The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached at least 30 across four states
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached at least 30 across four states.
Latest stories
Malay MailOutrage erupts as viral video shows hawker washing wok in drain water (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — A video of a hawker using drain water to clean his wok has sparked outrage online, drawing widespr...
- Malay Mail
Ipoh supermarket parking lot showdown: Lawyer charged with assault, pleads not guilty
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — A 72-year-old lawyer pleaded not guilty at the Magistrates’ Court in Ipoh today to charges of inju...
- Malay Mail
Police arrest 10 suspects, including ex-murder suspect, linked to Pandamaran armed robbery in Klang (VIDEO)
SHAH ALAM, Oct 7 — Police have arrested 10 individuals, including a woman, in connection with an armed robbery in Pandam...
- KameraOne
Worker accidentally causes molten zinc explosion in factory in China
A container of molten zinc exploded and almost burned several factory workers at a galvanizing plant in China on September 28. Reports say a worker was handed a bucket containing a volatile mixture that exploded after he put it into the furnace. He is seen angrily arguing with the co-worker who gave him the bucket afterwards. Luckily, no one was injured.
- Bloomberg
Ong Beng Seng: The billionaire charged in Singapore’s political gift scandal
Singapore’s most serious ministerial wrongdoing probe since the 1980s has led to charges levied against billionaire Ong Beng Seng, who is best known for bringing Formula One racing to the city.
- Malay Mail
Penang cops nab two locals for selling floor mats with designs akin to mosque, Kaaba
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 7 — Penang Police said today that it has arrested two local men for selling floor mats with designs res...
- Yahoo News Singapore
Iswaran gets single-man cell because of 'higher safety and security risk'; 2 shophouses partially collapse at Syed Alwi Road, 6 injured: Singapore live news
Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.
- Malay Mail
Intruder alert: Police probing track intrusion that disrupted Kelana Jaya line LRT services
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Police have launched an investigation into a track intrusion that temporarily disrupted LRT servic...
- Malay Mail
Former Singapore transport minister Iswaran says will not appeal his corruption sentence
SINGAPORE, Oct 7 — Former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran said in a statement on Facebook that he will not appeal...
- The Telegraph
Mexican mayor ‘decapitated by drug gangs’ six days into job
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by gang violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office.
- PA Media: UK News
Girl, 14, says she would give anything to go back to before school stabbings
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to three counts of wounding with intent but denies attempted murder.
- The Daily Beast
How New Evidence Could Free the Menendez Brothers in Weeks
After serving 35 years behind bars for a bloody and notorious crime, the Menendez brothers might actually walk free—thanks to two documents, one a lost-and-found letter, and the other a sworn statement revealing a decades-old secret.Their case has taken a sudden and dramatic twist as public fascination with a gruesome crime in one of America’s most exclusive enclaves is whipped up by a controversial Netflix drama series, and a follow-up documentary released Monday.In 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez
- Associated Press
Small town in Thailand hold mass cremation for 23 who died in a school trip bus fire
Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony Tuesday in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers who died in last week’s bus fire on a school field trip. Six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students were on the bus when it caught fire on Oct. 1 on a highway in Pathum Thani, a northern suburb of Bangkok. After forensic work in Bangkok made positive identifications of the badly burnt bodies, the victims' remains were were returned to their hometown for funeral rites that began last week.
- The Independent
Hurricane Milton live updates: Thousands evacuate as Florida braces for monster Category 5 storm
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials pleaded with residents to evacuate ahead of Wednesday’s projected landfall
- The Daily Beast
Family Doctor Admits Dressing Up as Nurse in Bizarre COVID Jab Murder Plot
A family doctor has confessed to an elaborate plot to disguise himself as a nurse and murder his mother’s partner by poisoning him with a fake COVID-19 booster jab.Thomas Kwan, 53, was worried that 71-year-old Patrick O’Hara was a “potential impediment” to him inheriting his mother’s home when she eventually passed away.So, the doctor came up with an intricate plan to kill O’Hara and protect his inheritance, a court in England was told.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest s
- AFP
Kenyan funeral video circulates in posts about Thai school bus crash victims
Footage of coffins at a memorial service in Kenya has been falsely shared in posts about the funerals of those killed in a devastating school bus fire in Thailand. The video -- viewed hundreds of thousands of times online -- also included inaccurate figures for the death toll following the bus crash in a northern Bangkok suburb.
- The Independent
Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record
Country has executed 199 people till September, say rights groups
- The Guardian
Tokyo cracks down on ‘kasuhara’ amid rise in customers abusing staff
A wave of abusive consumers has prompted authorities to introduce the country’s first ordinance to protect service industry employees
- The Telegraph
Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalise 10 Allianz offices across country
Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists occupied and vandalised offices of the insurer Allianz overnight, throwing red paint over walls and windows in protest at the firm’s links with Israel.
- The Independent
Ex-Met Police officer David Carrick faces charges of rape and sexual assault
Carrick charged with five counts of indecent assault, two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault