12-year-old girl’s online porn business exposes legal dilemma in Malaysia
A 12-year-old girl in Malaysia was found to have set up a website with four friends and managed a WhatsApp group with 762 members...
Elon Musk puts America Party ambition in low gear to rev up Tesla
Billionaire Elon Musk is quietly putting the brakes on plans to start his new political party, telling allies he wants to focus on his...
NZ Building Giant Fletcher Announces $419 Million Loss
One of New Zealand’s largest listed companies, Fletcher Building, has announced a $419 million (US$244 million) loss for the full 2024/25 financial year, calling...
Appeals Court Won’t Invalidate Part of Voting Rights Act
After rejecting Louisiana’s request that it invalidate a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a state-level redistricting lawsuit, a federal appeals...
Malaysian photographer duped by National Geographic scam faces derision
Published: 12:39pm, 20 Aug 2025Updated: 1:43pm, 20 Aug 2025 A Malaysian photographer has gone from a national hero to a social media zero after...
HKEX’s first-half profit soars 39% to record high on IPO boom, trading volume
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) set new records for second-quarter and first-half earnings amid a boom in initial public offerings (IPOs) and sizzling...
Amid Beijing tensions, Australia, Philippines team up in South China Sea drills
Off the shores of Palawan, more than 3,600 troops from Australia and the Philippines are taking part in their largest-ever military drills, marking a...
How the Philippines forced China to adjust historic mission to moon’s far side
Chinese space engineers made small but deliberate changes to last year’s historic sample retrieval mission to the far side of the moon to avoid...
Trump orders black paint for border wall to make it hotter and deter migrants
US President Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it will be...