Criminal

THAILAND: An 11-year-old female student was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 12-year-old male student at a school in Phetchabun province’s Wichian Buri district on June 21. This is a wake-up call for society. In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health noted that the case has sparked public concern about school safety and how children can learn about …

NEW YORK: For her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually assault adolescent girls, Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Between 1994 and 2004, the 60-year-old British socialite recruited and groomed four young women into having sex with Epstein, who was then her boyfriend. She was found guilty in December. In the eyes of the public, the …

SINGAPORE: Text messages from a police officer who was investigating a teenager’s suicide attempt were sent to her phone for the next 18 days. Aside from asking who she was meeting and when she ate, washed, and slept, he also demanded to meet with the 19-year-old. When she didn’t respond quickly, he begged her to do so. After pleading guilty …

SINGAPORE: On Monday, a 61-year-old woman was killed in a taxi accident on Ang Mo Kio Street 21. The event was reported to authorities around 10.25 p.m. A medic declared a 61-year-old female bystander killed in the crash,” police said, adding that the cab driver, 53, was arrested for negligent driving causing involuntary manslaughter. The police investigation is still being …

METRO MANILA: On Sunday night, the Philippine Consulate General in New York and the family of a visiting Filipino lawyer who was wounded in a random act of violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA confirmed that the lawyer, Atty. John Laylo, is still struggling for his life and begged for prayers. Laylo had already been fatally shot. He and his mother …

US: A drive-by shooting on a family BBQ late Saturday left at least two people dead and five others injured, according to authorities in San Antonio, Texas. The family was grilling in front of the residence, San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus said at an early Sunday press conference. A car passed by and unloaded around 20 to 30 …

MEXICO: After the vehicle they were riding in crashed near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula, two actors from the Netflix series The Chosen One were killed and six other cast or crew members were injured. The accident happened on Thursday, according to local media, when the van flipped after veering off the road in a desert location. At …

BRAZIL: Dom Phillips, a freelance journalist who had worked for the Guardian and the Washington Post, and indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira were conducting research for a book when they vanished in the isolated Javari Valley. A forensic examination of human remains discovered in the Amazon rainforest on Friday, June 17, revealed that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, according …

Philippines – The driver who ran over a protection shield directing site visitors close to a mall in Mandaluyong City did not show up on the initial listening to of the homicide grievance filed in opposition to him earlier than the prosecutor`s workplace. Jose Antonio Sanvicente, who fled and went into hiding after the incident, turned into represented with the …

Thailand – A Thai guy who lately fled to Thailand from Taiwan after allegedly murdering  commercial enterprise companions will stand trial withinside the Southeast Asian us of a after turning himself into neighborhood police, a Thai professional stated Friday. Thailand has jurisdiction withinside the case concerning the suspect, who became himself in to police withinside the northern province of Chiang …