SINGAPORE: A man, who was handed 29 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane for inviting men to rape his wife as he watched, was told by the Chief Justice his sentence was “lenient” as the court rejected his appeal for a lighter sentence. The 42-year-old father of four …

MADRID (Reuters) – Former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been given a suspended jail term for fraud, a court in Barcelona said on Wednesday. Sanchez Vicario, 52, and her former husband Josep Santacana and three other people were convicted by the criminal court of hiding assets to avoid …

(Reuters) – Coinbase will argue at a court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. securities regulator should drop its case against it because the tokens traded on its crypto exchange are not akin to securities, said a person familiar with the case and court filings. The hearing is the next …

PETALING JAYA: Independent shuttler Lee Zii Jia has admitted that it is impossible to run away from being compared to Malaysian men’s singles legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei. World No. 10 Zii Jia added that his relationship with Chong Wei had been weird after his 21-17, 21-19 win over Brian …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most famous opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin’s state would one day crumble along with the post-Soviet elite which he cast as venal, power-hungry and duplicitous. Navalny, 47, a former lawyer who rose to prominence more than a decade ago by …

KUALA TERENGGANU: Plantation and healthcare outfit TDM Bhd, a subsidiary of the Terengganu state government, has invested RM29.1 million to build two hospitals this year. Its executive director, Najman Kamaruddin said the group’s healthcare sector contributes more than 50 per cent to the overall profits and the two new hospitals …

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron steered clear of tricky budget questions about where billions of euros in cost savings will be found when he sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office. France needs to find huge budget savings each year for the rest …

PETALING JAYA: Money earned from higher water tariffs will be used to pay off debts, replace decades-old pipes and valves, and fix leaks in the distribution system, says the federal water regulator. National Water Services Commission (Span) chairman Charles Santiago said the tariff hike is not meant to burden consumers …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top electric car maker Tata Motors is urging the government not to cut taxes on hybrid cars as they are more polluting than pure electrics, countering calls from Toyota for lower levies, according to three sources and a company letter. India is promoting electric vehicles …

LONDON (Reuters) – McLaren boss Zak Brown has urged Formula One and the governing FIA to ensure Red Bull and sister team AlphaTauri do not gain an unfair advantage from closer ties. Red Bull have owned two teams since 2006, when the Austrian energy drink brand bought the failing Italy-based …