PETALING JAYA: A married couple has been detained for allegedly cheating the wife of comedian Along Cham of RM95,180. Read full story

THE appearance of cockles that washed ashore along Terengganu's beaches recently captured widespread attention online. Read full story

JOHOR BARU: A 21-year-old pillion rider was killed after falling off a motorcycle at Jalan Pintasan Persiaran Seri Alam. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 18 bodies have been recovered after a midair collision between a regional passenger jet and a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing a police official. Read full story

KOTA KINABALU: A family of four were trapped for hours in their car when they were caught in a flood in Kinabatangan district on Thursday (Jan 30). Read full story

BAGAN DATUK: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has called on leaders to put aside political differences and prioritise serving the people. Read full story

KUCHING: The Public Works Department (JKR) has been instructed to take immediate action to repair roads damaged by heavy rains and floods affecting several areas in Sarawak. Read full story

JOHOR BARU: Two men fell victim to separate scams in Johor recently, resulting in losses exceeding RM200,000. Read full story

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year. Read full story

(Reuters) - Rwanda, which diplomats say backs M23 fighters who seized Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo this week, called on Wednesday for a ceasefire across eastern Congo and for Congo to negotiate with the rebels while denying Rwandan troops were involved. Read full story

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he agreed with the U.S. government on the need for a ceasefire in eastern Congo but gave no indication of bowing to calls for Rwandan troops and the M23 rebels they support to withdraw from Goma. Read full story

PETLING JAYA: Malaysia will assist in developing several public amenities under the East Asia cooperation to reconstruct war-torn Gaza, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Read full story

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) will decommission the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, says the state energy firm on Tuesday in its activity outlook report. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Guests at the MCA Chinese New Year open house praised it as a vibrant showcase of Malaysia's multicultural unity. Read full story

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after U.S. President Donald Trump froze most foreign aid last week, forcing Thai officials to transport the sickest patients to other facilities. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong expresses regret over the recent posting made by a retired party member, saying that it does not reflect the party???s opinion. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan will continue to lead Perikatan Nasional in Penang as it has once held Penang for 39 years, says Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau. Read full story

AS WE head into 2025, the dragon zodiac is set to make way for the snake. Read full story

GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, hoping to reach safety after rebels captured the nearby Congolese city of Goma and spurred them to flee. Read full story

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An opinion poll indicated on Tuesday that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become a part of the United States, Danish daily Berlingske reported. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have a??dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Read full story

KYIV (Reuters) -An overnight Russian air attack injured four people, set a private business on fire and damaged several houses in Kharkiv, a city that has been under intermittent Russian fire since the start of the war, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: A former National Farmers Association (Nafas) officer claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to two counts of receiving a US$300,000 bribe from a Singaporean fertiliser supplier company. Read full story

JOHOR BARU: Johor MCA has apologised for a viral post on its official Facebook page, clarifying that it was accidentally posted by a retired member. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of dengue cases recorded in 2024 decreased, but the number of deaths increased, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The remand for the 31-year-old man detained for allegedly threatening popular comedian Harith Iskander and his family has been extended, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. Read full story

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militia overnight after entering eastern Congo's largest city Goma in the worst escalation of a conflict that has run for more than a decade. Read full story

KYIV (Reuters) - Six months ago, doctors were performing an operation at Ukraine's Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery when a missile struck the adjacent building inside the Kyiv compound of Ukraine's biggest children's hospital. Read full story

BUTTERWORTH: Local marketplaces here were quiet on Chinese New Year???s Eve, with most shops closed. Read full story

LAWAS: Six crew members were rescued while the skipper, all Malaysians, remain missing after their cargo vessel, Salim Enam, partially sank approximately 1.8 nautical miles from Tanjung Perapat, Lawas, Sarawak. Read full story

PUTRAJAYA: The Higher Education Ministry through the Education Malaysia Egypt (EMM) office is providing assistance and monitoring the situation of eight students involved in an accident while travelling from Cairo to Port Said, Egypt on Jan 25. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew. Read full story

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration's policy ambitions around tax cuts and spending and managing economic relationships with allies and adversaries alike. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Monday backed President Donald Trump's nomination of Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary and thus a leading voice in managing the country's economic, fiscal and sanctions policies, as voting continued. Read full story

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's approval fell to its lowest level since the 2022 election, while more voters for the first time expected the conservative opposition coalition to win the next election due by May, a widely watched poll showed. Read full story

(Reuters) -A U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of President Donald Trump???s crackdown on illegal immigration landed in Guatemala on Monday, two U.S. officials told Reuters. Read full story

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the rigours of nearly three years of war did not allow for changes in mobilisation rules because if soldiers left for home en masse, Russian President Vladimir Putin "will kill us all". Read full story

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the United States to consider additional exemptions to a 90-day pause on its foreign assistance to "ensure continued delivery of critical development and humanitarian activities." Read full story

KUCHING: The Chinese community has played an important role in Sarawak's economy, politics, education and social development, says Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Read full story