PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Six months after becoming Cambodia’s new prime minister, the eldest son of the country’s long-serving autocratic leader on Wednesday won approval from lawmakers to have his youngest brother take the post of deputy premier. The development is the latest in a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation … Read more
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Clark County deputy district attorney was booked on a DUI charge after she was clocked at 73 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrest report. Kayla Farzaneh-Simmons was driving a white KIA SUV westbound on Sunset Road at about 5 p.m. on … Read more
Wounded animals are notoriously vicious, so it was with great risk that a sheriff’s office deputy in Florida picked up an injured bobcat and put it in his patrol car. What happened next left commenters slack-jawed on social media. A photo shared by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office shows the predator willingly curled up in … Read more
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Teen Speeding In Daddy’s Mustang Cusses Out Arizona Deputy Many people from around the US and even in foreign countries follow Pinal County Sheriff Deputy Frank Sloup thanks to his popular Fridays With Frank video series. Even though Deputy Sloup is affable and cracks a lot of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appointed a technocrat as his deputy finance minister on Tuesday in a Cabinet shuffle aimed at strengthening his administration and winning public trust a year after taking power. The shuffle was widely expected and expanded the number of portfolios with the appointment of five new ministers. … Read more
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer crashed into a North Dakota sheriff’s vehicle during a police chase, pushing it into a deputy and killing him, according to authorities and the Republican senator’s family. Ian Cramer, of Bismarck, was arrested and jailed following Wednesday’s crash, and charges are pending, the … Read more
SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Sunday he planned to bow out and hand over power to his deputy, Lawrence Wong, late next year, before the 2025 general election. Lee, 71, initially intended to retire before turning 70, but it was shelved because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has served as head … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave President Biden has nominated the architect of his Asia strategy to a top position at the State Department at a time when Russia’s war in Ukraine and fresh turmoil in the Middle East threaten to divert attention from what his administration has called its most consequential geopolitical … Read more
A senior Iranian envoy met with Hamas representatives in Moscow following talks with Russian diplomats that underscored Moscow’s efforts to expand its clout as a power broker in the latest Israel-Hamas war, Russian and Iranian media said Friday. During the meeting with Hamas’ representative Moussa Abu Marzouk, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, emphasized … Read more
An exonerated man who spent 16 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of a violent crime in Broward County was shot and killed by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop Monday morning, authorities said. Leonard Allan Cure, 53, was the first person to be exonerated by the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward … Read more