Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he is shocked that Datuk Seri Najib Razak has expressed shock over the High Court's order for the former prime minister to enter his defence on seven charges in the SRC International trial. "I am shocked that he is shocked. We follow the rule of law. He has a case...
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak says that he will have a chance to clear his name, after the High Court ordered him to enter his defence over the RM42million (S$13.8million) SRC International case. He said that he had decided to give his sworn statement in court and allow the prosecution to question him in...
A man posing as a reporter punched and broke the nose of Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) chief executive officer Melissa Ong, (pic) after she asked to see his media accreditation. The man claimed that he was from Bernama, but the national news agency has now said he is not from the organisation. During Friday's incident,...
Hong Kong police fired tear gas in tertiary institutions for the first time on Monday, with Chinese University turned into a smoking battlefield where student protesters and officers were locked in a tense stand-off for seven hours. The widespread traffic disruption in the morning, caused by anti-government protesters calling for a citywide strike, also prompted 11...
To ensure that she gets a good night's rest, 27-year-old Chen Xi, who works for a consultancy in Shanghai, turned to special earplugs that not only cut out extraneous noise but can play soothing sounds - including that of a waterfall - enabling the wearer to fall asleep quickly. She started using the earplugs after spending...
The Hong Kong police officer who shot a student protester in Sai Wan Ho on Monday morning was doxxed and received death threats against his children after the incident, according to the force. The incident, in which three live rounds were fired from a service revolver, also prompted parents and former students of his daughters' school...
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has been investigating Air Guilin after one of its pilots invited a young woman into the cockpit during a flight earlier this year, which is an explicit violation of regulations. Earlier this month the airline, based in the southwestern region of Guangxi, confirmed the incident had taken place on its...
Though growing in popularity, digital currencies will by no means replace the world's reserve currencies overnight, an expert from the International Monetary Fund told China Daily in an exclusive interview. Monetary authorities around the world are increasingly interested in digital currencies and the winner of this innovation race will likely have a big say in restructuring...
Here's a perspective you don't get to hear often when it comes to love: There's nothing wrong with you if you've been single for an extended period of time. I should know because I'm 30 this year and I've been single for the past eight years of my life. And of those eight, four of those...
Chinese scholars have developed artificial intelligence-powered software that is geared to help screen newborns for genetic disorders through a facial scan. Researchers from the Shanghai Children's Medical Centre and the Shanghai Paediatric Centre said their new assistive diagnosis tool, which they described as the first of its kind, was designed to detect more than 100 disorders...
