Deadly Maui wildfire erupted from earlier brushfire believed to have been extinguished, investigation confirms
HONOLULU (AP) — Deadly Maui wildfire erupted from earlier brushfire believed to have been extinguished, investigation confirms.
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Malay MailViral for the wrong reasons: Maybank signboard on Jalan Gaya used as backdrop for controversial nude video clip, cops open investigation paper
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 2 — The randomly popular Maybank photography spot here has become the subject of a police investigati...
- Malay Mail
‘Please forgive me!’: Grief-stricken father pens emotional farewell to Kuen Cheng student in fatal fall
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The father of a 13-year-old student who fell to her death at Kuen Cheng High School here has broke...
- Malay Mail
Muhyiddin’s passport plea denied: Judge says he can holiday in Malaysia instead of Uzbekistan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has turned down former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s r...
- CBC
Father demands answers after video of public attack on B.C. teen
WARNING: This story contains a graphic description of an attack.A violent attack on a teenage girl that was caught on video by multiple people in Kelowna, B.C., has prompted her father to come forward, demanding answers and justice.Kelowna RCMP say the attack happened on Friday night, and that the video has been circulating "widely" online in the southern Interior community, around 270 kilometres east of Vancouver in B.C.'s Okanagan.RCMP say the attack happened in the area of Boyce-Gyro Beach Pa
- People
Husband Wrote Alarming Facebook Posts Before Being Found Dead Alongside Wife: 'I'd Like to Clear My Name'
Hannah Kang was killed in a murder-suicide by her husband, Youree Kang, police say
- Associated Press
Memories and prayers are shared at small-town funeral for the victims of horrific Thai bus fire
At a Buddhist temple in central Thailand, Wichan Seubsaichan recalled his 9-year-old son as a well-mannered boy who loved school and sports, and enjoyed participating in many activities since he was a toddler. The boy, Reutthawat, had been asking him for a new pair of soccer shoes. On Thursday, Wichan laid a brand-new pair of shoes, a soccer ball, and colorful sporting t-shirts along with a tray of food and beverages on top of a silver and blue patterned coffin, in front of which stood a portrait of a beaming wide-eyed boy in a white tunic with a purple brocade sash running across his chest.
- The Daily Beast
Calvin Klein’s Ex-Boy Toy Slammed for Being Tenant From Hell
Calvin Klein’s ex-boy toy Nick Gruber has been accused of being a drug-slinging roommate from hell by a California man battling Parkinson’s Disease—and now a judge ruled the man must pay Gruber for the trouble.Santa Rosa resident Richard Jones told ABC 7 News that he and his husband, Alfonso Monreal, took Gruber in as a tenant in 2021. However, things quickly turned sour, according to Jones.“I don’t want this to happen to anybody else,” said a teary-eyed Jones in an interview with ABC 7 News hos
- Malay Mail
Prosecution: Najib was ‘centre’ of 1MDB network, officials cannot run away from him
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was at the very “centre” of the the 1Malaysia Develop...
- The Telegraph
Mexico’s first female president promises ‘no return to drug war’
Mexico’s first female president promised that there will be no return to the “irresponsible” drug war between the government and the cartels.
- People
Dad's Last Message to Daughter Was to ‘Stay Safe’ During Hurricane Helene. Days Later, He Was Found Dead (Exclusive)
“I will remember him as my hero...If I needed him, no matter the distance, he was always there,” Destinie Andrews tells PEOPLE about dad Jim Lau
- People
Missing Mom's Skeletal Remains Found in Wooded Area Over 5 Months After She Vanished
Emily Strite's have been discovered after she was reported missing in April, officials said
- Malay Mail
Johor MB: State govt to set up committee to restore faith of GISBH followers amid child exploitation probe
JOHOR BARU, Oct 2 — The Johor Islamic Religious Council (MAINJ) will establish a special committee to restore the faith...
- AFP News
Weeping families mourn Thai school bus crash victims
Grieving families wept as they offered prayers on Wednesday for 23 children and their teachers killed in a horrifying Thai school bus fire, as the government vowed a crackdown on unsafe vehicles.Teachers and students at a number of schools around Thailand laid white flowers to mourn those killed in the blaze, believed to be the kingdom's deadliest road accident in a decade.
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5 Chinese nationals charged with covering up midnight visit to Michigan military site
US authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were confronted in the dark near a remote Michigan military site where thousands of people had gathered for summer drills.
- Reuters
Yazidi woman freed from Gaza after decade in captivity
A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation months in the making that involved Israel, the United States and Iraq, officials said. The woman is a member of the ancient Yazidi religious minority mostly found in Iraq and Syria which saw more than 5,000 members killed and thousands more kidnapped in an IS campaign in 2014 that the U.N. has said constituted genocide. She was freed after more than four months of efforts that involved several attempts that failed due to the difficult security situation resulting from Israel's military offensive in Gaza, Silwan Sinjaree, chief of staff of Iraq's foreign minister, told Reuters.
- People
Man Executed for Murdering Twin 16-Year-Old Girls and Their Mother, and He Confessed to Other Murders
A Texas man who admitted to five murders was killed via execution on Tuesday
- The Guardian
Afternoon Update: scores killed in Beirut; Sydney Palestine vigil cancelled; falcon chicks hatch in Melbourne
At least six people have died after an Israeli missile strike on a medical centre in Lebanon’s capital
- The Telegraph
Matthew Perry death: Doctor pleads guilty to ketamine charge
A doctor charged over the death of Matthew Perry, the Friends actor, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine.
- The Telegraph
Free speech row at Durham University after debating society blocked from campus events
A free speech row has broken out at Durham University after its oldest student society was blocked from taking part in this year’s freshers’ fair.
- The Independent
Nobody Wants This star reveals she was secretly five months pregnant while filming series
Actor attempted to hide pregnancy from cast and crew until her Gucci skirt ripped on set