KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — The government has assured that the targeted fuel subsidy under the Budi Madani RON95 (Budi95) programme, which begins on September 27, will not disrupt fuel supply or transactions at petrol stations, even with higher demand expected.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The Paralympic Council of Malaysia (PCM) has pledged greater transparency in handling incentives for athletes, following governance concerns raised by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the controversy involving para badminton star Cheah Liek Hou.

LONDON, Sept 23 — An Ethiopian asylum seeker whose July arrest sparked furious protests outside a migrant hotel near London has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and another woman.

NEW YORK, Sept 23 — Nobel laureates, technology leaders and politicians have urged governments to urgently set global “red lines” to prevent artificial intelligence from being used in areas deemed too dangerous.

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 23 — A crocodile was sighted on the beach near a hotel in Teluk Bahang around 4pm today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Malaysia’s inflation rose 1.3 per cent in August 2025, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 134.9 points compared with 133.2 a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

MANCHESTER, Sept 22 — Liverpool opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Everton in the Merseyside derby, while Arsenal and Manchester City shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

SANTO DOMINGO, Sept 22 — US warplanes struck a drug-trafficking boat off the Dominican Republic, killing three people, in what officials confirmed as an escalation of American military operations in the Caribbean.

GUANGZHOU (China), Sept 22 — Guangdong Province on Monday raised its wind emergency alert to Level II as Typhoon Ragasa approaches, prompting two cities to roll out suspension measures, Xinhua reported.

PARIT, Sept 22 — The Magistrate’s Court here today fined an Indonesian woman RM2,000 after she pleaded guilty to negligence that led to the death of her two-month-old son last Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Flood conditions in Sabah have begun to improve, with only two temporary relief centres (PPS) still open in Penampang and Papar districts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Beginning September 30, Malaysians can purchase RON95 petrol at RM1.99 per litre under the new targeted subsidy scheme, Budi95.