PUTRAJAYA: An Indonesian man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, whose decomposed body was found in a suitcase, was spared the gallows after the Federal Court here on Wednesday commuted his death sentence to 35 years in jail. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat …

JOHOR BAHRU: An elderly man lost a total of RM540,047.97 to a phone scam syndicate. Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said his team received a report from a 75-year-old retiree of a private company who claimed he had fallen victim to phone scammers. He said the senior citizen …

SINGAPORE: Japanese stocks hit a near 34-year high on Wednesday while other Asian equities meandered around one-month lows and bond markets traded cautiously ahead of U.S. inflation data due this week. Japan’s Nikkei – which had its best year for a decade in 2023 – climbed 2% to break above …

A family of eight who lived in a plush hotel suite room for 1,000 yuan (RM654) per day for 229 days have gone viral on mainland social media. The unidentified group, from the city of Nanyang in the central province of Henan, gave up living in a flat and decided …

BATU PAHAT: Police believe that the single mother reported missing, Mira Sharmila Samsusah, 32, or Bella, is still in the country as there are no records of her leaving the country. Johor Police Chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said that further investigations are ongoing, but details cannot be disclosed to …

KOTA KINABALU: A politician’s son who allegedly hoodwinked a top police officer here into giving him almost RM50,000 has been charged with cheating at the Special Corruption Court here on Wednesday (Jan 10). Aries Ryan Philip Among, 30, was accused of claiming to be, among others, sent by Malaysian Anti-Corruption …

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Oil rose for a second day on Wednesday after an industry report showed a bigger-than-expected drawdown of crude inventories in the United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer, that bolstered demand sentiment. Brent crude futures rose 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $77.85 a barrel at 0724 GMT, while U.S. …

KYIV (Reuters) – After her younger brother was killed in November fighting Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, Anna Birzul spent two days stricken with grief. Then she sprang into action, penning a petition asking President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to award 29-year-old Bohdan Krotov the highest military honour, Hero of Ukraine. “We …

LAS VEGAS: Welcome to opening day of CES 2024. This multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring in some 130,000 attendees and more than 4,000 exhibitors to Las Vegas. Swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability …

SHAH ALAM: Seventy-five police reports have been lodged over the “Dubai Move” to date. Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said 31 reports were lodged by politicians and the remainder by the public. “We are investigating the case under Section 124C of the Penal Code …