Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai is heartbroken by the death of her pet dog Woohoo, which died at age 18 on July 3. “It was with a heavy heart that we parted as you had been present at every step of my life,” Tsai, 43, wrote in Chinese on social media late on July 14. “I had imagined...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Terengganu has arrested a married couple suspected of abusing their positions within a state agency to secure procurement contracts valued at over RM200,000. According to a source, the male suspect, aged around 30, was detained at his office around noon on Monday (July 15), while his wife, also...
BANGKOK (AP): Thailand's prime minister sannounced Monday that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial programme that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy. The government announced in April the widely criticized ambitious plan, named the "Digital Wallet,” meant to give 10,000 baht...
NEW DELHI (Bernama): A man trying to smuggle 160 star tortoises to Malaysia was held at India's Chennai International Airport. Security staff handed over the passenger and tortoises, which were kept in cardboard boxes, to the Customs Department, local media reported on Monday. The man, travelling to Malaysia on a tourist visa, reportedly bought the tortoises for...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft investigators have arrested a state civil servant for submitting a false claim to help his family members get about RM111,000 for land compensation payment for a road project in 2014. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said the suspect in his 50s was arrested when he turned up at the Sabah MACC office at around...
PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) will propose establishing a Syariah judicial appointments commission, said its minister Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar. He was referring to the commitment given by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the government would expedite the implementation of the Syariah Judges' Remuneration Act to dignify the status of Syariah...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement's attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof,...
After choosing to part ways, actress Nora Danish said she no longer interferes in the personal matters of her ex-husband, businessman Mohamad Nedim Nazri, including the allegations of him being seen with another woman. Nora, whose full name is Nora Danish Hanif, 42, said they now have their own lives and asked the public not to...
SHAH ALAM: Selangor speaker Lau Weng San has called on Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to retract his allegations of him (Lau) being unprofessional, unfair and biased in his decisions regarding the status of Selat Klang assemblyman in last week’s state assembly sittings. Lau dismissed claims by the Selangor opposition leader and Hulu Kelang assemblyman that...
Shares of Australian Bitcoin miner Iris Energy dropped 14% on Friday after Culper Research questioned the firm’s ability to serve the high-performance computers for AI. Iris Energy (IREN), the Australian Bitcoin mining company, saw its shares plunge 14% on Jul. 12 after short seller Culper Research issued a report, raising concerns over Iris’ capabilities to provide high-performance computing (HPC)...
