SAMUT PRAKAN: One person was killed and four seriously injured when two pickups crashed into the parked truck of a crew painting traffic lanes on the Burapha Withi expressway on Wednesday night.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The latest attempt by the party claiming to be the heir of the Sultanate of Sulu to seize assets claimed to belong to Malaysia in the Netherlands is another act of taking advantage and breaking the law. Read full storyContinue Reading
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s ongoing dusk-to-dawn sea curfew which ends on Friday (Oct 7) has been extended for another 14 days to Oct 22. Read full storyContinue Reading
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will arrive in Australia on October 6 for talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. What should we expect from his visit? Sogavare has had a tumultuous year, particularly as far as relations with Australia are concerned: in April, he signed a controversial security pact with China, the latter of […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI sustained its rally over the morning session as investors picks up heavyweight counters ahead of tomorrow’s tabling of Budget 2023. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A teenager admitted in court on Thursday (Oct 6) to various sexual offences against his aunt, cousin and two other underage girls since 2018 . The 19-year-old was not named in court documents to protect the identity of the victims. He pleaded guilty to four charges including sexual penetration ofContinue Reading
The September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, while in the custody of Iran’s morality police has sparked an unprecedented wave of national anger against the Islamic Republic of Iran – and a violent government response. So far, more than 150 people have been killed, including children, dozens have been wounded and hundreds remain in detention. The regime […]
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SINGAPORE: Angered that his colleague had taken his safety harness, a construction worker assaulted him after an argument ensued, leaving him with grievous fractures. Cai Linghui, 43, was sentenced to a year’s jail on Thursday (Oct 6). He pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, with aContinue Reading
The US has just successfully tested a Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range (THOR-ER) hypersonic vehicle, providing a significant boost to its weapons program that until now has been perceived as lagging behind China and Russia’s. In a press release this month, the US Department of Defense (DOD) said that the US and Norway […]
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SINGAPORE: No further action will be taken by the police against MP Louis Ng under the Public Order Act for holding up a sign in support of hawkers more than two years ago, said the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) in a statement on Thursday (Oct 6). “Investigations have revealed that MrContinue Reading