LONDON (Reuters) -A British councillor was on Friday acquitted of encouraging violent disorder for saying far-right activists should have their throats cut amid riots last year, drawing claims from right-wing politicians of a hypocritical "two-tier" justice system. Ricky Jones made the comments at a counter-protest in London after three girls were murdered in the north English...
SEPANG: A Chinese national has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an Immigration officer during a departure inspection at KL International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 on Wednesday (Aug 13) evening. The incident occurred at about 7.40pm when four Chinese nationals - two adults and two children - approached the departure Immigration counter. Checks revealed that none of them...
TANGKAK: A 60-year-old woman lost RM695,375 after falling victim to an online investment scam that was impersonating a global investment management firm. Tangkak OCPD Supt Roslan Mohd Talib said the victim came across the offer on Facebook and contacted the suspect via WhatsApp. She was instructed to download an app via a link sent by the suspect. "Lured...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India said on Thursday that it hoped relations with the United States would move forward based on mutual respect and shared interests, seeking to temper worries that ties were headed downhill in the aftermath of high tariffs imposed by Washington. A U.S. defence policy team will be in New Delhi this month for...
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP’s plan to mobilise its members in Penang to “defend” a business premises involved in the recent upside-down flag controversy risks sparking a direct confrontation, warns MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic). He said the move, announced by DAP, could draw large numbers of politically charged individuals to a location already...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will examine the need for specific laws on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in light of emerging legal challenges. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) said the current legal system needs to be upgraded, as AI-related laws require different approaches, including burden of proof,...
MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, Kenya (Reuters) -When Ritz-Carlton opens its first safari lodge on Friday in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve, guests will pay nightly rates starting from $3,500 per person for tented suites with private decks overlooking a river crossed by migrating wildebeest. But the director of a Maasai conservation institute and researchers say the true...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry will conduct engagement sessions with all stakeholders to explain the current guidelines for handling bullying offences, says Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic). She said the move was in response to one of the four demands in the #JusticeForZara memorandum submitted to the ministry by a group of student activists here on Tuesday...
SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a remand extension from the Magistrate's Court here on a broker suspected of using a land title with falsified details to obtain RM3.8mil, the proceeds of a land sale. On Monday (Aug 11), Magistrate Nurul Saqinah Rosli allowed an application from the MACC to remand the suspect, in...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Monday accused its neighbour Pakistan of "sabre rattling" and "irresponsibility" after media reports on remarks about nuclear threats in South Asia made by Pakistan's army chief while on a visit to the United States. Indian media reports, citing sources, quoted Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir as saying: "We are a nuclear...
