Trump has remained defiant despite an accumulation of legal woes that could see him tried in court and sent to prison before the presidential vote late next year. – AFP photo WASHINGTON (Aug 2): Donald Trump sought to spin his latest indictments into a 2024 campaign pitch today, with the former president arguing government “corruption” and...
Have you seen the Talking Cactus toy that is all over TikTok?! Users of the social media app have racked up millions of views on their videos of babies interacting with the toy, which will repeat your words back to you. A lot of young infants don’t seem to be fans of the toy, but parents keep putting it in...
Police at the site of the bombing that killed at least 54 people, including 23 children. – AFP photo KHAR, Pakistan (Aug 1): The Islamic State group claimed responsibility yesterday for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 54 people, including 23 children, at a political party gathering ahead of elections due later this...
NEW DELHI: Customs officials at Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) airport in southern India seized 47 pythons from an Indian national arriving from Kuala Lumpur. The pythons and two lizards were concealed in the passenger's baggage. The reptiles were seized under India's customs and wildlife protection laws and will be sent back to Malaysia, local media reported on Monday. The male...
PETALING JAYA: PAS has denied a statement allegedly issued by the Saudi Arabian government imposing an entry ban on its party president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang. The statement, which was circulated online on Monday (July 31), stated that Abdul Hadi was banned from entering the kingdom due to his involvement with the International Union of...
BUTTERWORTH: Pakatan Harapan's Sungai Puyu candidate Phee Syn Tze says that she has a permanent residency (PR) to study and work in New Zealand and not a citizenship. Responding to queries on social media about her citizenship, Syn Tze said she went to study in New Zealand in 1997 and subsequently found work there, so applying...
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Even for well-travelled Indonesians, having a passport is just the first step toward travelling abroad. They still must take the time to apply for visas for a number of destinations, even for short visits. Muhammad Rizki Hadi Putra, 31, had planned to go on a six-day vacation to Sydney, Australia,...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll in a suicide bombing at a political rally held by a religious party rose to 45 on Monday, officials said, an attack compounding fears of unrest ahead of a general election due later in the year. The bomber attacked the gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl...
After prosecutors say a New Mexico high school coach manipulated a student into sending him nude photos, she isolated herself from friends and family, spent most days in her room and stopped participating in class, court documents show. At first, she didn’t know that two people she had been communicating with over Snapchat when she was...
Hong Kong martial artist and movie legend Jackie Chan’s second scheduled live-streaming show on Kuaishou, a rival to TikTok’s Chinese sister app Douyin, has racked up record viewer bookings, demonstrating the celebrity’s sustained appeal and the platform’s reach. The popularity of short video as an entertainment medium on the mainland has meant that Douyin, Kuaishou, and...
