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Animal haven in Jordan amidst Middle East conflicts
For more than a year after being moved to a Jordanian wildlife reserve from war-hit Syria, two bears, Loz and Sukkar, would cower whenever planes flew by, traumatised by past bombardments. They are among dozens of animals that have been
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US warship in disputed South China Sea amidst US – China tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between
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Google suspends business with Huawei post Trump blacklist
CALIFORNIA: Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow
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‘NFC still owes the gov’t over RM250mil’
PUCHONG: The National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) still owes the government over RM250 million, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “Based on the complete statement of federal government loans as of April 30, 2019 from the Accountant-General’s Department, the outstanding loan
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Modi poised to win bigger majority, exit polls show
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return to power with a bigger majority in Parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on Sunday, exit polls showed. Modi faced criticism early on in the campaign for
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‘Not appropriate to teach other religions than Islam in primary schools’
PUCHONG: Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) rejected Malaysian Youth Council’s (MBM) proposal to teach primary school students other religions than Islam. Its president, Nik Omar Nik Aziz said that such proposal should be scrutinised and studied from all angles if
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DPM: Not appropriate to impose travel ban on PTPTN defaulters
PUCHONG: It is not appropriate to impose travel ban on borrowers who default on paying their National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan. Speaking on the matter, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the government had
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Vietnam’s Industry 4.0: Opportunities and Challenges
In a recent Industry 4.0 summit in July 2018, the Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that his administration was committed to creating a favourable environment for international organisations to collaborate in research and technology transfer with Vietnamese counterparts.
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Address ship seizure by ‘gangster’ US: Pyongyang tells UN chief
PYONGYANG: North Korea urged the United Nations (UN) secretary general Antonio Guterres to deal with the ‘illegal’ seizure of one of its cargo ships by the US. “This act of dispossession clearly indicates that the US is a gangster country
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DPM’s Wesak Day message: Reject all forms of extremism
PUCHONG: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today urged Malaysians to reject all forms of racial and religious extremism. Speaking in conjunction with the Wesak Day celebration which falls tomorrow, she also said that ‘Malaysia Baru’
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