WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement's attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof,...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court on Saturday, yet he will not be freed after authorities issued fresh orders to arrest him. The ruling came a day after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won more seats in parliament, ramping up...
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish coal miner trapped underground since Thursday was found alive by rescuers on Saturday, local media reported. The Rydultowy mine in southern Poland, operated by state-controlled group PGG, was hit by a tremor at around 0600 GMT on Thursday about 1,200 metres (3,960 feet) below ground. One miner died as a result of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Football fever is at its peak here as it is in Berlin, where the Euro 2024 final will be staged. The countdown to the exciting final pitting England against Spain has begun, with fans looking for spots to catch the live broadcast of the match which will be played at the Olympiastadion in the...
PETALING JAYA: Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country have more than doubled in the first six months of this year to over 10,000 units, compared with the same period last year. Based on figures by the Statistics Department, 10,663 EVs were sold as of June 30, compared with 4,409 EVs in the same period...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Joe Biden has shown he is "a pro-Russian candidate being controlled by the Kremlin," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman joked on Friday, after the U.S. president misspoke and introduced Ukraine's leader as "President Putin" before correcting himself. Video of the gaffe at a NATO summit in Washington on Thursday featured prominently on news bulletins in...
SEOUL: One of the three suspects behind the May murder of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand has been extradited here Wednesday (July 10), 58 days after he was apprehended in Cambodia. Korea's National Police Agency said the 27-year-old suspect arrived via Incheon International Airport this morning. He was nabbed by police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia...
PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...
LONDON: Britain's head of state, King Charles III, officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday (July 5) during an audience at Buckingham Palace. A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory. The king earlier accepted the resignation of Conservative leader...
LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Rachel Reeves as Britain's first female finance minister and Angela Rayner as his deputy on Friday (June 27) as he began putting together the team that will help him deliver on his promise to rebuild the country. Reeves, 45, a former Bank of England economist, spent her time...
