KUALA LUMPUR: The police are investigating an incident where an Islamic prayer was read out at an event where people of other faiths also said prayers. Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said a report was lodged on the matter on Aug 22. "However, the investigation is being carried out by the Bukit Aman...
PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin - whom President Nicolas Sarkozy said would be a good future head of state - warned on Friday of the risk that far-right politician Marine Le Pen could win the next presidential election in 2027. Darmanin gave interviews to both La Voix du Nord paper and RTL radio...
(Reuters) - A group of Russian militants who fight on the Ukrainian side called on the Wagner Group of mercenaries to switch sides and join their ranks to revenge the deaths of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and their commander Dmitry Utkin. Russian air authorities have said Prigozhin, Utkin and eight other people were on a private...
Ruby further angered Chinese netizens when she likened the Qi Xi Festival aka Chinese Valentine's Day to the Hungry Ghost Month as both fall in the same period. Earlier this week (Aug 22), many Chinese celebrated the Qi Xi Festival, which is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day. While there isn't much hype for it in Singapore, Qi...
The broadcaster asserted that all reports regarding the resignation of Eric Tsang, who recently underwent surgery, were unfounded. A newly released financial report documenting the financial affairs of Hong Kong broadcaster TVB has revealed a loss of HK$406mil (S$70mil) in the first half of 2023. Media reports soon followed, claiming that Hong Kong star Eric Tsang, 70, who...
The singer, who's known for her 1992 hit song 'People Life, Ocean Wild', was sentenced to prison for abetting the counterfeiting of securities. Yesterday (Aug 23), '80s Taiwanese Hokkien pop diva Chen Ying-git (陳盈潔) showed up at the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office to report for jail. The 69-year-old was sentenced to three years and two months' jail for abetting the counterfeiting...
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump's mug shot was released on Thursday evening after he was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. An unsmiling Trump - inmate no. P01135809, according...
(Reuters) -Donald Trump has had his picture taken innumerable times over the decades, from his early days as a real estate magnate to his turn as a reality TV star and throughout his tumultuous four years in the White House. But the mug shot released by Georgia authorities on Thursday, showing a scowling Trump just minutes...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has been ordered by the country’s highest court to pay NZ$6.6 million ($3.9 million) plus interest as compensation for her role in the collapse of a construction company, a judgement released Friday said. Shipley was New Zealand’s first female prime minister holding the role from 1997...
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) - As former President Donald Trump was arrested in Atlanta, U.S. President Joe Biden said he had spoken with Ukraine's president on Friday and issued a fresh appeal for contributions to his 2024 re-election campaign "apropos of nothing." Biden was silent all day on Friday while on vacation at a home...
