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You’re listening to the audio version of our daily newsletter. Stay informed, be smarter in 3 minutes. The Coffee Break - The daily newsletter of 20,000+ Malaysians. We make it easy and entertaining to read news. Our goal is simple - to make our readers more informed. We filter the news to take out the noise and at the same time, our readers can know and learn more. We cover interesting facts, local and global news all in our daily newsletter.

Episode Date
☕️ MOF confirms budget cuts
Apr 30, 2026
☕️ Bersatu and the RM19.5 mil payments from a construction company
Apr 29, 2026
☕️ Negeri Sembilan: From royal crisis to political crisis now
Apr 28, 2026
☕️ MACC: New chief appointed, Padini's certain bank accounts frozen
Apr 27, 2026
☕️ Azam Baki: Days are numbered - King to appoint new MACC chief, "Tangkap Azam Baki" rally
Apr 24, 2026
☕️ Iran-inspired: Jakarta mulls Malacca Strait passage fee
Apr 23, 2026
☕️ KK Mart revives IPO plan after 'holy socks' controversy
Apr 22, 2026
☕️ Game of Thrones: Negeri Sembilan
Apr 21, 2026
☕️ Sabah eyes space launch dream
Apr 20, 2026
☕️ Grand theft jewellery: RM9.7 mil gold heist in broad daylight in 5 minutes
Apr 17, 2026
☕️ Petronas: Fuel supply secured through June
Apr 16, 2026
☕️ Strait of Malacca, here comes the US
Apr 15, 2026
☕️ Prison Break: Sungai Buloh escape sparks online buzz
Apr 14, 2026
☕️ Survey: Gen Zs are not doing ok at workplace
Apr 13, 2026
☕️ GLIC ex-CEO nabbed for inflated share sale leading to losses of >RM300 mil in public funds
Apr 10, 2026
☕️ WFH saves fuel but hidden costs could amount to RM1 bil per month, says business group
Apr 09, 2026
☕️ In Kelantan: Malaysia Airports vs Mat Rempit
Apr 08, 2026
☕️ NRD: Don't use others' MyKad for RON95
Apr 07, 2026
☕️ PMX launches Madani Mart
Apr 06, 2026
☕️ Trump-era EBITDA: Earnings before Iran, Tariffs and Donald Announcements
Apr 03, 2026
☕️ Anwar: Government, GLCs to WFH starting Apr 15
Apr 02, 2026
☕️ Court: Najib to pay USD1.3 bil (RM5.26 bil) to SRC
Apr 01, 2026
☕️ Anwar asks officials to hold back immediate release of report on Azam Bali - Bloomberg
Mar 31, 2026
☕️ Rafizi reveals who Mr R is
Mar 30, 2026
☕️ Budi95 quota 200 litres per month starting Apr 1
Mar 27, 2026
☕️ The Rs of PKR deny they are the RM9.5 mil 'Mr. R'
Mar 26, 2026
☕️ 'Corporate Mafia': Businessman claims PKR MP took RM9.5 mil to help 'settle' case
Mar 25, 2026
☕️ Raya so far: Heatwave, fireworks fire, expensive oil
Mar 24, 2026
☕️ After oil, now water at risk
Mar 19, 2026
☕️ MIC in Perikatan: Real or not?
Mar 18, 2026
☕️ Return of Hishammuddin and KJ? Umno reunion talk gains momentum
Mar 17, 2026
☕️ +1 day extra holiday for Raya
Mar 16, 2026
☕️ Are Klang Valley landlords racist?
Mar 13, 2026
☕️ No Raya open house this year
Mar 12, 2026
☕️ Oil crisis in SEA (ex-Malaysia)
Mar 11, 2026
☕️ Amidst Iranflation, PM Anwar pledges to maintain RON95 at RM1.99
Mar 10, 2026
☕️ UMNO welcomes back old members, PKR goes after more frogs
Mar 09, 2026
☕️ The impact of US-Iran war on Malaysia
Mar 06, 2026
☕️ Lotus's owner acquires Village Grocer owner in RM1.7 bil deal
Mar 05, 2026
☕️ LRT3 facing big potential penalties of more than RM475 mil over delays
Mar 04, 2026
☕️ Pandan leaves vs cockroaches: fact or fiction?
Mar 03, 2026
☕️ Big number$: EPF, PETRONAS, Sunway Healthcare
Mar 02, 2026
☕️ Drug rehab officers supplied drugs to drug rehab patients
Feb 27, 2026
☕️ MCMC blocks LGBT apps
Feb 26, 2026
☕️ No AI? No data centre for you
Feb 25, 2026
☕️ Perikatan Nasional got a new chairman
Feb 24, 2026
☕️ Jul 12: DAP special congress to decide whether to resign from all govt
Feb 23, 2026
☕️ Part 3: MACC and The Corporate Mafia
Feb 13, 2026
☕️ Part 2: MACC Chief Azam Baki in another shareholding controversy
Feb 12, 2026
☕️ MACC chief Azam Baki back in the spotlight over shareholding
Feb 11, 2026
☕️ Bersatu's internal drama: Hamzah vs Muhyiddin showdown
Feb 10, 2026
☕️ Base MHIT feature - pre-existing health conditions to be covered
Feb 09, 2026
☕️ PMX: No land was given to Indonesia
Feb 06, 2026
☕️ First in Malaysia: Prosecuted for undergoing gender reassignment surgery in Kelantan
Feb 05, 2026
☕️ Price tags: A prison, a digital bank
Feb 04, 2026
☕️ Another series of alleged corruption cases involving public agencies to be revealed soon
Jan 28, 2026
☕️ Political Financing Bill: Taking aim at money, power, and perception
Jan 27, 2026
☕️ Teacher bankruptcies on the rise
Jan 26, 2026
☕️ Government to launch base medical insurance to address affordability
Jan 23, 2026
☕️ Nice education blueprint, but can execute or not?
Jan 22, 2026
☕️ National Education Blueprint - Malaysian education system gets major revamp
Jan 21, 2026
☕️ Bumi issues, corruption probes, valuation debates: IJM’s takeover storm gathers
Jan 20, 2026
☕️ Don’t play play with Singapore’s e-cigarette crackdown - jail, rehab, caning if caught
Jan 19, 2026
☕️ Going solo? UMNO decides before GE16
Jan 16, 2026
☕️ Zahid wants UMNO to modernise its marketing - go digital, go viral
Jan 15, 2026
☕️ Loan sharks threatening Kelantan cops with red “11-9=2” graffiti
Jan 14, 2026
☕️ Why Zahid’s graft case became NFA
Jan 13, 2026
☕️ Unnamed company penalised RM900 mil for evading tax
Jan 12, 2026
☕️ From DNAA to NFA: AGC says no further action for Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's Yayasan Akalbudi case
Jan 09, 2026
☕️ Procurement scandal: From army tenders to universities
Jan 08, 2026
☕️ UMNO gives PAS a pass, Madani government breakup averted
Jan 07, 2026
☕️ Scandal combo: Not done with corruption scandal, military now faces ‘clubbing’ scandal
Jan 06, 2026
☕️ EPF: What's new in 2026?
Jan 05, 2026
☕️ After cabinet reshuffling, now comes PN's: PAS to step up after Muhyiddin steps down
Dec 31, 2025
☕️ Classic playbook: Taking MC, when meeting MACC
Dec 30, 2025
☕️ No one escapes justice: Clever-clever squirrel jump, one day fall to the ground also
Dec 29, 2025
☕️ Luxury retailer Valiram family acquires RM1.1 bil stake in The Exchange TRX mall, office
Dec 24, 2025
☕️ Najib’s house arrest bid rejected by court
Dec 23, 2025
☕️ Important events this week: Najib'wfh', 1MDB-Tanore verdict, special ASEAN meeting over Thai-Cambodia conflict
Dec 22, 2025
☕️ 2026: Tol tak naik, but public transport could get more expensive
Dec 19, 2025
☕️ Post-Cabinet Reshuffling Syndrome: Anwar rules out snap elections, PAS complains, Johari to renegotiate trade deal
Dec 18, 2025
☕️ Anwar reshuffles Cabinet, drops two ministers in latest reset
Dec 17, 2025
☕️ Scam^2: New scam involving scam victims getting scammed again
Dec 16, 2025
☕️ MyDigital ID soon to be mandatory for government services
Dec 15, 2025
☕️ Meet the Malaysian claypot hotpot chain CCH that listed on Nasdaq
Dec 12, 2025
☕️ One-third of political corruption cases just vanish, says Projek Sama
Dec 10, 2025
☕️ Your guide to 2026: A year with plenty of long weekends
Dec 09, 2025
☕️ Post-Sabah Election goodies for SMEs
Dec 08, 2025
☕️ Zafrul’s next chapter: Mida chairman
Dec 04, 2025
☕️ Mahathir’s police report against Anwar over the Malaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement
Dec 03, 2025
☕️ First 100% Malaysian EV - Perodua's QV-E at RM80,000
Dec 02, 2025
☕️ The Sabah Report: Winners, Losers, DAP 'bungkus'
Dec 01, 2025
☕️ Weather Alert: Tropical storm now at our doors
Nov 28, 2025
☕️ Lecturer lost RM1 mil over fake investment that promises returns of 1,000% in minutes
Nov 27, 2025
☕️ Sabah mining scandal: Albert Tei hands over bribery evidence to Mahathir, hints at bigger conspiracy
Nov 26, 2025
☕️ Flood 2025: Leaking LRT, flooding highway, sliding land
Nov 25, 2025
☕️ Putrajaya bans social media for under-16s from next year
Nov 24, 2025
☕️ Pharmaceutical chain Big Caring said to explore IPO, up to RM20 bil valuation
Nov 21, 2025
☕️ Open finance coming this 2027, but Malaysians will have full control over how their financial data is shared
Nov 20, 2025
☕️ Selangor eyes nuclear power in 5 years, but still in the “study first” stage
Nov 19, 2025
☕️ MIC hits pause on BN, but maintains support for PM Anwar
Nov 18, 2025
☕️ KLIA notches up national embarrassment meter
Nov 17, 2025
☕️ KL Foodie owner to raise RM75 mil IPO, valuing company at RM266 mil
Nov 14, 2025
☕️ Albert Tei drops another bombshell video involving Sabah minister
Nov 13, 2025
☕️ Take a 15-minute financial course if you want to take a RM100k+ personal loan
Nov 12, 2025
☕️ PKR: Bringing back the RM10 mil bond
Nov 11, 2025
☕️ Another Madani Minister resigns
Nov 10, 2025
☕️ PSA: No pay JPJ summons, no license renewal
Nov 07, 2025
☕️ High Court orders government to pay Pastor Koh’s family RM37 mil
Nov 06, 2025
☕️ Fuel subsidy: E-hailing drivers get bigger fuel quota, subsidy cut for top earners on hold
Nov 05, 2025
☕️ Rakan KKM: "Premium economy" healthcare services at public hospital to launch year-end
Nov 04, 2025
☕️ New airline in town - Ascend Airways is ready to fly
Nov 03, 2025
☕️ A major player making a political comeback
Oct 31, 2025
☕️ Muhyiddin’s SIL Adlan Berhan still on the run
Oct 30, 2025
☕️ Monash University's big bet: A RM2.8 bil campus at TRX
Oct 29, 2025
☕️ 359k PTPTN borrowers never paid a single sen, owing RM5.25 bil (average RM14.62k per defaulter)
Oct 28, 2025
☕️ ASEAN Summit: The Dance, The Deals, The Wins
Oct 27, 2025
☕️ ASEAN Summit: Who's coming, what's happening
Oct 24, 2025
☕️ No more discounts for traffic fines: "the less you delay, the less you pay" principle
Oct 23, 2025
☕️ The 1MDB-Tanore finals: Najib’s fate to be determined soon
Oct 22, 2025
☕️ Live in Malaysia: Malaysia to host the latest round of US-China tariff talks
Oct 21, 2025
☕️ 200 stabs - neck, lungs, legs
Oct 17, 2025
☕️ Handwritten note found on murdered schoolgirl
Oct 16, 2025
☕️ Stabbing, death, gang-rape, and bullying: are our schools safe?
Oct 15, 2025
☕️ Genting Bhd to privatise its casino and hospitality arm, Genting Malaysia Bhd, in RM6.7 bil deal
Oct 14, 2025
☕️ Budget 2026 Highlights 3 Versions: The Coffee Break, Mr Money, and The Edge
Oct 13, 2025
☕️ OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Malaysia @ RM38.99 per month
Oct 10, 2025
☕️ New law passed - your car loan becomes fairer, cheaper
Oct 09, 2025
☕️ National Embarassment: FIFA-FAM fiasco may tank chances for Asian Cup
Oct 08, 2025
☕️ Auditor-General’s latest Series 3 report highlights serious fiscal issues - same sh*t, different year
Oct 07, 2025
☕️ BNM launches the National Financial Literacy Strategy 2026-2030
Oct 06, 2025
☕️ The Half-Trillion Dollar Club entrants: OpenAI, Elon Musk
Oct 03, 2025
☕️ Zero Corruption in 3 Years - PM Anwar's target
Oct 02, 2025
☕️ BNM: Personal loans above RM100k need financial education course by 2027
Oct 01, 2025
☕️ 2 mega IPOs upcoming: MMC Port Holdings, Sarawak Energy
Sep 30, 2025
☕️ US to consider granting Malaysia zero tariffs on palm oil, cocoa
Sep 29, 2025
☕️ Dear parents, drug addiction is now claiming school kids
Sep 26, 2025
☕️ Porsche, Lambo, Ferrari, Royce, Bentley owners owe RM35.7 mil road tax
Sep 25, 2025
☕️ Ramly Burger Index - measuring the shrinking purchasing power of fresh grads
Sep 24, 2025
☕️ All about the RON95 subsidy rationalisation
Sep 23, 2025
☕️ Sabah State Election coming soon - state assembly to be dissolved by Nov 11
Sep 22, 2025
☕️ End of an era for Malaysia's rubber glove industry?
Sep 21, 2025
☕️ PAS v Bersatu: An intense war of words
Sep 18, 2025
☕️ Malaysia Day Tragedy: Sabah floods claim 13, celebrations cancelled
Sep 17, 2025
☕️ Has riot fever reached Malaysia?
Sep 16, 2025
☕️ Visit Malaysia 2025: Trump, Putin and Li Qiang eye Malaysia for ASEAN Summit
Sep 11, 2025
☕️ Targeted RON95 petrol subsidy to start end of this month
Sep 10, 2025
☕️ MEX II highway corruption case enters new chapter: The Court
Sep 09, 2025
☕️ Muhyiddin tastes his own medicine
Sep 08, 2025
☕️ Zara's hostel fall not accidental
Sep 06, 2025
☕️ Silent health crisis of the poor: 70% of B40 group have non-communicable diseases
Sep 02, 2025
☕️ BNM: Faultless motorists can claim insurance without losing No-Claim Discount
Sep 01, 2025
☕️ Ferrari, Lamborghini watch out - meet Bufori, Malaysian-made sports car
Aug 29, 2025
☕️ PM Anwar: Rent-seeking, sub-contracting, interference in procurement process to be criminalised
Aug 28, 2025
☕️ Blurry Future: Rising childhood myopia in Malaysia
Aug 26, 2025
Former PM’s son arrested for drug possession
Aug 26, 2025
JP Morgan will pay RM1.4 bil settlement to Malaysia in relation to 1MDB
Aug 24, 2025
MACC's MAGA: Make Anti-Corruption Great Again
Aug 23, 2025
Think you are too smart to fall for scam? More educated Malaysians falling prey to online scams, says Home Minister
Aug 21, 2025
Police bust ‘Geng Budak Sekolah’ linked to child sexual exploitation, run by a 12 y.o. girl
Aug 20, 2025
5 suspects (all minors) to be charged in Zara Qairina's case
Aug 18, 2025
MIC is in talks with PN
Aug 17, 2025
Rafizi, family receive AIDS threat
Aug 15, 2025
Najib's 'wfh' bid lives on
Aug 13, 2025
PM AI launches AI Buatan Malaysia: ILMU
Aug 12, 2025
60 is the new 56: Malaysians redefining the meaning of "old age"
Aug 12, 2025
Two Malaysian tourists set on fire in Bangkok
Aug 10, 2025
100% chips tariff: Is Malaysia exempted?
Aug 08, 2025
Are you ready for a nuclear-powered Malaysia?
Aug 07, 2025
MCMC investigates influencers exploiting homeless man
Aug 05, 2025
Malaysia to splurge over USD240 bil (RM1.02 tril) to lower US tariffs
Aug 05, 2025
US-MY Tariff: 25 going on 19
Aug 03, 2025
13th Malaysia Plan tabled
Aug 01, 2025
Malaysia’s barrierless toll system delayed until 2027
Jul 31, 2025
Six-year-old found strangled in Johor, own father is suspect
Jul 29, 2025
Thailand-Cambodia unconditional ceasefire courtesy of Madani government
Jul 28, 2025
The 'Turun Anwar' hoo-ha
Jul 27, 2025
Businessman loses RM2.2 mil after two scams mere months apart
Jul 25, 2025
Anwar’s Madani giveaways: What you’re getting
Jul 24, 2025
Senior citizen privilege — Dr M’s court woes evaporate
Jul 22, 2025
Zayn Rayyan case update: Father acquitted, mother to enter defence
Jul 21, 2025
Jho Low reportedly living in ultra luxury in Shanghai, serving as advisor to the Chinese government
Jul 20, 2025
The next Chief Justice could be...
Jul 17, 2025
"The baby was raped. Not only that, the act was recorded on video and later sold (online). It is absolute madness” - Home Minister
Jul 16, 2025
Op Metal: Massive raids on illegal metal smuggling sydicates, RM183 mil assets seized, RM950 mil tax revenue lost
Jul 16, 2025
MACC seeks to seize RM3 Bil in offshore assets linked to Daim
Jul 14, 2025
Air India Flight 171 crash investigation updates
Jul 13, 2025
MACC seizes RM620 mil in properties, assets in fibre network probe
Jul 10, 2025
Singapore visits Malaysia, then shops for our doctors
Jul 10, 2025
Trump's tariff on Malaysia: 25%, up by 1%
Jul 08, 2025
Rafizi and 8 PKR MPs call for RCI on recent judicial appointments
Jul 07, 2025
Shooting left right - gun enforcement, where?
Jul 06, 2025
Malaysia to jointly develop resource-rich, disputed Ambalat sea block with Indonesia
Jul 03, 2025
Man dodges assassination outside Penang school thanks to quick reflexes
Jul 02, 2025
Experts propose tax on vacant homes to curb speculation
Jul 01, 2025
Putra Heights gas pipeline explosion out - no criminal elements
Jul 01, 2025
SST u-turns di sana sini
Jun 29, 2025
Syed Saddiq is free
Jun 25, 2025
Hot Question: I am on annual leave, then I fell sick. Can I cancel my annual leave and convert it to MC? Aunty HR answers.
Jun 25, 2025
New 'funny' biz uncovered in KLIA
Jun 23, 2025
Government proposes EPF-funded health insurance scheme
Jun 22, 2025
Malaysia U-Turn Series: SST on imported fruits to be reviewed
Jun 19, 2025
Purchasing power of Malaysian households declined by 69.1% over the past five decades
Jun 18, 2025
Greenland, rare earth, durians - Berjaya Land's new busines ventures
Jun 17, 2025
10 corpses uncovered amid Klang River flood mitigation project
Jun 16, 2025
Gerik bus crash: Driver pleads not guilty, no mechanical failure identified
Jun 15, 2025
KLIA's notorious ranking - top major wildlife trafficking route into India
Jun 12, 2025
Influencer Mekyun exposes disturbing Facebook group targeting children
Jun 11, 2025
Survivors of horrific Gerik bus crash tell their story, investigations reveal disturbing details
Jun 10, 2025
Your lifestyle to get a bit more expensive - expanded SST kicks in July 1
Jun 10, 2025
Tealive, Bask Bear owner Loob Bhd to IPO
Jun 08, 2025
Petronas to slash 5,000 jobs
Jun 05, 2025
Shocking: 58% of households in Malaysia do not have fire and home insurance policies
Jun 04, 2025
Madani government now brings you 102-acre Madani City in Putrajaya
Jun 03, 2025
Tengku Zafrul: Exits UMNO, to enter PKR
Jun 02, 2025
Trump's global tariffs blocked by US trade court
May 29, 2025
1 day and 2 ministerial resignations
May 29, 2025
What’s next for Rafizi?
May 27, 2025
Coming soon in H2 - RON95 subsidy rationalisation
May 26, 2025
PKR Party Elections gives MADANI a new meaning - Mama, Daddy and Nurul Izzah
May 25, 2025
MACC probing RM2 bil in undeclared assets in Daim investigation
May 22, 2025
Singapore Airlines Group to pay employees 7.45 months' bonus
May 21, 2025
TVET grads earning more than academic peers
May 20, 2025
Doctors - potentially one of Malaysia's best "cheap yet high quality assets" exports
May 19, 2025
Abang Bomba myth debunked - significant number of Fire & Rescue Department staff are obese
May 18, 2025
Deputy PM: Malaysia's public transport usage rate only 25%
May 15, 2025
Chinese voters not choosing PH
May 14, 2025
Lorry Worry: After an elephant, now we lost nine police officers
May 13, 2025
Survey: 57.8% of Malaysians against Najib receiving royal pardon
May 12, 2025
MACC probes 'Tan Sri' in alleged RM500 mil money laundering of Sapura Energy Shares
May 08, 2025
Rafizi says I am here to stay, if...
May 07, 2025
The RM75 bil ECRL: 82% complete, to start operations in 2027
May 06, 2025
US to Malaysia: 4 conditions to secure a tariff deal
May 05, 2025