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Police tracking down Proton X70 driver after zig-zag crash with BMW on LDP goes viral

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Police are tracking down the driver of a Proton X70 accused of reckless and dangerous driving before crashing into another vehicle along the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP)... Read More


Cops hunt Perodua Kembara driver after hit-and-run crash involving car, bike on Federal Highway (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Police are tracking down the driver of a Perodua Kembara who allegedly drove dangerously, crashed into two vehicles and fled the scene on the Federal Highway near here on June... Read More


Singapore authorities suspend Paul Bakery's Paragon outlet licence for three weeks over cockroach infestation

SINGAPORE, June 29 -- The Paul Bakery outlet at Paragon Shopping Centre along Orchard Road has temporarily closed after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) suspended its licence for three weeks, the agenc... Read More


Final jail term closes the book on Singapore's S$114m GST fraud scheme

SINGAPORE, June 29 -- Nearly a decade after investigators began unravelling an elaborate tax fraud built on forged invoices, phantom sales and paper transactions, Singapore has concluded one of its la... Read More


Two Malaysians injured after IED blast near SUV in Thailand's Tak Bai, one seriously hurt

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Two Malaysians were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted beneath a roadside culvert exploded near their vehicle in Thailand's Tak Bai district this after... Read More


Singapore animation 'The Violinist' takes top prize at Annecy film fest

SINGAPORE, June 29 -- Home-grown animated feature The Violinist has made history by becoming the first Singapore-produced animated film to win the Cristal for Feature Film at the Annecy International ... Read More


AI's next bottleneck isn't chips - it's the weather

ZURICH, June 29 -- The race to build more artificial intelligence data centres is running into an increasingly expensive obstacle: extreme weather. Record-breaking heatwaves, floods, wildfires and vi... Read More


Hong Kong govt yanks AI anti-drug pop video after internet crowns it 'the best drug ad ever' (VIDEO)

HONG KONG, June 29 -- It was meant to warn young people about the dangers of narcotics. Instead, many viewers joked that it had become an advertisement for them. Hong Kong's Correctional Services Dep... Read More


Did BTS' Suga score one of K-pop's biggest investment wins with an early SpaceX bet?

SEOUL, June 29 -- BTS rapper Suga may have quietly pulled off one of K-pop's biggest investment wins after reportedly backing Elon Musk's SpaceX years before the aerospace company's blockbuster stock ... Read More


Meet AIko: Japan's AI police chief is taking on a US$2b scam crisis (VIDEO)

TOKYO, June 28 -- Japan's newest police chief doesn't patrol the streets, carry a firearm or even exist in the real world. Instead, she appears on YouTube with the face and voice of a young woman, ca... Read More