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Haze returns: What Malaysians need to know as air quality deteriorates

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Milad Hassandarvish

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August 17, 2026

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A Nozomii Vending machine in its signature bright pink colour being unloaded at a location in Singapore before the business collapsed. — Picture from Facebook/Nozomii Vending

Singapore
/ 18 h ago

The DAP Party Conference today is the appropriate forum to decide whether the party should remain in or withdraw from the Unity Government, said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 18 h ago

Loke said contesting the challenging seat was never about personal achievement, but about demonstrating that DAP could win support from people of various ethnic backgrounds and succeed in a Malay-majority area. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 19 h ago

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook said education reform should go beyond the abolition of AUKU and focus on ensuring equal access to higher education for all Malaysians, regardless of their racial background. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 19 h ago

Speaking during the party’s national congress here, several delegates argued that leaving the unity government now would amount to abandoning voters and handing political advantage to rival parties. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 17 h ago

A police constable and a patrol officer detained over RM14,000 traffic‑related bribes on the East Coast Expressway (LPT2). — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia
/ 12 h ago

Wanita DAP legal bureau chief Sangeet Kaur Deo said the party must not ignore growing racial divisions and corruption-related scandals during its time in the federal government, warning that its silence on these issues had affected public confidence. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 17 h ago

DAP delegates today overwhelmingly voted for the party to remain in the federal government until the end of the current parliamentary term. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia
/ 14 h ago

Several improvements to the implementation of the targeted diesel subsidy system are being studied, with the government expected to announce them within the next one to two months, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. — Bernama pic

Malaysia
/ 15 h ago

China’s Sea Legend-operated container ship Dubai Tower sets sail from Ningbo for Felixstowe, England, on August 15, 2026, marking the launch of a weekly Arctic shipping service to Europe. — Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group handout pic via AFP

Money
/ 15 h ago

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said investigations found that the 39-year-old man is believed to have used his flight schedule to transport drugs to several destinations. — Bernama pic

Malaysia
/ 11 h ago

Students attend the Dialog Siswa AUKU at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi on April 13, 2023. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia
/ 16 h ago

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has risen to become Malaysia’s top-ranked university in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2026, climbing 149 places to rank 581st globally. — Picture via Facebook/Universiti Sains Malaysia

Malaysia
/ 11 h ago

Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (second from left) is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex December 9, 2022. ― Bernama pic

Malaysia
/ 18 h ago

Police have arrested three men after a woman reported being assaulted and threatened during an alleged illegal parking fee collection near the OUG community hall in Jalan Awan Besar. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia
/ 16 h ago

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