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Jennie tops Spotify's 2025 Global Impact List as K-pop soloists eclipse groups

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 -- Spotify has revealed its 2025 Global Impact List for the first half of the year, spotlighting a new wave in K-pop: the rise of soloists over groups on the global stage. A tot... Read More


A late billionaire, his 'princess', and three half-siblings: Wahaha succession battle unfolds

HONG KONG, July 22 -- Kelly Zong, long seen as the carefully groomed heir to China's Wahaha beverage empire, is now at the centre of two high-stakes legal battles that could reshape the future of one ... Read More


Puad: PAS approached Umno with 'backdoor government' plan, not the other way around

SHAH ALAM, July 22 -- Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi has reportedly rejected allegations that leaders from his party had met with Perikatan Nasional (PN) to discuss defections fr... Read More


Sec-gen Fuziah: PKR to accept member complaints despite lack of disciplinary board

PETALING JAYA, July 22 -- PKR will continue to receive complaints against party members despite its disciplinary board not yet being reconstituted, its secretary-general Fuziah Salleh reportedly said.... Read More


'Rebuking a friend is harder': Rafizi defends critique of Anwar and judiciary, says true test of leader is in speaking out

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 -- Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has defended his recent criticisms of the government and the judiciary, stressing that holding one's own party accountable is a greater test of leadersh... Read More


McLaren's Zak Brown says Horner axe no shock as Red Bull turmoil grows

LONDON, July 22 -- McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said Christian Horner's sacking as Red Bull team principal was not unexpected, but conceded that he was taken aback by the mid-season remova... Read More


Pakatan MPs slam Selangor parking privatisation as 'lopsided', demand full disclosure

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 -- Four Pakatan Harapan MPs have called on the Selangor state government to delay the privatisation of public car parking lots under the Selangor Intelligent Parking (SIP) scheme... Read More


Singapore judge rules against two foreigners who claimed unconscious woman 'consented' to sex

SINGAPORE, July 22 -- Two foreign men have been convicted of raping a woman in a hotel room, after a judge rejected their claim that the acts were consensual. The first man, 50, was the victim's ex-c... Read More


Six arrested, dozens investigated over use of toxic paint to brighten food in China kindergarten

BEIJING, July 22 -- Chinese authorities have arrested six people and are investigating 27 others after more than 230 children at a kindergarten in Gansu province were poisoned by food coloured with in... Read More


Malaysia's inflation cools as veg goes cheap, but eating out still burns the wallet

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 -- Food prices in Malaysia showed mixed trends in June, with the overall food and beverages group rising by 2.1 per cent year-on-year, according to the Department of Statistics (... Read More