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Police detain Chinese national after alleged theft attempt on Jakarta-Penang flight
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 18 — Police detained a Chinese national on suspicion of attempting to steal a passenger’s wallet during a flight from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Penang yesterday. Southwest district […]
Turkiye proposes Russia‑Ukraine deal to curb Black Sea attacks, eyes a revived safe‑passage mechanism for civilian ships
ANKARA, Sept 18 — Exasperated by the ongoing Black Sea attacks, Turkiye has sent a proposal to Russia and Ukraine to end strikes on civilian ships, a Turkish diplomat told […]
Iran says it struck and detained Togo‑flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, Sept 18 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese flag in the Strait of Hormuz, state news agency IRNA reported. Tehran […]
NYT alleges Microsoft, OpenAI knowingly used news articles in ‘largest labour theft in human history’
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 — OpenAI committed “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” when it used millions of news articles to train its artificial intelligence models, the New York Times […]
Police sends probe papers on Umno delegate’s priest-nun comment to AGC
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Police will submit the investigation papers on Selangor delegate Datuk Noorazli Said’s speech at the 2026 Umno General Assembly on Sunday to the Attorney General’s […]
Weak 3.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Sandakan, no tsunami threat to Malaysia
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 18 — A weak earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was detected about 88 kilometres north of Sandakan, Sabah at 10.30pm yesterday. The Malaysian Meteorological Department […]
MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm warning for northern states, Sabah and Sarawak until noon
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a thunderstorm warning covering multiple states across the country, cautioning that thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are […]
Ringgit opens higher against US dollar as easing oil‑supply concerns lift sentiment
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar and a basket of major currencies today, supported by improved market sentiment as easing West Asia crude […]
Govt raises electricity subsidy threshold to 800kWh amid higher bills from haze and heat
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 18 — The Madani Government has expanded electricity bill protection for domestic users from 600 kilowatt-hours (kWh) to 800 kWh a month, effective for electricity consumption from September […]
Sarawak and Selangor bear the brunt as 34 stations log ‘Unhealthy’ API levels in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Air quality across Malaysia deteriorated significantly this morning, with 34 monitoring stations nationwide recording “Unhealthy” Air Pollutant Index (API) levels as of 8.30am, according to […]