(Reuters) - Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The U.S.-born 34-year-old was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021 after pleading guilty to three...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his visit to Russia shows the "strategic importance" of the two countries' ties, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday ahead of an expected summit with President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, which could be as early as Wednesday, is being watched apprehensively by Washington and allies,...
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in Singapore for a compact one-day working visit. The aircraft carrying the Prime Minister, who is accompanied by his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, landed at the VIP Complex, Changi International Airport, at 10.30am on Wednesday (Sept 13). They were received by Malaysia's High Commissioner...
(Reuters) - Ukraine carried out a missile attack on the port city of Sevastopol in Crimea early on Wednesday, with Russia's air defence systems engaged in repelling the assault, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol said on Wednesday. Mikhail Razvozhayev said on the Telegram messaging app that the missile attack had caused a fire at a "non-civilian...
KUCHING: Kilometre (KM) 0 of the Pan Borneo Highway in Telok Melano, will be the final stop for Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah to conclude their 11-day Kembara Kenali Borneo tour. Located approximately 33km from Sematan town, the Telok Melano-Sematan stretch is the...
IPOH: A 62-year-old woman from Taman Wah Keong here has lost about RM1.4mil after falling victim to a phone scam. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Basri said the retiree had received the call from a scammer who claimed to be from a courier service company on March 27, 2020. "The scammer had informed...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will participate in two special sessions at the Milken Institute 10th Annual Asia Summit in Singapore, involving leaders of global industries and investment companies, on Wednesday (Sept 13). Wisma Putra in a statement said the two sessions are ‘A Conversation with the Prime Minister of Malaysia’ and ‘Malaysia’s...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to name a street intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of the morality police in Iran nearly a year ago sparked months of nationwide protests there. Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is home to an Iranian...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will face another round of questioning tomorrow over a speech he made during the Johor by-elections that contained elements of race, religion and royalty. Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said investigators are expected to see Muhyiddin again on Sept 14 over an alleged statement...
SIBU: The King and Queen received a rousing welcome when they arrived for a visit at the central market here, with police having a hard time controlling the crowd. As soon as Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah came at 8.47am, the crowd cheered and chanted “Daulat...
