LONDON (Reuters) - More than 400 alleged victims have so far contacted the legal team working on a case against the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, who has been accused of sexual abuse and rape, lawyer Dean Armstrong said on Thursday. A BBC documentary in September revealed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94,...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine is hurting the entire world and the longer it goes on, the worse the consequences will be for everyone, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. Trudeau made his remarks at a time when the United States and its allies accuse Chinese entities of helping Moscow's military effort,...
The upcoming film reunites the two actors 30 years after they starred in the classic film. Hollywood Life has all the details about 'Here.' In the list of beloved classic movie couples, you’ve got so many to pick from Harry Burns and Sally Albright, Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson, and of course Forest and Jenny. Tom Hanks and Robin...
TOKYO: A phenomenon has emerged in Japan which involves males labelled as “tight men” who wear silicone bodysuits and lifelike masks to look like women in public spaces. The trend has sparked concerns about the safety of real women. Online sources suggest that their outfits are likely inspired by Animegao Kigurumi, a masked cosplay style rooted in...
SINGAPORE: A risk and controls officer with an insurance firm, who earned more than S$11,000 a month used its corporate credit card to make 27 unauthorised transactions involving S$29,674 in total. Raul Randhawa, a 44-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to four months’ jail on Wednesday (Oct...
ATHENS: Greek police have arrested a Vietnamese woman wanted for smuggling nearly 300kg (660 pounds) of gold bars by hiding them under vehicles used to shuttle ice across the Vietnam-Cambodia border, police officials said on Wednesday (Oct 30). An Interpol Red Notice was issued on behalf of Vietnam last year for the 64-year-old woman, who had...
PETALING JAYA: Imagine Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen (pic), Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie playing in a three-on-three badminton game. Well, that’s exactly will take place when these world-class players lock horns in an exciting invitational tournament – Bdmntn-XL Invitational starting today in Jakarta that offers a whopping US$1mil (RM4,340,000) for the winning team. Bdmntn-XL...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court ruled that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was "wilfully blind" to his failure to inquire into the origin of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now a Court of Appeal judge) said that, given the substantial sums deposited, namely US$681mil, and the US$620mil returned to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Funds raised from a US$3bil bond issuance purportedly for the development of The Exchange TRX had ultimately been diverted into former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bank account, says the judge hearing the 1MDB case. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now Court of Appeal judge) who heard Najib’s 1MDB case said that the...
SUNGAI BULOH: A 37-year-old inmate from Sungai Buloh Prison died on Sunday (Oct 27). Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor stated that a prison warden reported the incident. The inmate was transported to Sungai Buloh Hospital due to health complications and was pronounced dead while receiving treatment. A post-mortem conducted on Tuesday (Oct 29) confirmed there...
