SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): In a rare move, motor insurer AIG has decided not to insure McLaren sports cars when they are driven across the Causeway. The move comes after a recent crash in Johor involving three McLarens when a group of the British sportscars were heading south towards Kluang on Oct 29, 2023. No one...
MOSCOW (Reuters): Russia said on Sunday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday's rampage, but there were indications that Russia was...
KOTA KINABALU: A dispute over the theft of RM85 might have led to the death of a 17-year-old vocational school student at a hostel in Sabah's east Lahad Datu district on Friday (March 22). It is believed that the teenager was attacked by his dormitory mates after they accused him of stealing RM85 belonging to two...
PETALING JAYA: Nepali security guard Sherpa Dawa has been rewarded for handing in a suitcase containing over RM500,000 that he found in a parking lot. His employer, A5 Security Service, presented him an award and said that the 36-year-old's dedication to his job is something to be proud of. "We are proud to share that our dedicated...
KUALA LUMPUR: Protesters demonstrating over the "Allah" socks issue became a laughing stock online when they were found protesting outside the wrong supermarket. The group's mistake was caught on camera in a 13-second video posted by user "Mesinbasuh" on Reddit. The protest was also being carried out after the store had closed for the day, although the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A company has come forward to claim the suitcase filled with over RM500,000 in cash found at a shopping mall's parking lot, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. He said that the company had lodged a police report in Shah Alam on the matter and added that while the company director...
MALAYSIA and Singapore have been locked in a culinary showdown over nasi lemak, each claiming their version reigns supreme. But beneath this entertaining gastronomic rivalry a bigger battle rumbles away: one over water. Singapore's water scarcity issues force it to rely on imported water for a large part of its day-to-day supply. Singapore's water agreements with Malaysia...
PETALING JAYA: A total of eight localities in Peninsular Malaysia are now under Level 2 heatwave. According to the latest advisory from MetMalaysia, the whole of Perlis is under Level 2 heatwave, as well as parts of Kedah and Perak. The areas are Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Pokok Sena, Sik, Hulu Perak, Baling and Kota Setar. Under Level...
PETALING JAYA: A group of "concerned Malaysians," including academicians, activists and ex-politicians, say that they accept the apology given by KK Super Mart over the socks controversy. "We uphold the investigation of the authorities and await the final outcome and punishment by the authorities," said the group in a statement, adding that they rejected Umno's decision...
SEPANG: A teacher is being investigated for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her students. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police learned of the matter after the student's mother lodged a report on Dec 12. "We received a report from the 46-year-old woman after she noticed her son had red...
