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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has filed an application to initiate contempt proceedings against a former attorney-general for allegedly failing to reveal a royal addendum order that would allow the jailed leader to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest. In a statement on Friday (May 23), Najib’s legal team said it filed the application against Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh, who is now a Federal Court judge, on Wednesday.  Najib’s lawyers claim it is based on evidence that Terrirudin had knowledge of the purported addendum order issued by former king Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, who is…

The German economy grew significantly more in the first quarter than previously estimated due to good economic developments in March, according to a second estimate.The economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter, the statistics office said on Friday, revising a preliminary reading of 0.2 per cent.Germany’s sluggish economy has not grown at that pace since the third quarter of 2022, when it expanded by 0.6 per cent.Economic growth was driven by trade and consumption.Manufacturing output and exports registered stronger growth than initially assumed in March, said Ruth Brand, president of…

A Florida woman is facing multiple charges stemming from her alleged attack on a 72-year-old man who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat earlier this week.Laura Garrett, 33, was arrested by the Largo Police Department on Tuesday for battery on a person older than 65, battery on a police officer and obstructing or resisting an officer without violence, according to Pinellas County Jail records.Garrett admitted she approached the man – who has not been publicly identified – at Northeast Park and Paw Place to ask him about President Donald Trump and why he supports him, according to an…

The House passed President Trump’s domestic policy bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by just one vote in the early morning hours Thursday after an all-night session. The vote was that close in part because Rep. Andrew Garbarino, a New York Republican who would’ve voted to support it, was asleep at the time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “Andrew Garbarino did not make it in time. He fell asleep in the back. No kidding, I know. I’m going to just strangle him, but then, he’s my dear friend,” Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in a press conference.Garbarino, who represents New York’s…

The administration of President Donald Trump has taken a hard line against top US universities over their responses to pro-Palestine protests, as well as their diversity initiatives and curricula. The move on Thursday to block Harvard University from enrolling foreign students represents the latest escalation in a months-long standoff, which critics say has been rooted in unfounded claims of rampant anti-Semitism. In a statement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the administration was “holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus”. Harvard has called the latest move “unlawful” and…

Birds have run, swum and flown around Earth since the dinosaur age, and they’ve hunted for food and raised their fuzzy chicks for generation after generation.These feathery creatures now live on every continent, sometimes migrating thousands of miles to seasonal destinations. You can often hear their birdsong as they trill, chirp and whistle, thanks to the syrinx, a vocal organ that has two independent sound sources, unlike the single one found in humans.Science has proved that some bird species are extraordinarily smart. For example, crows understand the concept of zero, and an African gray parrot named Alex had a vocabulary…

A Bunbury concreter has been fined $5000 after ignoring an official order to rectify slab work described as “highly deficient”.

The Vietnamese police and state news outlets have repeatedly warned people of possible crime, frauds and data breaches on Telegram channels and groups. Telegram, which competes globally with other social media apps such as Facebook’s WhatsApp and WeChat, was still available in Vietnam on Friday (May 23). Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party maintains tight media censorship and tolerates little dissent. The country has repeatedly asked companies like Facebook, Google’s YouTube and TikTok to coordinate with authorities to stamp out content deemed “toxic”, including offensive, false and anti-state content. Telegram is accused of not applying laws that require social media to monitor,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Liam Hendriks struggled in the team’s 5-1 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday at Fenway Park. Hendriks, 36, gave up three earned runs on three hits, and was charged with the loss. The reliever took to social media on Thursday morning and posted that fans were sending him and his wife death threats.  Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Liam Hendriks (31) heads off the field during a pitching change in the 7th. The Boston Red Sox hosted the New York Mets on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at…

The Trump administration on Thursday accused Columbia University of having violated federal law through its “deliberate indifference” toward anti-Israel protests that have been taking over the campus since Oct. 7, 2023.Investigative findings from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) allege that Columbia’s handling of “student-on-student harassment of Jewish students” over the past 19 months violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.HHS said Title VI “prohibits a recipient of Federal financial assistance from discriminating in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, or national origin, which includes discrimination against…