Lawyers for drug trafficker Nagaenthran ordered to pay S$20,000 for incurring unnecessary costs

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The two lawyers who acted for Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam in a last-ditch attempt to halt his execution were on Wednesday (May 25) ordered to pay S$20,000 in costs to the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC).

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar gets 12 years in prison for child porn

Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in prison and fined US$10,000.

Tropicana swings into the red in 1Q

KUALA LUMPUR: Tropicana Corp Bhd posted a net loss of RM33.39mil in the first quarter ended March 31 (1Q22) compared with a net profit of RM2.34mil in the same quarter a year ago, mainly due to its hotel business which has not fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ziana Zain's ex-husband escapes jail for caning son

SHAH ALAM: The former husband of renown singer Ziana Zain, Armin Zaharin Ahmad Zambri, had his jail sentence set aside after the High Court fined him RM8,000 for caning his son on the hand four years ago.

Cryptocurrency crash devalues Ukraine's government crypto fundraise

LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine, battered by three months of war, plans to continue to tap crypto investors to help raise funds after a plunge in prices decimated the country’s fundraising efforts in May.

China's Gen Z has the power to make or break Western brands

BEIJING (Bloomberg): They’ve got money to burn, eschew foreign labels, and are driven by a swelling sense of nationalism that can ensnare even the biggest global brands.

Twitter users told to watch for scam messages about verified accounts

The messages came from accounts claiming to be Twitter Support and asked users to click on a link in the message to fill in a form to re-apply for a "blue badge" of verification on the site.

Teen gunman kills 18 children at Texas elementary school

UVALDE, US: A teenage gunman killed 18 young children in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, in the deadliest US school shooting in years.

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks tumble on growth concerns, bond yields slip

U.S. safety, democracy threatened by "religious double standard": article

NEW YORK, May 24 (Xinhua) -- There is a troubling religious double standard in the United States, one which threatens the country's safety and democracy, said an article published on the Time magazine's website on Monday.