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My girlfriend told me she prefers big penises. Now I’m worried I won’t satisfy her

She has apologised for mentioning a much larger ex – but the comment still haunts me. Should I walk away?

Pamela Stephenson Connolly

Tue 1 Jul 2025 18.57 AEST

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I have been seeing a woman whom I met online for almost a year. Before we met face to face, we had a number of phone calls, during which she became very sexual very quickly. She asked me the size of my penis (which is slightly above average). Then she told me she liked big penises and that an ex-partner’s was 12in (30cm) long. This made me feel very insecure and I told her this. She said: “It’s only a preference.”

Since then, this issue has surfaced again and again. I know it’s hard to believe, but we haven’t had penetrative sex yet. (Initially, I wanted to take things slow. Plus, she is menopausal and hasn’t been feeling sexual much of the time.) We do have other kinds of sex and she says I am the “best” in this respect. But penetrative sex, for me, is very important. She says I’m “big enough” and that she is sure I’ll satisfy her – but the thought that she “prefers bigger” is devastating. She says she doesn’t understand why she made the original remark. She is sorry, but this doesn’t help. I feel I should walk away, but I have strong feelings for her.

It is very likely that this woman was telling the truth when she said she doesn’t know why she made the initial remark, but it probably came from her own insecurity. Trying to connect with someone new online or by phone can create a lot of anxiety, so some people present themselves as something they are not.

When any woman talks about “preferring big penises”, it’s usually – consciously or not – an attempt to gain power due to a sense of weakness, so it would be wise for you to try to ignore it.

Her words have had the effect of pushing you away but try having a gentle and frank conversation. Hopefully, both of you will get to the point of recognising the other’s insecurities and resolve to work on mutual soothing and acceptance.

 Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treating sexual disorders.

 If you would like advice from Pamela on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns to private.lives@theguardian.com (please don’t send attachments). Each week, Pamela chooses one problem to answer, which will be published online. She regrets that she cannot enter into personal correspondence. Submissions are subject to our terms and conditions.

al Jazeera:

Israel kills 102 in Gaza as Trump says he will be ‘firm’ with Netanyahu

Attacks come as Israeli forces continue to demolish homes as fears of another ground incursion grow.

Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

Published On 1 Jul 20251 Jul 2025

Israeli forces have killed at least 102 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, even as United States President Donald Trump claimed that he would be “very firm” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on ending Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli attacks on Tuesday destroyed clusters of homes in the north and south of Gaza, amid fears of yet another looming ground invasion.

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The attacks come ahead of a planned visit next week by Netanyahu to Washington, DC. Trump said on Tuesday that the Israeli prime minister wanted to end the war on Gaza, even as his forces ramp up attacks in Gaza.

Among the Palestinians killed were 16 hungry aid seekers who died when Israeli soldiers attacked crowds at aid distribution hubs run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to medical sources.

They are the latest victims in a wave of daily killings at these sites, which have killed nearly 600 Palestinians since GHF took over limited aid deliveries in Gaza in late May amid a crippling Israeli blockade.

More than 170 major international charities and nongovernmental organisations have called for an immediate end to GHF, which rights groups say is operating in violation of international principles.

“Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” a joint statement read.

GHF brings “nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of Gaza,” it added.

Israeli forces also attacked Gaza City in the north, where it recently issued forced evacuation orders for residents of the area, which has already been bombarded into rubble. At least five people were killed when an Israeli quadcopter struck a gathering of people, local news agency Wafa reported.

At least 82 percent of Gaza is now an Israeli-militarised zone or under forced displacement threats, according to the United Nations, warning people have nowhere to go.

Ismail, a resident of the Sheikh Radwan suburb of Gaza City, said that newly displaced families were setting up tents in the road, after fleeing from areas north and east of the city and finding no other ground available.

“We don’t sleep because of the sounds of explosions from tanks and planes. The occupation is destroying homes east of Gaza, in Jabalia and other places around us,” he said.

‘Waiting room for death’

In Khan Younis and its al-Mawasi area in the south, at least 12 Palestinians were killed when a home belonging to the al-Zanati family was targeted. Separately, a child was killed and several others wounded when an Israeli air strike struck a displacement camp.

Several more were killed in an Israeli attack west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to sources at al-Awda Hospital, while two others were killed and several wounded in a separate attack on a UN-run school sheltering displaced families in the al-Maghazi refugee camp.

'Mati Mati Pun Mesti Sambung Perkhidmatan CJ'

Malaysia’s first female CJ retires: ‘No regrets’ as six-year term ends, says non-extension not an issue 



Auxiliary police personnel pose for a picture with Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who will be retiring tomorrow, at the Palace of Justice July 1, 2025. — Picture by Ida Lim

Tuesday, 01 Jul 2025 6:12 PM MYT


PUTRAJAYA, July 1 — Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat today said she had “no regrets” throughout the six years leading Malaysia’s judiciary, and said it was not an issue that she was not given a six-month extension.

Today was her last official day in court, as she will be retiring tomorrow when she reaches the age of 66, the mandatory retirement age for judges.

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kt is now confused:

I was under the impression there was a new legal policy titled: 

'Mati Mati Pun Mesti Sambung Perkhidmatan CJ'

S’wak keen to send its youth to Sandhurst for further studies

FMT:

S’wak keen to send its youth to Sandhurst for further studies

Premier Abang Johari Openg says the move is part of efforts to develop the talents of the state’s young people to meet security needs

Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg said the establishment of the state’s security and enforcement unit was not aimed at taking over security powers from the federal government.

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is ready to offer scholarships to the state’s youth who are interested in pursuing a career in security to further their studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK.

Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg said the move was part of the state government’s efforts to develop the talents of its young people to meet security needs.

“At least they will have the discipline… discipline and also new security theories. It’s not that we want to establish our own army but it’s a matter of talent training. They can then work with the police, with the army or work with us at UKPS (Sarawak Security and Enforcement Unit),” he said.


Speaking at the Sarawak Command Net (SCNET) launching ceremony in conjunction with the eighth anniversary celebration of UKPS here, he said the establishment of UKPS was not aimed at taking over security powers from the federal government but rather to complement the state’s needs.

“Security powers are under the federal government. We are only helping where we can so that we feel safe with the coordination that exists between security agencies under the federal government,” he said.

Abang Johari said Sarawak has a long coastal area and this presents a challenge to security agencies under the federal government and it needs the assistance of the state government.

He said the state also has many rivers that are not under the control of federal enforcement agencies and this matter was addressed through the establishment of the Sarawak Coast Guard which was established in 2019.

“Our work now is to help make Sarawak a peaceful and prosperous place,” he said.

According to him, the launch of SCNET is an initial step for Sarawak to form a more sophisticated security communication network as part of the initiative to defend the state’s security.

“We can work with relevant parties for the sake of Malaysia’s sovereignty… This is what is important. The sovereignty of Malaysia,” he added.

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kt comments:

Why don't you re-form the vaunted Sarawak Rangers, and since Sarawak has such a long coastal area, the Sarawak Navy as well - while you're at those, also form the Sarawak Air Force, wakakaka!

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Standard Chartered sued for US$2.7b over role in 1MDB scandal

Standard Chartered sued for US$2.7b over role in 1MDB scandal



A logo of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong. The UK-based bank is facing a US$2.7 billion lawsuit over alleged involvement in laundering funds linked to Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal. — Reuters pic

Tuesday, 01 Jul 2025 2:38 PM MYT


KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Liquidators for Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1MDB have sued Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore alleging it enabled fraud that led to more than US$2.7 billion (RM11.3 billion) in financial losses more than 10 years ago.

Standard Chartered today said that it emphatically rejected the claims.

The move is the latest in a wide-ranging effort to recover money belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), from which US investigators say about US$4.5 billion was stolen between 2009 and 2014 in a complex, globe-spanning scheme.

Malaysian authorities have previously said there were billions of dollars more that were unaccounted for.


Liquidators from financial services firm Kroll, which filed the lawsuit in the High Court of Singapore, said in a statement on Monday they were seeking to hold Standard Chartered accountable for its role in allegedly enabling fraud to be committed against 1MDB.


Three companies in liquidation linked to 1MDB say Standard Chartered permitted over 100 intrabank transfers between 2009 and 2013 that helped conceal the flow of stolen funds.

They also allege the bank chose to overlook obvious red flags in relation to the transfer of funds, resulting in the losses, the liquidators said.


“According to this lawsuit, the transfers demonstrate serious breaches and control failings which ultimately enabled the theft of public funds by people operating at the highest levels of the Malaysian government during that period,” the liquidators said.

Standard Chartered said it had not yet received the legal filing documents.

“Any claims by these companies are without merit and Standard Chartered will vigorously defend any lawsuit commenced by the liquidators,” Standard Chartered said in a statement to Reuters.

It added the liquidators had earlier publicly stated the firms involved were shell companies with no legitimate business and were linked to alleged 1MDB mastermind and fugitive Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low. Low has consistently denied wrongdoing.

The liquidators said the funds that flowed through the Standard Chartered accounts included transfers to the personal bank account of former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is serving a six-year prison sentence after being convicted of graft linked to 1MDB.

The fund transfers also involved business payments and purchases of jewellery and luxury goods for Najib’s wife and stepson, the liquidators said.

Najib and his family members have consistently denied wrongdoing.

The Board of 1MDB welcomed the move by the court-appointed liquidators.

“The Malaysian people were the true victims of this global fraud, and all parties are determined to hold every facilitator to account - including financial institutions that failed in their most basic duties of vigilance and responsibility,” a spokesperson for the board said.

At least six countries, including Singapore and Switzerland, have launched investigations into 1MDB dealings in a global probe that has implicated banking and high-ranking officials worldwide, including Najib and executives from US bank Goldman Sachs.

Malaysia said last year it had recovered a total of RM29 billion in 1MDB assets between 2019 and February 2024.

In 2016, Singapore’s central bank imposed penalties of S$5.2 million on the local unit of Standard Chartered for money laundering breaches related to the 1MDB scandal.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore said its investigations into Standard Chartered revealed “significant lapses in the bank’s customer due diligence measures and controls for ongoing monitoring” but did not find “wilful misconduct”.

Standard Chartered is facing a separate US$1.9 billion lawsuit in London over allegations the lender broke US sanctions against Iran in a more widespread way than it has previously admitted. — Reuters

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Gaza babies face starvation as Israel blocks entry of baby formula





Protesters in New York demand UN action to end genocide in Gaza amid ongoing war

By Usaid Siddiqui and Maziar Motamedi
Published On 1 Jul 2025

• Doctors in Gaza warn that thousands of babies could die, as baby formula supplies run dry under Israel’s blockade.
• At least 95 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza, including more than a dozen desperate people seeking food at US-Israel-backed aid distribution sites.
• In the deadliest single strike of the day, Israeli fighter jets bombed an internet café with a children’s birthday party under way, killing at least 39 people.

Singapore Electricity & Gas Prices Drops From July – But The Opposite Happens In Malaysia

Singapore Electricity & Gas Prices Drops From July – But The Opposite Happens In Malaysia


June 30th, 2025 by financetwitter


Households in Singapore have reasons to smile from July to September due to lower energy and fuel costs – a drop in electricity and gas prices. Electricity bills will decrease by 0.65 cent per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while gas prices will fall by 0.44 cent per kWh. This comes after grid operator SP Group announced on June 30, 2025 that the electricity tariff for households will drop 2.3%.

Essentially, an average four-room Housing Board household may see a S$2.36 drop in its monthly electricity bill. Meanwhile, City Energy, the producer and retailer of piped gas, announced that the gas tariff will drop from 22.72 cents per kWh to 22.28 cents per kWh due to lower fuel costs, compared with the previous quarter.


SP Group and City Energy review their respective electricity and gas tariffs every quarter based on guidelines set by the electricity and gas industry regulator – Energy Market Authority. Each quarter, the energy cost component of the electricity tariff and the fuel cost component of the gas tariff use the average natural gas prices and the average fuel prices in the first 2½ months in the preceding quarter.


While the savings from the decreases in electricity and gas may be small, it nevertheless shows a caring government that transparently returns the benefits of lower commodities to consumers. But that’s not all. More than 950,000 Singaporean Housing Board households will receive rebates to their utility and conservancy bills in July, as part of a government scheme to help them with the cost of living.

Depending on their HDB flat type, eligible households will receive up to S$190 (RM627) in U-Save rebates for their utility bills, and a maximum of a month of rebates for their service and conservancy charges (S&CC). The rebates are disbursed every three months – in April, July, October and January – each year to help lower- and middle-income households cope with the increasing cost of living.


In total, eligible Singaporean HDB households will receive up to US$760 (RM2,510) in U-Save rebates for the financial year from April 2025 to March 2026. Meanwhile, eligible households can expect to receive a total of up to 3.5 months of S&CC rebates in the same period. To be eligible for the U-Save rebate, there must be at least one Singaporean owner or occupier in the household if the flat is partially rented or not rented out.


However, the opposite is happening in neighbouring Malaysia. In Peninsular Malaysia, the base electricity tariff is set to increase by 14.2% starting July 1, 2025, moving from 39.95 sen/kWh to 45.62 sen/kWh, according to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). Hilariously, the government of Anwar Ibrahim argued that the hike is necessary to reflect the higher fuel costs.

Even though Malaysia’s base electricity tariff now exceeds that of Vietnam and Indonesia, the Anwar administration still argues the need to rationalise subsidies due to fiscal constraints. Likewise, Tenaga, the utility giant that operates and monopolizes the power grid in the country, pointed to higher fuel costs assumption – coal and gas – as the main reason for the increment.

However, Tenaga as well as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the Finance Minister, cannot explain why Malaysian consumers always suffer endless higher electricity tariffs, but Singaporean consumers get to enjoy a lower rate. While PM Anwar has said the tariff adjustment is not expected to affect 85% of households, which reportedly consume 20% of the electricity supply, the chain reaction is another story.


Regardless of size, businesses affected by the increase in electricity hikes are set to pass down the cost of doing business to consumers. Mr Anwar tried – and failed – to reassure the business community on February 3 that the electricity price increase would not be 14%. He said a “small increase” was necessary to generate additional revenue for the government to fund public utilities.



Worse, he tried to hoodwink the people that his government needed to increase revenue by imposing higher tariffs so that he could improve education quality. He also insulted the people’s intelligence with an excuse that the electricity tariff hike would apply only to the industrial sector and the wealthy, pretending that the extra costs would not be passed down to poor consumers.

But not all business leaders appear to be convinced. Speaking to the audience before Mr Anwar at a Chinese New Year celebration on Feb 3, the president of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM), Mr Ng Yih Pyng, urged that economic and subsidy reforms be implemented gradually, to avoid disrupting markets and businesses.


“Given the accumulation of additional operating costs, we sincerely urge the government to maintain electricity tariffs at current levels throughout 2025-2026, to ease the financial burden on businesses and mitigate inflationary pressures from increased operating costs,” – said Mr Ng, who represents the ACCCIM’s 110,000 members.

Representing more than 4,000 manufacturing and industrial companies, FMM (Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers) president Soh Thian Lai similarly complained that the government should maintain the current electricity tariff as the sector faces other challenges such as a service tax hike for logistics, additional costs for e-invoicing, and the upcoming EPF contributions for foreign workers.

The latest electricity hike isn’t the first daylight robbery though. In December 2024, after getting the nod from the government, Tenaga Nasional announced that the base tariff will be raised from 39.95 sen per kWh in the 2022 to 2024 period, to 45.62 sen per kWh in the 2025 to 2027 period, from July 1, 2025. In fact, the base tariff has been steadily increasing from 38.53 sen per kwh in the 2015 to 2017 period.




The best part is Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 (1QFY2025) rose nearly 48% to RM1.1 billion from RM715.7 million a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter grew 17.6% to RM16 billion from RM13.64 billion last year, driven by a 17.5% increase in electricity sales – attributed to regulatory adjustments under the incentive-based regulation framework.

In Financial Year 2024, Tenaga’s total net profit surged nearly 70% to RM4.69 billion – its highest since Financial year 2018, boosted by gains in foreign exchange translation and higher electricity sales, not to mention higher tariff rates. Total revenue increased by 6.9% to RM56.74 billion. Of course, “Robin Hood” Anwar tried to hide this fact as he can’t explain why the people must pay more so that Tenaga can profits more.

Kuching man gets 12 years, four lashes for incest with 13-year-old niece

Kuching man gets 12 years, four lashes for incest with 13-year-old niece



The accused (left) being escorted out of the courtroom after proceedings at the Kuching Court Complex. — The Borneo Post pic

Tuesday, 01 Jul 2025 2:30 PM MYT


KUCHING, July 1 — A 42-year-old man was today sentenced by the Sessions’ Court here to 12 years’ imprisonment and four strokes of the cane, for committing incest with his 13-year-old niece.

Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi handed down the sentence after the man pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 376B(1) of the Penal Code (PC), read together with Section 16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act (SOACA) 2017.


Section 376B(1) of the PC provides for a prison term of not less than 10 years and not more than 30 years, along with whipping, upon conviction.

Meanwhile, Section 16 of the SOACA provides for imprisonment not exceeding five years, along with a minimum of two strokes of whipping upon conviction.


The offence was committed at house in Petra Jaya here at around 2am on April 4, 2025.



According to case facts, the victim disclosed the incident to her mother some time later through a phone call, prompting the latter to lodge a police report that led to the accused’s arrest on May 30, 2025. The accused is the mother’s elder brother.

A medical examination revealed old tears on the victim’s hymen.


Deputy public prosecutor Umi Syukriah Harun appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was unrepresented by legal counsel.

For the record, the accused is currently serving a sentence for repeated drug abuse offences. — The Borneo Post

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kt comments:

It's not just incest but paedophilia and rape (or statutory rape).

Bloke has been a disgusting monster.

Thai court suspends PM from duty pending case seeking her dismissal

FMT:

Thai court suspends PM from duty pending case seeking her dismissal

The government is expected to be led by a deputy prime minister in a caretaker capacity

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been hit by a wave of protests and calls for her resignation. (AFP pic)

BANGKOK: Thailand’s constitutional court today suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government under fire on multiple fronts.

The court in a statement said it had accepted a petition from 36 senators that accuses Paetongtarn of dishonesty and breaching ethnical standards in violation of the constitution over the leak of a politically sensitive telephone conversation with Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen.

The government is expected to be led by a deputy prime minister in a caretaker capacity while the court decides the case against Paetongtarn, who will remain in the cabinet as the new culture minister following a reshuffle. The government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on her suspension.


The leaked call with the veteran Cambodian politician triggered domestic outrage and has left Paetongtarn’s coalition with a razer-thin majority, with a key party abandoning the alliance and expected to soon seek a no confidence vote in parliament, as protest groups demand the premier’s resignation.

During a June 15 call intended to defuse escalating border tensions with Cambodia, Paetongtarn, 38, kowtowed before Hun Sen and criticised a Thai army commander, a red line in a country where the military has significant clout. She has apologised and said her remarks were a negotiating tactic.


Family crisis

Paetongtarn’s battles after only 10 months in power underline the declining strength of the Pheu Thai Party, the populist juggernaut of the billionaire Shinawatra dynasty that has dominated Thai elections since 2001, enduring military coups and court rulings that have toppled multiple governments and prime ministers.

It has been a baptism of fire for political novice Paetongtarn, who thrust into power as Thailand’s youngest premier and replacement for Srettha Thavisin, who was dismissed by the constitutional court for violating ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed.

Paetongtarn’s government has also been struggling to revive a stuttering economy and her popularity has declined sharply, with a June 19-25 opinion poll released at the weekend showing her approval rating sinking to 9.2% from 30.9% in March.


Paetongtarn is not alone in her troubles, with influential father Thaksin, the driving force behind her government, facing legal hurdles of his own in two different courts this month.


Divisive tycoon Thaksin, according to his lawyer, appeared at his first hearing at Bangkok’s criminal court today on charges he insulted Thailand’s powerful monarchy, a serious offence punishable by up to 15 years in prison if found guilty. Thaksin denies the allegations and has repeatedly pledged allegiance to the crown.

The case stems from a 2015 media interview Thaksin gave while in self-imposed exile, from which he returned in 2023 after 15 years abroad to serve a prison sentence for conflicts of interest and abuse of power.

Thaksin, 75, dodged jail and spent six months in hospital detention on medical grounds before being released on parole in February last year. The Supreme Court will this month scrutinise that hospital stay and could potentially send him back to jail.