US retreats from seeking a recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators, citing need for more investigation
DETROIT (AP) — US retreats from seeking a recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators, citing need for more investigation.
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Malay MailTransport Ministry announces four-day road ban for heavy vehicles nationwide, reduces speed limits two days before and after CNY
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Transport Ministry has announced a four-day road ban for heavy vehicles nationwide, along wit...
- Reuters
Bird feathers, blood found in both engines of crashed jet in South Korea, source says
Seoul (Reuters) -Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters on Friday. The Boeing 737-800 plane, which departed from the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan county in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport's runway, bursting into flames after hitting an embankment. Only two crew members at the tail end of the plane survived the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil.
- Futurism
Commercial Jets Forced to Divert After Elon Musk's Starship Explodes, Raining Fiery Debris Through Sky
Evasive Maneuvers While it may have provided an eye-popping spectacle for spectators on the ground, the mid-flight explosion of SpaceX's Starship on Thursday evening posed a serious threat to nearby aircraft. As Reuters reports, the rocket's debris that rained down over the Caribbean forced airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to change course to avoid being struck by the fiery remains. The scale of the disruption wreaked is significant. The flight tracking website FlightRadar24 says that doz
- The Daily Beast
Boeing Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Hitting Coyote
A United Airlines flight was forced to turn back around after hitting a coyote during takeoff. None of the 167 passengers or six crew members were injured, but the Boeing plane had to quickly turn back around to Chicago O’Hare Airport to check the landing gear. “We arranged for another plane to take our customers to their destination later that afternoon,” the airline said.
- The Daily Beast
Southwest Pilot Arrested for DUI Before Plane Takes Off
A pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight was walked off the flight by police officers and arrested for allegedly showing up for the flight intoxicated. David Paul Allsop, 52, was arrested by airport police in Savannah just before he was supposed to pilot a Southwest flight from Savannah/Hilton Head Airport in Georgia to Chicago-Midway on Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Administration told the Daily Beast that one of their agents at the airport was the one who notice
- The Independent
Innocent person killed when cop chase with murder suspect who wanted to ‘call his mom’ ends in crash
The deadly incident occurred in Texas on Thursday at around 10.30 a.m. after the suspect, name as Gabriel Cerna, collided with another vehicle on the interstate
- Malay Mail
Woman arrested for reckless driving in Bukit Bintang, blocking road, causing accident and nearly hitting traffic cop (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Police detained a 38-year-old woman after she drove dangerously and obstructed public servants on...
- Malay Mail
In Singapore, Malaysian tenant jailed for secretly filming landlady, daughter for at least seven years
SINGAPORE, Jan 18 — A Malaysian tenant who lived with a family in Singapore for nearly a decade has been sentenced to 19...
- The Daily Beast
Trump Didn’t Bother Telling Mel Gibson About His New Job
Mel Gibson is just as surprised as you are. The controversial Hollywood star apparently found out about his new diplomatic posting at the same time as the rest of the world when President-elect Donald Trump announced he would be appointing actors Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, and Gibson as his “special ambassadors” to Hollywood. In true Trump fashion, he said the new roles were part of his effort to the American film industry “bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.”
- Malay Mail
Supermarket chain closes Bangsar bakery with roach spotted crawling on bread: outlet undergoes sanitisation, deep cleaning and pest control
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A supermarket chain has apologised after a Facebook post from a customer highlighted a cockroach...
- Malay Mail
Johor police investigate assault on Puspakom staff from viral video (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The South Johor Baru District Police confirmed an incident involving a viral video showing a Pusp...
- The Telegraph
Two Iranian ‘judges of death’ gunned down in Tehran
An armed assailant fatally shot two notorious Iranian judges inside the Islamic Republic’s supreme court on Saturday.
- Reuters
Nvidia CEO says not attending Trump's inauguration
Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang said on Friday he will not be attending U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but will instead be "on the road" celebrating the Lunar New Year with employees and their families. Asked by reporters outside Nvidia's new year party in Taipei whether he had talked with the incoming Trump administration about the new artificial intelligence export control rules the outgoing Biden administration unveiled this week, Huang said, "not yet". He also said he had met C.C. Wei, the chairman of Nvidia's main supplier TSMC for lunch where they talked about ramping up production of Nvidia's most advanced AI chips Blackwell.
- The Independent
Why Michelle Obama will skip Trump’s inauguration
The former first lady will not attend the president-elect’s inauguration and also missed Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington DC earlier this month
- Malay Mail
Six heists, one showdown: Police shoot dead three car theft suspects in Rawang
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Three suspects linked to car theft and robbery were shot dead by police at Persiaran Kota Emerald...
- AFP News
US president-elect Trump holds phone talks with Chinese leader Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping held phone talks Friday with US president-elect Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported.Earlier on Friday, China announced Xi would send Vice President Han Zheng to attend Trump's inauguration next week.
- Malay Mail
‘Thrown under the bus’: Najib disagrees he’s to blame in 1MDB, claims was uneasy with Jho Low
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today disagreed with Low Taek Jho’s attempt to “throw him under the bus” and...
- The Independent
Kelly Osbourne calls out celebrities using LA fires as photo op after Meghan and Harry labeled ‘disaster tourists’
‘No one asked you to come out and give hugs,’ reality star argued
- AFP News
US trade envoy finds China's shipbuilding policies warrant 'urgent action'
The US Trade Representative said Thursday that its probe into China's practices in the shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors found that Beijing's undermining of fair competition warranted "urgent action.""Beijing's targeted dominance of these sectors undermines fair, market-oriented competition, increases economic security risks, and is the greatest barrier to revitalization of US industries," USTR Katherine Tai said in a statement.
- HuffPost UK
West Refuses To 'Recognise 1 Truth' About Russia Which Means Europe Has 'No Chance' Against Putin
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a dire warning to his allies today.