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Malay Mail‘Stupid, you know’: Singapore actor falls prey to Philippines love scam, losing S$35,000
SINGAPORE, Jan 22 — Veteran Singapore actor Laurence Pang, 78, lost S$35,000 after falling victim to a love scam in the...
- Malay Mail
Personalised car plate leads to fine for woman in Kedah
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — A woman driving a Honda City with a personalised car plate resembling her name has been fined by...
- The Daily Beast
Trump Rewards Agent Who Shielded Him in Assassination Bid With New Job
President Donald Trump just handed a huge promotion to the head of his personal security detail who shielded him from an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last year. Sean Curran has been appointed director of the Secret Service, Trump announced on Truth Social. “Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service,” the president wrote.
- Yahoo News Singapore
Singapore-born reality TV star Lynn Ban dies at 51; Workers in Singapore seek higher pay and career purpose: Singapore live news
Singapore-born Lynn Ban, renowned jewellery designer and star of Bling Empire: New York, has died. Meanwhile, Singapore workers are aiming for higher pay in 2025. Plus some of the biggest and fascinating news in Singapore and beyond.
- The Telegraph
Surrendering North Korean soldier refuses to drop sausage at gunpoint
A surrendering North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop his sausage at gunpoint, according to the Ukrainian paratroopers who captured him.
- Malay Mail
Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura pays RM830,000 to DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng and Teresa Kok pending appeal of case
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 23 — Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad, who was found to have uttered defamatory remarks against DA...
- HuffPost
Donald Trump's 'Ooh!' Moment Sarcastically Skewered By 'Daily Show'
Ronny Chieng turned one of the president's executive orders into a withering punchline.
- The Independent
Elon Musk trashes Trump’s $500 billion AI plan immediately after president’s boastful press conference
Musk publicly broke from the Trump administration’s latest initiative on artificial intelligence
- The Independent
Former classmate arrested nearly 50 years after teen was found dead on the second floor of her Hawaii school
Detectives had failed to identify a suspect in the murder case for decades
- NY Daily News
Trump demands Bishop Mariann Budde apologize for National Prayer Service sermon
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop who criticized his hardline policies on immigration and LGBTQ rights at the National Prayer Service on his first full day back in the White House. A day after Trump was forced to grimly endure the tough-talking service by Bishop Mariann Budde, the president derided her as a”so-called bishop” and worse. ...
- AFP News
Rubio, on first day, warns China with Asian partners
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at sea.Rubio met in Washington with his counterparts from the so-called Quad a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has vowed to push back against a rising China.
- The Telegraph
Six-year-old girl and father found dead after she failed to turn up for school
The bodies of a six-year-old girl and her father were discovered after she failed to turn up for school, police have revealed.
- Malay Mail
Happier life a bet away or that crazy jackpot weekend
JAN 23 — The RM121 million all-time highest national lottery jackpot over the weekend caught more than cursory glances f...
- Cinema Online
Tavia Yeung disappointed about no accolade for husband and sister
The actress was so sure her husband Him Law and sister Griselda Yeung could win at TVB Awards
- People
Plane Passenger Teaches Fellow Traveler a Lesson After They Try to Guilt Them Into Swapping Seats
“I relax in my seat with my smug smile and thinking my job here is done,” the passenger wrote in a retelling of the in-flight incident on Reddit
- The Telegraph
Bruno Fernandes spares Harry Maguire’s blushes with injury-time winner for Man Utd over Rangers
Harry Maguire’s own words must have been ringing in his ears after watching the Rangers substitute Cyriel Dessers take advantage of his dreadful blunder to rifle the ball hard and low into the bottom corner.
- Malay Mail
Resigning is ‘running away from the problem’, Najib tells court on 1MDB chairman Bakke quitting
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 23 — Defendant Datuk Seri Najib Razak today denied that he already knew there was trouble brewing at 1Mal...
- Cinema Online
Missing Chinese model Yang Zeqi returns home after month-long ordeal
The model is now back with his family after going missing in Thailand
- The Telegraph
Luxury watch salesman killed himself after ‘not putting up enough of a fight’ during £1.3m robbery
A luxury watch salesman took his own life after he was accused of “not putting up enough of a fight” with robbers who grabbed £1.3 million worth of jewellery from his shop, a court heard.
- Cinema Online
Chantel Yiu says winning TVB award was a surprise
The singer wasn't expecting her recording "This Home" in New Zealand would lead to winning Most Popular Theme