Malaysia's government has said it will set up a committee dedicated to rescuing citizens who have fallen victim to job scam networks across Southeast Asia's Mekong region amid continued national attention over the issue. The illegal enterprises – which are widely seen as an emerging form of human trafficking – have come into focus after reports...
The world is at a "positive tipping point" in the fight against climate change as surging oil and gas costs spur governments to decarbonise faster, former US Vice President and co-founder of Generation Investment Management Al Gore told Reuters. He pointed to the Inflation Reduction Act signed in August, a $430-billion (S$607 billion) bill seen as the biggest...
It appears that AirAsia continues to disappoint their clients, according to a recent Twitter post in which a netizen expressed her concerns regarding AirAsia’s incompetence. On Monday (19th September), the Twitter user posted a screenshot of her conversation via the AirAsia Super App to voice her complaint after encountering a problem when attempting to use...
A married couple from Kuala Lumpur have become a topic of conversation among netizens after a video of them together ended up going viral on TikTok. It all started after the wife shared a video of her in a car with her husband on her TikTok account, @bebecat0. She also uploaded a compilation of photos,...
King Charles has enjoyed a surge in support since he succeeded Queen Elizabeth as Britain's new monarch, a poll has shown, but some of those mourning his late mother warn he must follow her example and keep his views to himself. A YouGov survey for the Times newspaper found backing for Charles, 73, had dramatically risen...
There’s been some talks about VIPs getting special treatments. It’s completely understandable for people to think so because of who these VIPs are and it’s hard not to think that people might treat them differently without even realising. Recently, netizens speculated that Siti Nurhaliza’s daughter was receiving special treatment at school to which she denied. Another VIP that...
A juror in R Kelly's child pornography and obstruction of justice trial suffered a panic attack during around four hours of graphic closing arguments in the case as she couldn't bear to hear "one minute more". The white woman who works for a public library was excused by the judge at Dirksen US Courthouse, Chicago, around...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's daughter on Monday (Sept 12) called for "proper" medical care for her jailed father, three weeks into a 12-year sentence he is serving for corruption. Malaysia's top court on Aug 23 rejected an appeal by Najib, 69, to set aside his conviction on graft and money laundering charges in a case...
A domestic helper from Indonesia died after falling in a pool while on a hike at a scenic Hong Kong spot famous for its waterfalls on Monday. The 35-year-old woman was hiking with her friends at Tso Kung Tam Stream in Tsuen Wan when she fell into a deep pool and disappeared. A woman friend of the...
A scandal involving illicit payoffs linked to last year’s Tokyo Olympic Games is continuing to widen in Japan, throwing a cloud over a campaign by the city of Sapporo win the right to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. Residents of Sapporo, the largest city in Japan ’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, were already divided over...
