JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is still waiting for a Singaporean court to finish an ongoing legal process that implicates businessman and graft suspect Paulus Tannos (pic) before taking the next step in returning him to Indonesia. The antigraft body chairman Setyo Budiyanto said that the legal proceedings in Singapore were different from those in...
SINGAPORE (Reuters): A sharp fall in the number of private jets based in China in recent years shows the impact a weakening domestic economy, anti-corruption drives and the pandemic have had on the country's wealthiest, according to business aviation industry data and experts. At the end of last year there were a third fewer private jets...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has warned the public about the existence of deepfake images of him being used by scammers to promote products and services, including money-making schemes and permanent residence application services. He reminded the public to stay vigilant online and not fall victim to the scams. "Some of you have written in to report them, and...
BEIJING, March 7 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with Asean countries to step up communication, stay clear of disturbances, and build consensus for an early conclusion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC), so as to make the South China Sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, Chinese...
TASEK GELUGOR: Police are tracking down four local men to assist in the investigation into a fatal attack on a Myanmar national which led to his death at a restaurant in Taman Sepadu Jaya early Friday morning. Seberang Perai Utara OCPD ACP Anuar Abdul Rahman said authorities were alerted to the incident at 3.20am by a local man who...
KOTA KINABALU: Priscella Peter, the 27-year-old daughter of jailed Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) president Datuk Peter Anthony, has been appointed as the party’s acting president. The party's supreme council made the decision on Friday (March 7) after Anthony was sentenced to three years in prison and fined RM50,000 for forging a 2014 maintenance contract for...
KUALA LUMPUR: Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok is (pic) willing to cooperate with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), which detained two of her former staff members on Thursday (March 7). The DAP vice-chairman posted on Facebook today that she is committed to ensuring justice is upheld and believes that the MACC investigation is related to...
LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) - Tens of thousands oftroops who smashed into Russia last summer and took control of a swathe of territory there are nearly encircled by Russian forces and cut off from their main supply lines, open source maps showed on Friday. Ukraine's situation in Russia's Kursk region has deteriorated sharply in the last three days,...
THE world got to watch the Oscars 2025 recently, and the winners from various categories gleefully celebrated their victories upon being announced the winners for their respective categories and going up to the stage to receive their Oscars and give their speeches. The 'gold statuette' they receive must be valuable, right? But is it true that the...
Popular YouTuber and adventure guide Andrew Cross was taken off life support and died Tuesday (March 4), a month after an auto accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. He was 36. “Andrew’s spirit is free, surrounded by light & love,” his sister, Jenna, wrote on a CaringBridge website set up to provide updates to friends...
