SEREMBAN: A 34-year-old woman who had to deliver and raise her youngest child while in jail after being charged with drug trafficking two years ago was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail acquitted R. Devaki after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against her. "After perusing evidence by...
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two U.S. officials and a former U.S. official, a move that would help ease the country's financial crisis. The audit has not changed the U.S....
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has recorded the statements of 12 individuals as part of investigations into a power abuse and corruption case involving more than RM13mil in a rare earth elements (REE) mining project in Kedah. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said all the individuals summoned so far are from the...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal will hear on Nov 7 the appeal by six men who were convicted of the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais. Jasmine Cheong, one of the lawyers representing former pathologist Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran, as well as lawyer Kitson Foong representing S. Ravi Chandaran confirmed to Bernama the...
KLANG: There is a high chance that Selangor DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo will be contesting in the upcoming state polls, say party sources. The move is to pave the way for the Damansara MP to get into the Selangor Executive Council. Apparently, with the party's Selangor veteran and strongman Datuk Teng Chang Khim throwing in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has issued a licence to Starlink, the satellite communications service started by Elon Musk, to provide Internet services in the country, particularly in remote areas, its communications minister said on July 20. Minister Fahmi Fadzil said in a Facebook post that Starlink, which is operated by Musk's SpaceX, would begin by providing its services...
A recent column about dairy foods brought these questions from Nancy in Arizona (United States): “Are you paid by the dairy association? Why would you claim that lactose-intolerant people can eat dairy in moderation?” No, Nancy, I am not paid by the dairy or any other food industry organisation. The statement in my previous column that people...
Pikesville, Maryland, the United States resident Sam Barsky recalls first learning of TikTok, the social media app that’s taken off across the globe, during an interview with 60 Second Docs, which produces short documentaries, in 2019. By the following year, Barsky, 48, was uploading TikTok videos of his nature walks and, eventually, of his hand-knit sweaters, which...
A study surveying users of the professional networking site, LinkedIn, reports that over 90% of women on the platform say that they have received romantic advances or inappropriate messages at least once. For LinkedIn users, job offers can sit alongside unwanted sexual advances in their inboxes. Or so suggest the findings of a study* polling over...
IPOH: The former construction labourer who pleaded guilty to raping a public servant in April has now been charged with sexually harassing an 11-year-old girl. Hassan Ahmad, 43, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 14 (a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 before Sessions Court judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad here on Thursday (July...
