TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Tuesday (March 4) that Russia's entry ban on him and eight other Japanese citizens was "unacceptable". The comments came a day after Russia's foreign ministry banned Iwaya, the ambassador of Japan to Ukraine and seven other Japanese from entering the country in retaliation to Tokyo's sanctions. Iwaya told reporters...
SINGAPORE: A teenager was ordered on Tuesday (March 4) to undergo reformative training for at least a year for sexually assaulting his younger sister on two separate occasions. The 19-year-old, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim’s identity, will be detained in a centre to observe a strict regimen that...
MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) -One person was killed and several were injured when a car drove into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim, a police spokesperson said on Monday. The car's driver has been detained, but it is unclear whether there are other suspects, the spokesperson added. Police are appealing to the public...
Former Hong Kong actor Chun Wong recently celebrated his 80th birthday in a nursing home. In March 2024, Wong, who was previously reported to be 76, was hospitalised following a fall in a hotel room, which subsequently led to his transfer to a care home. He later suffered another two falls, resulting in two hospitalisations within a...
SEREMBAN: The Seremban City Council (MBS) has removed the doors at six hardcore poor housing programme (PPRT) flats in Lobak near here after its tenants failed to pay rent for years. The MBS took this step with tenants of the low-cost units owing back rent of between RM17,000 and RM34,000 each. The monthly rental for each unit...
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a suspect in an ongoing Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said this at a press conference on the matter at the MACC HQ here on Monday (March 3) ALSO READ: MACC seizes RM170mil in foreign currency,...
WARSAW (Reuters) - Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump expressing "horror" at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The Nobel Peace Prize-winner posted the text of the letter, which was signed by 39...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong wants Pakatan Youth information chief Ammar Atan, whom he claims made defamatory remarks against him, to withdraw his statement within 24 hours. "This is what I said in front of hundreds of media friends at the recent MCA media night on Feb 26," he said on Facebook on...
HONG KONG: Khalil Fong Tai-tung, Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, has died at the age of 41, after fighting illness for five years, according to his music label. The singer “gently and gracefully bid farewell” on Feb 21, Fong’s independent label, FU MUSIC said in a statement posted on social media. “With unwavering optimism in the...
SINGAPORE: Kwek Leng Beng’s long-time adviser Catherine Wu came under the spotlight when his son Sherman Kwek, group chief executive of City Developments Limited (CDL), said on Thursday (Feb 27) that she was the underlying reason behind the family’s public rift. The pair met in Taiwan in 1992 at a dinner party, according to Chinese daily...
