peng in Johor. The victim, Siti Nur Syamira Samsol, wa... Read More


Singapore GE2025 in numbers: 97 seats, 211 candidates and one nation decides

SINGAPORE, May 2 -- Singapore holds a general election on May 3. Here are some key figures about this edition of the five-yearly contest. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from... Read More


Leadership demands concrete plans, not rhetoric, says Nizar Najib in swipe at PAS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- Umno's Datuk Mohamad Nizar Najib has warned against political rhetoric that lacks substance, stressing that governance should be based on concrete policies, not just religious p... Read More


Jempol, Silam, Selayang PKR hold re-elections amid cheating claims, disqualifications; new winners announced

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- Rawang assemblyman Chua Wei Kiat has won the Selayang PKR division re-election, held following complaints of rule-breaking and other poll woes earlier. He received 1,945 votes,... Read More


Melaka hit-and-run leaves young girl with deep gash on forehead, police investigating

BUKIT KATIL, May 2 -- A Year Two student reportedly suffered severe forehead injuries, while her older sister sustained body wounds, after a hit-and-run near SK Demang Hussin, Bukit Katil, Melaka, yes... Read More


Malaysian biologist Farina Othman wins global award for work with palm oil farmers to protect last 300 Bornean elephants in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU, May 2 -- UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature, recognised Malaysian Dr Farina Othman with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to save the last 300 Bornean elephants in the east coast o... Read More


After more than 20 years, Sarawak labour law finally updated, aligning rights with peninsular Malaysia

KUCHING, May 2 -- Employees in Sarawak finally have access to the benefits their counterparts in Peninsular Malaysia are enjoying as the amended Sarawak Labour Ordinance (SLO) came into effect yesterd... Read More


DPAs can return billions of funds and assets into national coffers - Hafiz Hassan

Kuala Lampur, May 2 -- In "On the 'messages sent' in AGC's meeting with Jho Low's lawyers" written almost three years ago, I disagreed with then DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng's criticism of then Attorney ... Read More


Kappa Kaisen Izakaya: An 'absolute best' Japanese gastropub to eat, drink and be merry in Damansara Heights

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- You escape from real life the moment you push through the noren leading you into Kappa Kaisen Izakaya. Their mascot, a kawaii kappa (Japanese water spirit) riding cowboy style ... Read More


Police confirm probe into missing woman last seen on April 9 en route to MACC, after suspected abduction

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- Police have confirmed that a woman scheduled to meet Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers in Putrajaya on April 9 was reported missing that same afternoon. In a... Read More