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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s former Attorney General (AG) Tommy Thomas denied on Monday (May 18) claims that he agreed to a “sweetheart deal” to drop…
View More Former Malaysian AG denies agreeing to 'sweetheart deal' to drop 1MDB charge against Najib's stepson
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong ruled out on Friday an independent inquiry into allegations of police brutality against pro-democracy protesters,…
View More Hong Kong leader rejects protesters' call for independent police probe
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will isolate an industrial area of the eastern city of Dammam from Sunday, preventing entry and exit until further notice,…
View More Saudi Arabia isolates industrial area in eastern city of Dammam
ZURICH (Reuters) – A “unique” Swiss loan programme for companies hit by the coronavirus outbreak is attracting interest from countries including Germany and Britain, the…
View More Swiss business relief scheme during coronavirus attracts international interest
CANBERRA (AFP) – Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claimed the senior cleric’s conviction for child sex abuse was based on “improbabilities”, as they launched…
View More Cardinal Pell's final appeal against child sex conviction opens
Sick fraudsters set up fake crowdfunding page to cash in on death of schoolgirl in horror car crash A fake crowdfunding page was set up…
View More Sick fraudsters set up fake crowdfunder to cash in on death of girl
A TESCO manager who injected crystal meth into his Grindr date before dumping his body in woodland has been jailed for six years. Neil Cuckson,…
View More Tesco manager, 32, injected crystal meth into his Grindr date during chemsex session before dumping his body in woodland – The Sun
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has overturned a decision that a host of international banks cannot be fined if found guilty for…
View More Competition court says global banks can be fined in South Africa over alleged rate rigging
ROME (NYTIMES) – The lives of two American teenagers and two Italian law enforcement officers crossed paths for less than a minute in the early…
View More Trial of US students accused of killing Italian police officer opens in Rome
Police were stationed outside an apartment building in Kelowna at Lanfranco Road and Gordon Drive on Tuesday afternoon. According to Kelowna RCMP, officers were called…
View More Kelowna RCMP investigating incident between woman, youth
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s parliament stripped the head of the region’s pro-independence government of his rights as a regional lawmaker on Monday, angering supporters who…
View More Catalan leader stripped of lawmaker rights, protesters scuffle with police
(Reuters) – The husband-and-wife owners of DC Solar, a California solar company that caused Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) to take a $377 million…
View More Owners of solar company that caused loss for Buffett plead guilty over Ponzi scheme
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Economic shocks stemming from rising sea levels pose a long-term risk to the sovereign credit ratings of dozens of countries which have…
View More Rising sea levels threaten sovereign credit ratings: Moody's
An “extremely drunk” driver who killed a man by running over his girlfriend’s car in a 7.5-tonne van has been jailed for nine years. Adam…
View More Drunk van driver jailed for crushing car and killing passenger