KANGAR: A Thai woman was fined RM9,000 by the Sessions Court here Thursday (Dec 26) after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing 34kg of subsidised packet cooking oil without a licence. Judge Sharifah Norazlita Syed Salim Idid meted out the fine, in default five months in jail, on Salmee Changwang, 49, who is an e-hailing...
JASIN: Two Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) students were killed and two others injured when their car crashed into a guardrail on the North-South Expressway. Jasin OCPD Deputy Supt Ahmad Jamil Radzi confirmed that the deceased were identified as Nurul Syafiqah Nasruddin, 19, from Kampung Ulu Rokan, Gemencheh, Negri Sembilan, and Nurhanis Afryna Azizan, 19, from...
IPOH: A 43-year-old female teacher who was reported missing since Dec 10 was found safe and sound in Teluk Intan on Thursday afternoon (Dec 26). Ipoh police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said police managed to find the woman Nur Nazalishah Ahmad at 2pm on Thursday in Teluk Intan, thanks to information from the...
The actor completely transforms into the folk singer in 'A Complete Unknown.' Watch the trailer, find out the release date and more, here. Timothée Chalamet transforms into Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown. As the trailer reveals, the Dune actor sings live and sounds astonishingly similar to the folk singer. And now that positive reviews are skyrocketing, fans can’t wait...
The former U.S. president was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital on December 23, 2024, after developing a fever. Bill Clinton was hospitalized in December 2024, shortly before Christmas, sparking widespread concern regarding the former U.S. president’s health. Initially, it was unclear why Clinton was brought to a hospital, but his deputy chief of staff explained the...
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Wednesday (Dec 25) sentenced a prominent Vietnamese hill tribe activist to six months in prison for illegally entering the kingdom and staying without a visa, his lawyer told AFP. Judges in Bangkok ruled in September that Y Quynh Bdap (pic) -- who has lived in exile in Thailand since 2018 --...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The third executive who was fired by Singapore Post on Dec 21 following investigations over a whistle-blower’s report will contest his termination, saying the move is undue, unfair and without merit. In a statement posted on LinkedIn on Dec 24, Li Yu, the former chief executive of the SingPost international business unit...
No one can say that Ye Ke is not a go-getter. Just when we thought that Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming and his influencer girlfriend Ye Ke were no more, there's been an unexpected twist in their relationship. Last month, Xiaoming, 46, fuelled break-up rumours after he deleted his Weibo post announcing their relationship. The star had been getting a lot of flak due to Ye...
In recent years, the Young and Dangerous 3 star also suffered a stroke and had brain cancer. He also needed hip replacement surgery. '90s Hong Kong martial artist Michael Chan Wai Man (陳惠敏) has been plagued by health scares in the past few years. The now 81-year-old actor, who's best known for playing the vicious gangster Camel Lok in Young and Dangerous 3, suffered a...
JAKARTA (Xinhua): The Indonesian government plans to purchase more rice from farmers in 2025 to enhance their welfare and ensure food security, a minister has announced. Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said that the volume of rice purchases would increase from 2 million tons this year to 2.5 million tons next year. The rice will...
