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Fahmi: Govt to focus on people’s welfare and business facilitation in 2026
BANGI, Jan 11 — Efforts to address the cost of living faced by the people and to ease business processes are among the Madani Government’s priorities throughout this year, says Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. Fahmi, who is also the Madani Government
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Defence minister to issue statement tomorrow on MAF procurement matter, says Fahmi
BANGI, Jan 11 — Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin will issue a statement tomorrow on the procurement matter involving the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF), said MADANI government spokesperson Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said the issue concerning
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Penang not affected by cloned durian issue, Musang King farms well‑regulated, says state exco
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 11 — Penang remains unaffected by the issue of cloned durians failing to meet export standards due to its mature and well-regulated Musang King cultivation. State Agrotechnology, Food Security and Cooperative Development Committee chairman Fahmi Zainol said
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Wisma Putra: Malaysians safe, urged to stay vigilant after southern Thailand attacks
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that there have been no reports of Malaysians directly affected by the attacks in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani in southern Thailand in the early hours of today. In a media
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Bushfires destroy hundreds of buildings in southeast Australia, first death confirmed
SYDNEY, Jan 11 — Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40 °C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria, sparking dozens of
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Kelantan police bust drug syndicate, seize RM1.8m worth of cannabis
KOTA BHARU, Jan 11 — Kelantan police have dismantled a drug syndicate, arresting three men and seizing 52kg of cannabis buds worth RM1.82 million in Kuala Krai on January 3. The raids, under Ops Agas, were the result of a
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‘Preventive and proportionate’: MCMC temporarily restricts Grok AI over concerns about harmful content
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia has temporarily restricted access to X’s Grok artificial intelligence tool after regulators said the platform had failed to implement adequate safeguards to prevent the generation of obscene and harmful content, including non-consensual sexual images
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Foreign Ministry advises Malaysians to defer non-essential travel to Iran amid unrest
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The Foreign Ministry has urged Malaysians to postpone all non-essential travels to Iran for the time being following the widespread unrest in the country. In a media advisory today, the Ministry also confirmed that all
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Selangor police: Op Samseng Jalanan nets 10 arrests as police crack down on dangerous riding on GCE
SHAH ALAM, Jan 11 — A total of 10 individuals aged between 17 and 26 were arrested in the Special Integrated Operation against Street Thugs (Op Samseng Jalanan) on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) early this morning to combat street
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Malaysia targets 4.6 million Indonesian tourists under VM2026 campaign, says envoy
JAKARTA, Jan 11 — Malaysia aims to attract 4.6 million Indonesian tourists this year as part of the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 (VM2026) campaign. Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin, said the projection is based on
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