2 dead, several hurt after road crash in Finland Posted on 21/12/2024 Police said driving conditions were poor due to snowfall and snow on the road. (STT-Lehtikuva/Sipa USA/Reuters pic) HELSINKI: Two people were killed and several injured when a bus and a minivan carrying tourists mainly from China and Singapore collided in Finnish Lapland, police said today. The crash happened just before 1pm local time yesterday not far from the town of Rovaniemi – whose Santa Claus Village attracts visitors from around the world – Finnish police said. The two people who were killed died at the scene, police added, with several of the 37 people involved in the accident taken to hospital for treatment. Police said the driver of the minivan is suspected of traffic violations and negligent homicide and negligent injury at this stage of the investigation, according to police. Police said they were “in contact with the embassies of the countries concerned”. While the cause of the accident had not been established, police said driving conditions were poor due to snowfall and snow on the road. News
Papagomo arrested in alleged fraud probe over company fund collection Posted on 13/12/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Former Umno Youth executive council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as Papagomo, was arrested at his home in Putrajaya today to assist in investigations into a fraud case involving the collection of funds using the name of a company. According to Sinar… Read More
Woman-owned café in Indonesia’s Shariah stronghold shakes stigma Posted on 25/11/2024 A barista receives orders at Morning Mama, a cafe founded by Qurrata Ayuni in Banda Aceh. (AFP pic) BANDA ACEH: In what has been claimed to be the only woman-run café in the capital of Indonesia’s most conservative province, owner Qurrata Ayuni said she and her baristas provide an alternative… Read More
Association lodges police report against vendor selling monkey poison Posted on 26/12/2024 Screenshots of the video showing the vendor throwing ice-cream laced with poison to a troop of monkeys. PETALING JAYA: An animal welfare NGO has lodged a police report against an online vendor selling poison to kill monkeys. Malaysian Animal Welfare Association president Mukunnan Sugumaran said the man recently uploaded a… Read More