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PETALING JAYA — A Foodpanda Walker received a kind gesture from a customer who asked him to break his fast first before delivering her food. Dinnie Norman Othman, who has been on the job for five months, told Malay Mail that he had received an order from a customer at about 7.12pm last Sunday. “I […]

Tokyo – Even though Japan has entered its third state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, life seems almost normal in Tokyo and other prefectures like Saitama. In Kawagoe, known as Little Edo, near Tokyo, businesses continue, albeit with shortened hours compared with pre-pandemic times. Arcades with their UFO claw machines, izakayas (Japan’s […]

Tokyo – A 40-year-old man was arrested, suspected of stealing girls’ shoes from a high school. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police apprehended a man who allegedly stole 17 pairs of indoor shoes for girls during a high school graduation ceremony in Kunitachi City, reported NHK as cited by Tokyo Reporter on Tuesday (Apr 27). Reports noted […]

PETALING JAYA — A Japanese man was arrested after swindling gifts and cash from 35 women. Takashi Miyagawa, 39, pretended to be in a serious relationship with all of his 35 “girlfriends” by constantly changing his birthday dates to defraud them so he could get presents from them. His plan was exposed when the women […]

PETALING JAYA — While the simple comfort of a hot meal may not seem significant for most of us, it can mean everything to a person living on the streets with nowhere else to turn to. As Malaysia goes through a second Ramadan under the Covid-19 pandemic, soup kitchens, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and even a […]

Sometimes, the tricks we play have a way of backfiring. A pair of influencers in Bali are learning this particular lesson—the hard way.  Irate netizens are calling for the foreign couple’s deportation after they posted a video showing the woman entering a supermarket with a mask painted on her face instead of wearing an actual […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Strong and decisive leadership decisions, and calls for an immediate cessation of violence must be top priorities for Asean leaders meeting in Jakarta this weekend, or they risk seeing Myanmar relegated to the region’s first failed state, said the Malaysian Advisory Group on Myanmar. The Advisory’s chairman, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has lambasted the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government for what he claims is an “unacceptable” slow vaccine rollout to the rakyat. In a Facebook post today, referencing the fact that only about 500,000 people in Malaysia have received both their vaccine shots, Zahid urged the government […]

Malaysia’s former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on Tuesday (Apr 20) that the Covid-19 state of emergency is turning the Malays against the king. He asked the king to lift the royal order for the emergency issued in January. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Dr Mahathir, […]

Singapore—The Ministry of Health (MOH ) announced on Tuesday (Apr 20) a longer quarantine for travellers from India following a worsening pandemic situation there. All travellers from India will be required to serve an additional seven-day stay-home notice (SHN) at their place of residence in addition to the 14-day SHN at dedicated SHN facilities imposed […]

Singapore—An attempt to rob a Singaporean student of his bike was thwarted when a YouTuber, who happened to be live-streaming at that time, stopped the assailant in his tracks. Furthermore, the YouTuber, a British man who goes by the name Sherwin, helped 21-year-old Raymond Hing call the police after the attack left him with a […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Jennie from popular K-pop girl group Blackpink deleted a photo from her visit to an arboretum in Paju in her Instagram after uproar over her supposedly flouting social distancing rules. Koreaboo reported that the photo showed seven hands holding an ice cream each which led to accusations that she had violated social […]

KUALA LUMPUR — A viral road rage video of four men assaulting a motorist and damaging his vehicle led to some unexpected laughs when rapper Joe Flizzow took to social media to ‘deny’ it was him. Social media users were quick to point out that one of the suspects who was bald and wearing sunglasses […]

PETALING JAYA — A McDonald’s Singapore advertisement highlighting its Malaysian workers unable to reunite with loved ones during Ramadan is tugging hearts online. The ad, released in conjunction with the holy fasting month for Muslims, focuses on the chain’s Singapore-based Malaysian workers separated from their family due to Covid-19 that necessitated border closures. “During Ramadan, […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Citigroup Inc has reneged on many promises while reaping hefty profits from years of operating in Malaysia, and as such, should never be allowed to return to operate in the country, said National Union of Bank Employees (Nube) secretary-general J. Solomon. He said Citi had provided only a vague statement on the […]