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Malay MailSingaporean influencer Xiaxue under fire after backlash over Thai sex worker remarks (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Singapore influencer Wendy Cheng, better known as Xiaxue, is facing intense criticism after a cl...
- Malay Mail
Singaporean fined RM30,000 fine, deported for vandalising Johor royal museum
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — A Singaporean man has been deported after being fined for breaking a glass case containing the p...
- Malay Mail
Model MsPuiYi gets default win in RM4.3m suit against ex-manager Mentos Lai
GEORGE TOWN, July 29 — The High Court here today awarded a judgement in default of RM4.3 million to Malaysian social med...
- Malay Mail
In Bangkok, 28 starving dogs found eating dead owner’s leg (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Twenty-eight dogs were rescued from a Bangkok house on July 27 where they had been locked up wit...
- AFP News
Paris 'sorry' for any offence over Olympic opening ceremony
Paris Olympics organisers said Sunday they were "really sorry" if any offence was caused by their daring and quirky opening ceremony while denying any intention to "disrespect" religion after complaints from French bishops."Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group," Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters on Sunday.
- The Telegraph
Manchester Airport footage shows ‘we need to protect the protectors’, police federation claims
New CCTV footage of officers coming under attack at Manchester Airport shows “we need to protect the protectors”, the police federation has claimed.
- The Guardian
Woman dies four days after being attacked walking her dog in Suffolk
Man, 45, has been arrested on suspicion of murder following early-morning assault on Anita Rose in Brantham
- People
Inside the Sordid Case of a Predator Teacher Who Had Teen's Baby, Then Cried in Court During Sentencing
Rebecca Joynes, 30, was convicted of multiple sex crimes against children and sentenced to more than six years in prison
- The Telegraph
Hamas sends hostage torture video with direct warning to Israeli minister
Hamas is filming the torture of Israeli hostages in an attempt to force Israel to ease conditions for Palestinian prisoners.
- The Guardian
Professor sacked over abuse claims in rare win for China’s #MeToo movement
Swift response by Renmin University to student post creates shockwave in a country where accusers are often ignored or sued
- Malay Mail
PAS info chief says can’t rule out split with Gerakan over vernacular schools funding issue
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari expressed disappointment with Gerakan’s stance on dona...
- France 24
Opening ceremony choreographer denies 'Last Supper' parody at launch of Paris Games
Opening ceremony choreographer Thomas Jolly on Sunday denied parodying the Last Supper in the outré launch of the Paris Games after religious groups decried what they felt was a "mockery of Christianity". Organisers of the Games nevertheless apologised, saying there was no "intention to show disrespect to any religious group". Organisers of the Paris Olympics said Sunday they were "really sorry" for any offence caused by their daring and quirky opening ceremony but denied "any intention to show
- Malay Mail
Cops get to keep Bersatu’s Chegubard two days for probe on navy graft claim
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Bersatu activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin will be detained for two days after police secured a rem...
- Associated Press
Mudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region
Fifteen people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a tourist area in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said. Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being hit by a falling tree in Shanghai, apparently because of storm-related winds, according to The Paper, a digital news outlet. The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.
- People
Did Ballerina Kill Husband Because She 'Wanted to Be a Single Mother' — or Was It Self-Defense?
Ashley Benefield is on trial in a Florida court on accusations she murdered her estranged husband Doug
- Malay Mail
Popular S. Korean girl group (G)I-DLE donates 50 million won to Korean Red Cross following unauthorised use of emblem on outfits
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Korean Red Cross announced today that (G)I-DLE members Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shu...
- CNN
Black women are quickly joining forces to support Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. Here’s what that looks like
A Zoom call that attracted tens of thousands of attendees was the start of a brewing movement of Black women who are mobilizing to help the vice president secure a historic win in November.
- Euronews
Thousands of Ukrainians honour soldiers killed in prison blast and urge government to free prisoners
Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians held by Russia in the Olenivka prison barracks.
- AFP
Misleading video of barges crashing into bridge shared as Typhoon Gaemi lashes Philippines
A video showing several barges crashing into a bridge in Pasig City east of the Philippine capital Manila has been shared in social media posts that misleadingly claimed it showed the Marikina Bridge in nearby Marikina City. The posts were shared as Typhoon Gaemi swept past the Philippines, intensifying seasonal monsoon rains in the north and causing heavy flooding and landslides.
- CNN
Attorney for Mexican drug lord says client ‘forcibly kidnapped’ by El Chapo’s son
The attorney for Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, says his client “neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the US government,” but was instead kidnapped.