CNN Philippines to close due to financial losses

MANILA (AFP): CNN Philippines will stop operations from January 31 due to "significant financial losses", its owner announced Monday, in the latest blow for the media industry in the South-East Asian nation. The broadcaster began operating in the Philippines in 2015 as a franchise of CNN, delivering mainly English-language news on free-to-air, cable and pay television. Staff...

Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China’s Evergrande, once the country’s property giant

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of China's property giant Evergrande, but the firm said it would continue to operate in a case that has become a symbol of the nation's deepening economic woes. Once China's biggest real estate firm, its astronomical debt of more than S$300 billion had become emblematic...

Asylum-seekers’ limbo at Madrid airport ‘unsustainable’ -rights groups

MADRID (Reuters) - Several hundred migrants seeking asylum are in limbo at Madrid airport, sleeping in crammed spaces with poor conditions, Spanish rights groups said, describing the situation as "unsustainable". Spain's Commission for Assistance to Refugees (CEAR) told Reuters on Monday the number of people requesting international protection upon landing at Madrid's international airport, Barajas, has...

Lee’s wise words

PETALING JAYA: Make sacrifices today and spare yourself from regrets in the future! Badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei has called on the country’s top players to step up and give their all in their preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics. The players still have three months remaining before the qualification period ends and there is a...

‘I think it’s the fentanyl’: Philippines’ Marcos hits back at predecessor Duterte

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck back on Monday at his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte who called him a "drug addict", saying the former leader's fentanyl use could have affected his judgment. "I think it's the fentanyl," Marcos told reporters shortly before leaving for Vietnam in response to claims made by Duterte on...

‘Hot Daddy’ porn probe: Six more women nabbed by Bukit Aman

KLANG: Police have arrested six more women in their ongoing probe into the man who sold videos of himself having sex with more than 20 women. Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, at a press conference after a townhall meeting at the Hokkein Association building here, said that the arrests were...

MP and Bukit Aman CID director lock horns during townhall session

KLANG: A tense exchange between the MP for Klang and Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain occurred during a townhall session here on Monday (Jan 29). "I do not contest. All I do is perform my duty according to the law. Why did the YBs, at the time of approving such...

VLN case: AGC yet to decide on Ahmad Zahid’s representation letter for prosecution to drop appeal

PUTRAJAYA: There is no decision yet by the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) on the representation letter sent by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to review the prosecution's appeal against his acquittal involving 40 corruption charges, the court heard. Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Malik Ayob said this at the beginning of the foreign visa...

Bukit Aman probes traffic cop offering on-the-spot summons settlement to UK couple

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) is investigating the case of a traffic policeman allegedly issuing and offering to settle a summons on the spot for a British couple touring Malaysia in their vehicle. Bukit Aman JSPT director Comm Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said a video of the incident was detected...

Petrol kiosk owner claims trial to allowing Singapore-registered bus to pump 500 litres of diesel

JOHOR BARU: A petrol station owner pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to two charges of allowing a foreign-registered vehicle to fill up 500 litres of diesel last year. Soraya Md Tamyes, 38, claimed trial after the charges were read out in front of Judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim on Monday...