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File picture of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arriving at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 22, 2025. The Court of Appeal today allowed 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and related companies to admit an affidavit by a Singaporean woman in support of their bid to freeze Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s assets in a lawsuit involving luxury goods worth more than US$346 million (RM1.41 billion). — Picture by Yusof Isa

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Police maintain tight security around former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s residence in Jalan Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, on November 11, 2026. — Bernama pic

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Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s healthcare vice-president, is having an unwanted moment in the spotlight as the second woman to be linked to Jensen Huang’s extramarital affair. — Screegrab from Facebook/Nvidia

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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on November 10, 2026. The Malaysian Bar has the right to challenge the Federal Territories Pardons Board’s decision allowing Najib to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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Police stand guard outside former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s house along Jalan Langgak Duta in Kuala Lumpur on November 10, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

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Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo criticised Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s proposal for an early election, saying the government should instead focus on strengthening the economy. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

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A 26-year-old policeman lost his right wrist after being attacked by a machete-wielding man in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, on November 11, 2026. — Screengrabs via Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

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MRT Corp said several lanes along Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah in Penang will be closed from 10pm to 5am daily between November 16 and December 31 for works related to the Mutiara Line LRT project. — Bernama pic

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Madani government had opted to retain the Sales and Services Tax (SST) as the country’s tax system because GST was a broad-based tax that also affected low-income earners, while SST was more focused on the business sector. — Bernama pic

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In a statement, he said the arrangement was among the reasons five independent directors of PBA Holdings Berhad opposed the proposal, which he estimated would involve RM24.6 billion in water purchases over the contract period. — Bernama pic

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Lance Corporal Thierry Rodger anak Fendy gives a thumbs-up while lying on a hospital stretcher. — Picture via Facebook/Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad

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Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 39, son of former Indonesian president Joko Widodo, resigned on November 12, 2026 as the country’s vice-president over claims his 2019 high school diploma is fake and lacked the educational criteria for the post. — AFP pic

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Judge Khainur Aleeza Ismail issued the warrant after allowing an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin, who informed the court that the 45-year-old man had evaded attempts by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to serve him with a summons. — Unsplash pic

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Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said he would try to propose declassifying the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting minutes involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak at tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting. — Bernama pic

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The potential successors to Jensen Huang at Nvidia are (top row, left to right) the company insiders, CFO Colette Kress, VP Ian Buck, and VP Bryan Catanzaro, and his family (bottom row, left to right) cousin Lisa Su, son Spencer Huang, and daughter Madison Huang. — Pictures from Nvidia Blog, LinkedIn, and AMD website.

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