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Redzuan: SMEs needs to buck up with culture to succeed
KUALA LUMPUR: The small and medium enterprise sector needs to buck up with the culture to succeed and contribute up to 50 percent to the economy, said Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof. “Appreciating culture is not new.
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Netanyahu: Israel is not spying on the White House
JERUSALEM: Israel denied yesterday that it had planted spy devices near the White House, reported Xinhua news agency. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in an official statement that a report by the American Politico news site was “absolutely false.”
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Saudi official behind 9/11 attack to be named
NEW YORK: The Trump administration has reportedly agreed to reveal the identity of a Saudi Arabian official who played an organisational role ahead of the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist strikes on the United States, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a local
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Official: Thousands detained in Indian Kashmir crackdown
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Authorities in Indian Kashmir have arrested nearly 4,000 people since the scrapping of its special status last month, government data shows, the clearest evidence yet of the scale of one of the disputed region’s biggest crackdowns. Muslim-majority Kashmir,
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Years after nun’s murder, church activists face threats in lawless Amazon
ANAPU: Fourteen years ago, on a dirt road near a remote settlement in northern Brazil, a gunman paid by local cattle ranchers executed a US nun who had spent much of her life fighting to save the Amazon rainforest and
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Trump favours ‘whole deal’ with China as two sides prepare for trade talks
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he preferred a comprehensive trade deal with China but did not rule out the possibility of an interim pact, even as he said an “easy” agreement would not be possible. “I’d rather get
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China’s love of durian ‘next big threat’ to Malaysian rainforest
Soaring Chinese demand for durian fruit is turning into the next big threat to Malaysia’s depleted rainforest, a conservation expert said yesterday, urging regulation. Malaysia has already lost vast tracts of rainforest to a thriving trade in wood and palm
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Haze: Cloud seeding for areas above 200 API in Selangor
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government has decided to conduct cloud seeding operations in haze affected areas with the Air Pollutant Index (API) reading exceeding 200, which is at very unhealthy level. State Environment, Green Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation
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UN: About 350,000 people displaced in Yemen
SANAA: Some 350,000 people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Yemen so far in 2019, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Thursday. “In 2019 alone, nearly 350,000 people have been displaced,” the
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Liew: Gov’t to set up a law commission by next year
KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government plans to set up an independent law commission to review and recommend law reforms in the country. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said Malaysia is one of the few Commonwealth
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