KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysian police have arrested six people – including former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) youth leader Haziq Aziz – linked to a series of viral sex videos implicating the ruling party’s deputy president Azmin Ali. National criminal investigation chief Huzir Mohamed confirmed that “they are being remanded for six days” after being arrested […]
The president of the Philippines has come under fire for joking about rape in a speech to soldiers. While speaking at a military camp after imposing martial law across the south of the country, he said they were allowed to rape up to three women. This was the second rape joke Rodrigo Duterte has been […]
(Reuters) – European shares opened little changed on Tuesday as investors looked to a deluge of second quarter earnings releases and a batch of macroeconomic indicators for more signs on a slowing global and euro zone economy. Shares in German chemicals company Bayer (BAYGn.DE) rose 2.2% after a U.S. judge slashed the damages awarded to […]
SINGAPORE – Songs and skits ushered in this year’s Joy of Reading programme, which aims to encourage reading and raise literacy levels among children. The annual programme, organised by the PAP Community Foundation (PCF), was launched at the National Museum of Singapore’s Gallery Theatre on Tuesday (July 16). Kids from PCF Sparkletots preschools danced as […]
In its editorial, the paper urges President Rodrigo Duterte to refrain from making it easy for China to fish in Philippine waters. MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – What could be worse than having that “verbal agreement” that allows China to fish in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ)? Talking about it in the […]
Malaysia gay sex video: Anwar says Malaysians want to know if video is genuine and who was behind it
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysians are curious about whether the sex video involving former Santubong PKR Youth chief Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz and implicating Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is genuine, said PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. According to Mr Anwar, the people also want to know who […]
TAIPEI • Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu has enjoyed a stunning rise in the last two years, journeying from relative obscurity to become the opposition Kuomintang’s (KMT) presidential candidate in a phenomenon that has been dubbed the “Han tide”. Some have likened the 62-year-old – who won 44.8 per cent of the votes cast in the […]
SINGAPORE – From today, residents of Yishun and Bukit Timahwill know who their postman is, and can rate him or her through a new feedback channel SingPost is launching to improve service standards and address letterbox-related issues more quickly. Residents in postal codes beginning with 58, 59, 65 and 76 can now enter them on […]
SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA (AFP) – A fuel leak in the rocket engine forced India to abort the launch of its landmark Moon mission less than one hour before liftoff, media reports said on Tuesday (July 16). A committee of experts was looking into the causes of the problem that put back the bid to become just […]
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – An Australian model who assaulted a flight attendant and hurled obscenities while apparently drunk on a flight from Australia to Los Angeles was sentenced on Monday (July 15) to three years’ probation. Los Angeles federal court judge Cormac Carney also ordered Adau Mornyang, 25, to perform 100 hours of community service […]