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Marriott International Appoints Bart Buiring as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Asia Pacific
HONG KONG, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Marriott International announces the appointment of Bart Buiring to Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Marriott International Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. Peggy Fang Roe, previous Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for
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Najib ordered purchase of Merdeka Palace hotel: Witness
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told yesterday that former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad was instructed by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to proceed with the purchase of Merdeka Palace Hotel and Suites in Kuching, Sarawak, despite
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TLO poll: Majority says no to Jawi in vernacular schools
In August last year, the Education Ministry surprised Malaysians by announcing that it would introduce Jawi calligraphy in the Primary 4 syllabus of the vernacular schools from Jan 1. Taken aback by the announcement, many non-Muslims and even some Muslims
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Oldest stuff on Earth found inside meteorite that hit Australia in 1969
WASHINGTON: A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth, stardust that predated the formation of our solar system by billions of years, scientists said yesterday. The oldest
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Influenza: School in Perak closed today
KUALA LUMPUR: The influenza outbreak last week saw many students infected with the virus and today a school in Perak was closed. Perak State Education director Dr Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Ali said the closure of Sekolah Menengah Sains Teluk Intan
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Koalas, wallabies endangered by Aussie bushfires
MELBOURNE: The Australian government committed A$50 million (US$34.58 million) to an emergency wildlife recovery programme yesterday, calling the bushfires crisis engulfing the country “an ecological disaster” that threatens several species, including koalas and rock wallabies. Huge wildfires have razed more
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Queen Elizabeth allows Harry, wife Meghan to exit senior royal role
SANDRINGHAM, England: Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markhle’s wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks yesterday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors.
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Melbourne smothered in smoke as Aussie bushfires burn despite cool change
SYDNEY: Australia’s devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials warned today as Melbourne was blanketed by hazardous smoke. At least 180 fires continued to burn across Victoria and New South Wales (NSW)
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After Florida killings, Saudis withdraw 21 cadets from US
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia will withdraw 21 cadets receiving military training in the US following a US investigation into a Saudi officer’s fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base that US Attorney General William Barr yesterday branded an
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Hours of forewarning saved US, Iraqi lives from Iran’s missile attack
AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE: Nearly eight hours before Iran’s Jan 8 missile attack on US forces at bases in Iraq, American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base scrambled to move personnel and weaponry to fortified bunkers, two Iraqi
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