BELGRADE (Reuters) - A teenager injured in the November roof collapse at a railway station in Serbia's Novi Sad died on Friday, becoming the 16th fatality linked to a disaster that has triggered a wave of mass protests and the resignation of the prime minister. The patient, identified by the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasise that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee entry for its citizens after several Germans were detained at the border recently, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. The ministry updated its travel advice website for the U.S. on Tuesday to clarify that...
With technology at our fingertips, not every message is as innocent as it seems. Imagine receiving a text message that claims you owe back taxes and are going to be black listed! Could these alarming messages really be a new tactic used by scammers to prey on unsuspecting people? Verdict: TRUE The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN) has alerted...
HARBIN, (China): (Bernama-Xinhua) Li Xiaopeng (pic), former Party chief and chairman of China Everbright Group, was on Tuesday (March 18) sentenced by a court to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes, Xinhua reported. Li was also fined 6 million yuan (about US$831,000), and all his illegal gains will be recovered and turned over to the...
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday agreed to a partial ceasefire in the Ukraine war during a phone call, stating that a “full ceasefire and permanent peace” would begin with a focus on “energy and infrastructure”, according to the White House. Slated to start immediately in the Middle East, further talks will include “technical negotiations on the implementation...
MUKAH: One of the two siblings reported missing while bathing in Batang Mukah, near Kampung Bedanga, on Tuesday (March 18), was found drowned today. The body of 10-year-old Dexper Kiu Kuang Wei was discovered by a police team involved in the search and rescue operation two kilometres from the incident location at 4.40pm on Wednesday (March...
SINGAPORE: In need of money to settle his loans, a man agreed to “rent out” his bank account which was later used to receive more than S$3.3 million. Kong Juu Wenn, who found out that the account would be used to facilitate transactions linked to illegal online gambling activities, received $1,800 as a reward. On Wednesday (March...
A MAN in India cut off the penis of a clinic worker who he claimed sexually harassed his wife, Makkal Osai reported. The man’s wife, whose name has not been released, visited a clinic near their home in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, due to illness. While there, she was molested by clinic worker, Tharmendra Maavi, 42. The woman...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong property magnate Lee Shau Kee, one of the city's richest men, died on Monday at the age of 97, Henderson Land, the group that he founded, said in a statement. Nicknamed "Uncle Four" as he was the fourth oldest among his siblings, Lee was born into a middle-class family which owned gold...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A man accused of stabbing a priest at St Joseph’s Church in November 2024 was given additional charges on Monday (March 17). Basnayake Keith Spencer, 37, now faces three counts of being in possession of a weapon on the day of the attack, on Nov 9, 2024, on top of one charge...
