Malaysian police investigate how pilot smuggled drugs past 4 layers of airport checks
SCMP •

Malaysian police investigate how pilot smuggled drugs past 4 layers of airport checks

Malaysian police have identified a Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) security screener as a person of interest after a Malaysia Airlines pilot allegedly carried more than 70,000 Ecstasy pills through four layers of checks before the drugs were intercepted in Jakarta. Bukit Aman narcotics chief Hussein Omar Khan said on Tuesday that the airport employee assigned to the screening area used b...

コストコ 熊本地震で5人けが “一部商品落下 重く受け止める”

NHK World •

先月28日に起きた地震で、震度6弱の揺れを観測した熊本県御船町にある会員制の大型スーパー、「コストコ」で、地震発生時に5人がけがをしていたことが消防への取材で分かりました。けがをした詳しい状況は分かっていませんが、店内では、高く積み上げられた商品の一部が落下していて、運営会社では「落下を防げなかった事実について大変重く受け止めている」とコメントしています。

‘Damp and filthy’: murder suspect says basic necessities denied in custody

‘Damp and filthy’: murder suspect says basic necessities denied in custody

SCMP •

The alleged ringleader in the fatal assault of an entrepreneur during a bar fight last month told a Hong Kong court that he was deprived of basic necessities while being held in a “filthy” police cell. Tsang Wai-ching, 40, was escorted to Kowloon City Court on Tuesday to face a murder charge over the attack on 32-year-old Issac Yeung Kam-chuen at an upstairs bar on Cameron Road in Tsim Sha Tsui on...

NSW will not implement recommendation of long-awaited hate speech report – as it happened

NSW will not implement recommendation of long-awaited hate speech report – as it happened

The Guardian •

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMurray Watt, the federal environment minister, was asked earlier about former rugby league star Luke Bateman’s testimony before a parliamentary inquiry on gambling reform.Bateman alleged betting company promoters supplied him with cocaine and alcohol, also alleging he attended private Gold Coast events hosted by gamb...

NSW Liberal admits to leaking confidential report to young conservative powerbrokers, inquiry hears

NSW Liberal admits to leaking confidential report to young conservative powerbrokers, inquiry hears

The Guardian •

NSW shadow attorney general, Damien Tudehope, tells inquiry Jean-Claude Perrottet had a talent for recruitingThe leader of the opposition in the New South Wales upper house has admitted to leaking a confidential draft report from a 2023 parliamentary inquiry to a member of a group of young conservative Liberal powerbrokers now under investigation by the corruption watchdog, an inquiry has heard.On...

'I will fight tooth and nail': Brewery owner who offered free beer if Trump died, loses licence

'I will fight tooth and nail': Brewery owner who offered free beer if Trump died, loses licence

Times of India •

Kirk Bangstad, owner of Wisconsin's Minocqua Brewing Company, has vowed to "fight tooth and nail" after the state revoked his brewery's operating permits. The action follows allegations that the company illegally transported beer from Illinois without the required permits or paying taxes. Bangstad, whose brewery previously made headlines for promising free beer if Donald Trump died, called the rev...

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ conditions Israel’s Gaza withdrawal on Hamas disarmament

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ conditions Israel’s Gaza withdrawal on Hamas disarmament

SCMP •

US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” on Monday assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s withdrawal in Gaza would only begin after Hamas’ complete disarmament, following his objections. Two members of Netanyahu’s security cabinet had urged a vote to tear up the deal championed by Trump after the board released a text that called for Israel to begin a phased withdrawal. Netany...