Monday, 4 August 2025

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Mohd Farhan is new Crocs coach

KUCHING: Mohd Farhan Abdullah @ Anai Igang has been appointed as head coach for the Sarawak Football Association (FAS) recently. The Belaga-born footballer of Kayan decent has spent the last 37 years either as an athlete on the field or a coach off it, plotting the fortunes of his team from

UK new car sales drop 6.8 pct, largest since 2008

LONDON: British new car sales in 2018 fell at their fastest rate since the global financial crisis a decade ago, hit by the collapse in demand for diesel, as the industry body warned of the existential threat to the sector posed by Brexit. Registrations dropped 6.8 per cent last year

US negotiators in Beijing for trade war talks

BEIJING: US and Chinese negotiators yesterday held their first face-to-face talks since the world’s two largest economies agreed to a truce aimed at resolving their trade dispute. The visiting delegation, led by Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish, left its hotel in Beijing yesterday morning without speaking to reporters for

KKB unit OceanMight bags Petronas contract

KUCHING: KKB Engineering Bhd’s oil & gas subsidiary, OceanMight Sdn Bhd, has signed a letter of award (contract) of the Petronas Frame Agreement for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of fixed offshore structure works by the national oil company. With the award of the frame agreement, OceanMight

‘Aquaman’ again makes waves to stay atop N. American box office

“Aquaman” left other movies in its wake in North American box offices this weekend, taking in an estimated US$30.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The DC super-hero film, in its third week out, has now taken in a global total of US$940.7 million. That makes it Warner Bros.’

China’s FX reserves fall in 2018 on slowing economy

BEIJING: China’s annual foreign exchange reserves fell for the third time in four years in 2018 as the yuan came under strong selling pressure from the cooling economy and escalating Sino-US trade tensions. Depreciation pressure on the yuan is likely to persist this year as Beijing is expected to roll

Renault alliance ‘not in danger’, says Nissan CEO

TOKYO: Nissan’s alliance with France’s Renault is not in danger “at all”, the Japanese automaker’s CEO told AFP yesterday, despite tensions exposed by the arrest of the partnership’s chief Carlos Ghosn. In an interview, Hiroto Saikawa brushed aside suggestions that the alliance, which also includes Mitsubishi Motors, had been damaged

‘Batwoman’ pîlot episode coming from The CW

The CW has ordered a full pilot episode for a new “Batwoman” series in which Ruby Rose plays the lead role, according to the US network’s January 3 announcement. Directed by David Nutter, who already has multiple credits on fellow DC series “Arrow” and “Flash” as well as “Game of

iPad mini 5 leak reveals better camera setup, headphone jack

The most recent iPad mini rendition was released in September 2015; over three years later, the next generation may finally be arriving. According to a report by China Times released last week, the iPad mini 5 (the actual name of the device is not yet known) could be launched as

Trasso, iCube roll out i-fix app to connect customers with repairmen

KUCHING: Trasso Sdn Bhd has soft-launched i-fix, Sarawak’s first mobile application that connects customers with repairmen, through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with iCube Innovation Sdn Bhd to form an alliance to promote, market and develop the app. Sarawak’s innovators Trasso Sdn Bhd (Trasso) in collaboration with