Malaysia’s 94-year-old Prime Minister quits in shock political upheaval less than two years after his election victory Mahathir Mohamad, 94, stunned observers by winning Malaysia’s 2018 election   As part of strategy he agreed to eventually hand power to deputy Anwar Ibrahim Mahathir suddenly resigned Monday, as his party quit the governing coalition Observers believe he will try to form a […]

BREAKING: Man’s body found in the back of a bin lorry in London as police probe ‘unexplained’ death Officers were called to scene on Bethwin Road, Camberwell, at 5.35am The man was pronounced dead at the scene and is being treated as unexplained Did you see what happened? Email: [email protected]  A man’s body has been found in the back of […]

Beijing: Warning that China's coronavirus epidemic is "still grim and complex," President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to stop the outbreak, revive industry and prevent the disease from disrupting spring planting of crops. Xi defended the ruling Communist Party's response as "timely and effective" in a Sunday video conference with officials in charge of anti-disease work, according to […]

The city’s top watchdog agency is so behind in conducting background checks for new city employees that it doesn’t expect to catch up for another three to four years, a top official said. In preparation for a City Council hearing on the subject Monday, Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett sent a memo last month to the Council’s financial analyst, […]

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s use of an encrypted messaging app on his private phone poses serious ethical and legal questions, government watchdog groups said Sunday. The app, Signal, features end-to-end encryption and is “painstakingly engineered to keep your communication safe,” the company’s website boasts. “We can’t see your messages or your calls, and no one else can either,” the site […]

Civil war THE civil service is one of those British institutions we are always told is a cut above its foreign equivalents. Establishment types bleat how lucky we are to have a permanent civil service — which has to work with whatever party is in power — and turn their noses up at the American system, where government is run […]

Saudi officials call for the arrest of a female rapper after she released an ‘insulting’ music video referring to women from Mecca as ‘sugar candy’ Video was released by Saudi rapper Asayel Slay but has been branded ‘insulting’ Calls women from holy city ‘powerful and beautiful’ and calls them ‘sugar candy’ Prince Khalid bin Faisal of Mecca said it offends the […]

A woman with a slim frame who always wanted plastic surgery has forked out £23,000 on new breasts and a new nose. Sindy Starlet, 37, said from a young age she would compare herself to friends who had "big boobs". She said she was skinny and had "no boobs" and wanted that to change. Sindy, from Oslo, Norway, underwent her […]

THE Queen has seen for the first time since clashing with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over their Sussex Royal ban. Her Majesty was spotted being driven to a service at the Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park, this afternoon. The 93-year-old monarch looked quietly dignified in her Sunday best, wearing a light pink hat with matching jacket […]

Predator dubbed ‘The Monster’ who stabbed dozens of well-dressed young women in the buttocks during two-year reign of terror in 1780s London was never caught because the wrong man was convicted, historian claims Historian and consultant Dr Jan Bondeson revealed doubts over whether the man convicted was responsible The culprit, dubbed The Monster, targeted young women in a London terror […]