KUCHING, Dec 22 — The High Court here ordered Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen to pay a total of RM500,000 in damages and costs to Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian in a defamation suit concerning the allocation of Covid-19 food aid funds in 2020. Judge Datuk »»»

KUALA LUMPUR – A row over dogs in public spaces has forced a newly opened shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, to reverse its pet-friendly policy within a week, following objections from Muslim groups and intervention by the state government. When Sunway Square Mall opened on Dec 11, it rolled»»»

MONTREAL, Dec 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - After accepting a job near Montreal, Mansef Aloui packed up his life in Tunisia, hopeful his children would thrive in Canada -- but his pathway to settle in the country has been shut down. "I'm broken. My life has been upended. My daughter is in her room, she crie»»»

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake announced in a Nov. 13 alert on X that it is changing its milk and chocolate milk to A2 beginning Dec. 1. A sign for the Steak 'n Shake chain restaurant in Middletown, Del., on July 26, 2019. Jim Wats»»»

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Wednesday said Senate Democrats appear to be more open to voting to reopen the federal government and end the nation's second-longest government shutdown. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The longer the federal government shutdo»»»

Noida: Twenty-two real estate projects in the city owe Noida Authority nearly Rs 5,560 crore in dues, leaving around 9,750 owners without clarity on when their flats can be registered. Noida Authority has issued notices, frozen registries, and initiated recovery steps, including the issuance of rec»»»

SINGAPORE: Were they locked in a warm embrace? Or engaged in a feisty skirmish for food? A snapshot of two monitor lizards in a Singapore public park has made the shortlist for the 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.The photo, titled "Battle Hug", was taken by Ms Jessica Emmett, a 43-year-old UK cit»»»

The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy — facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used. Early on in »»»

Workers dismantle a closed barbecue restaurant in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap By Lee Yeon-woo The number of self-employed workers in Korea fell below levels seen during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, as more mom-and-pop stores are shuttered amid a deepening economic downturn, data showed Monday. Accord»»»