JAKARTA: A separatist group in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has agreed to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens from more than a year in captivity since kidnapping him, according to an audio message issued by a spokesperson on Saturday (Aug 3). An armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), led by Egianus...
Some domestic helpers form such close bonds with their employers, they become part of the family. A number of other people, however, are luckless when it comes to finding good help. Malaysian celebrity doctor, Shazril Shaharuddin, recently took to Instagram to share about an incident that happened with his two helpers. On the night of Jul 29, Dr Shazril was returning home...
KOTA KINABALU: A TikToker's bid for online fame backfired when she was arrested for inappropriate behaviour in front of a police vehicle. Tawau district police chief Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said an investigation revealed that the 17-second video showed the 22-year-old woman engaging in lewd acts in a public space with a police car in the...
PETALING JAYA: A motorist continued driving his SUV with its tyres missing and a motorcycle lodged under it near Taman Velox, Rawang, on Thursday (Aug 1). It was alleged that the car crashed into the motorcycle moments earlier. A video of the incident, posted by a social media user on Facebook, showed the SUV speeding off with...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case, where the former U.S. president was convicted in May on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan means Trump,...
BEIJING: Torrential rains in China have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more missing, state media said on Thursday (Aug 1), as the country grinds through another summer of extreme weather. Confirmation of the deaths came the same day that weather authorities said July was China's hottest month since records began six decades ago. China...
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned far-right demonstrators after outbreaks of violence in London and elsewhere following the killing of three young girls in Southport, northwest England. "As far as the far-right is concerned, this is coordinated, this is deliberate," he told a press conference, referring to the violent clashes this week. "This is...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin. The brazenness of the murder, committed a few minutes'...
PETALING JAYA: Pumped-up Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah put up a fantastic show to become Malaysia’s first women’s doubles pair to reach the semi-finals at the Olympics on Thursday (Aug 1). The top Malaysian pair outclassed Kim So-young-Kong Hee-yong of South Korea 21-12, 21-13 in 39 minutes in the quarter-finals at the Adidas Arena in Port de la...
GEORGE TOWN: Whether or not Malaysia can bring back the elusive Olympic gold medal in badminton from Paris, the sport will become costlier, even for casual players, with an expected hike in the price of shuttlecocks.Loh Eng Swee, 62, who operates a racquet shop in Bukit Dumbar, said a tube of shuttlecocks could be pricier...
