KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Chef de Mission to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin will strive to seek additional accreditation cards for the team of professional men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia. Hamidin, who visited Zii Jia during his training session yesterday, said the world number seven player
LONDON: Almost 1.8 billion adults are at risk of diseases such as cancer, stroke, dementia and diabetes due to a lack of exercise – and the situation is getting worse, according to a report. The new study from World Health Organisation (WHO) researchers plus academics found physical inactivity globally has
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has started screening visitors into the country for monkeypox at all ports of entry due to a recent increase in cases of the disease, said the Border Management Authority (BMA) on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The commissioner of the BMA, Michael Masiapato, announced that port health officials have
KUALA LUMPUR: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkiye are becoming significant emerging-market (EM) debt issuers, according to Fitch Ratings. The credit rating agency reported that in the first five months of 2024, these countries accounted for 51 per cent of all US dollar debt issued by
NEW DELHI: Prominent politician Rahul Gandhi will be the Indian opposition’s parliamentary leader, a key post that will allow him to take the government to task more effectively. A party must have at least 10 per cent of the lower house Lok Sabha’s 543 seats to claim the title of
KUALA LUMPUR: Google’s latest investment highlights Malaysia’s competitiveness, ease of doing business and growing importance as a regional hub for digital innovation, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He said the investment recognises the nation’s potential to lead the region’s digital economy. “This is
KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department Kuala Lumpur branch crippled a syndicate that exploited foreigners and children to beg around the federal capital during a raid at Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah last night. It was discovered that children as young as 10 months to six years old were given medicine that
WASHINGTON: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. The pleas was part of a deal with the US Justice Department to avoid further prison time,
BERLIN: Austria won Group D after Marcel Sabitzer’s late 3-2 winner stunned the Netherlands whereas Robert Lewandowski helped Poland hold France to a 1-1 stalemate in the last round of group play on Tuesday. The Netherlands caught the worst possible start at Berlin Olympia stadium as Donyell Malen cleared Alexanders
By Nurqalby Mohd Reda Among the issues often raised regarding the People’s Housing Programme (PPR) include the unsatisfactory condition of buildings and facilities. As Malaysia’s transition to ageing nation status is just six years away in 2030, there needs to be a shift in government policy to ensure that the
