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Survey: 86 percent Internet users duped by fake news
Eighty-six percent of internet users have been duped by fake news — most of it spread on Facebook — according to a global survey published yesterday. Respondents said they want both governments and social media companies to crack down on
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Payal Tadvi suicide: Accused plead against imprisonment
MUMBAI: The three accused in Dr Payal Tadvi suicide case broke down in Mumbai court yesterday when the court adjourned their bail applications for hearing to June 17. The three accused Dr Hema Ahuja, Dr Bhakti Meher and Dr Ankita
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Hong Kong protesters begin night vigil as extradition anger mounts
Tensions rose in Hong Kong late Tuesday as hundreds of protesters began a nighttime vigil outside the city’s parliament, just hours before lawmakers debate a divisive plan to allow extraditions to China. The sudden appearance of around 2,000 predominantly young
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I was dismissed, says newly elected PBK president
KUCHING: Newly elected president of Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) Voon Lee Shan has clarified that he was dismissed from Sarawak DAP on the eve of nomination day for the 2011 state election. Responding to a statement by Sarawak DAP chairman
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Sex video: I’m the man with the minister, says Haziq
PUCHONG: The man filmed having homosexual intercourse with a Cabinet minister came out in the open today. Claiming to be the man in the video, Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz confirmed that his partner in the video was a minister. “I
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Anwar, Dr M all out on war against corruption
PUCHONG: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have agreed on the need to go all out against corruption akin to war on corruption via the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) regardless of the coalition
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Seven foreign workers escape unhurt in shophouse fire
KUANTAN, June 11 (Bernama) — Seven foreign workers managed to flee to safety from their first-floor hostel when fire gutted three double-storey shophouses in Jalan Mahkota here yesterday. One of the workers, Faizal Kamaruddin, 29, from India, said they escaped
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IGP aims to weed out corruption from PDRM
KUALA LUMPUR: Eliminating corruption in the police force is a priority and the first step to be given attention in strengthening the police force, said Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador. He said the first thing he did
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Indian toddler dies after 110 hours down well
A two-year-old Indian boy stuck in a narrow well for more than four days was pulled out dead on Tuesday, triggering protests over delays in reaching the toddler. The case of Fatehveer Singh captured national attention after he fell into
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Battling mental illness by doing volunteer work
SHAH ALAM: The slightly built, bespectacled woman looked confident and sounded bold and purposeful as she addressed the audience at the almost full 200-seat hall of Raja Tun Uda Library recently. It was hard to believe that she suffered from
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