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Nearly a month on, police await AGC’s call on charges after Kg Sungai Baru eviction clash
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Police are awaiting further instructions from the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) over the violent commotion that broke out during an eviction operation in Kampung Sungai Baru on September 11. Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Fadil
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Indonesian families demand suspension of Prabowo’s free meal plan after 6,400 food poisoning cases
JAKARTA, Oct 3 — Indonesian families whose children were offered free school meals are joining non-profit groups calling for the flagship government programme to be suspended after thousands of students fell ill from the food. Cases of food poisoning spiked
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Manchester synagogue attack leaves two dead, police shoot suspect in ‘terrorist incident’ on Yom Kippur
MANCHESTER, Oct 3 — Akshata Kapoor with Peter Hutchison and Helen Rowe in London An attacker ploughed a car into a crowd outside a packed synagogue in Britain yesterday, a Jewish holiday, before going on a stabbing spree, killing two
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Experts reaffirm call to cut meat to a minimum in updated ‘planetary health diet’
PARIS, Oct 3 — International experts insisted Friday that a healthy diet should keep meat to a minimum, doubling down on previous conclusions the food industry had fiercely dismissed. A healthy diet is “predominantly plant-based, with moderate inclusion of animal-sourced
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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta, first confirmed fatality in Canada’s outbreak
MONTREAL, Oct 3 — An infant born prematurely in the western Canadian province of Alberta died as a result of measles, officials said yesterday, the first fatality linked to the disease’s resurgence in the country in the past year. “A
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Camille Senon, survivor of Nazi massacre and lifelong feminist activist, dies in France aged 100
BORDEAUX, Oct 3 — Camille Senon, a feminist and union activist who narrowly escaped the Nazi massacre in her French village of Oradour-sur-Glane died today aged 100, the mayor’s office said. Senon was a young woman when the Third Reich’s
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Trump eyes Nobel Peace Prize as committee quietly carries on without him
STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 — US President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight. The
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MBSB commits RM1.3b to fuel Weststar’s expansion and boost Malaysia’s aviation sector
SUBANG JAYA, Oct 3 — MBSB Bank today committed RM1.3 billion in financing to Weststar Group, marking a significant contribution to the aviation services company’s expansion plans. The financing is part of a larger syndicated facility totalling RM4.8 billion, jointly
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No beer, no cheer? Cyberattack knocks out Asahi shipments in Japan, shares slide 7pc
TOKYO, Oct 3 — A damaging cyberattack on Japanese beer giant Asahi this week has halted shipments from its breweries and there is no resumption in sight, the company warned today, fuelling fears of shortages. Asahi Group, producer of Japan’s
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From financial loss to theft: Ex-SAF captain’s leap into cryptocurrency crime
SINGAPORE, Oct 3 — A former SAF captain in Singapore was charged with breaking into a condominium to gain access to 1.7 million in USDT cryptocurrency. The accused,Teo Rong Xuan, 34, took a picture of a ‘seed phrase’ written on a piece
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