BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping talked with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit at the latter’s request on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson, the two leaders had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on current
BEIJING: China will create funds worth US$10 billion intended for the implementation of global development initiatives, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, reported Xinhua. “China has established a Fund for Global Development and South-South Cooperation worth US$4 billion, Chinese financial institutions will soon establish special funds worth US$10 billion
BALI: Cross-border renewable energy (RE) trade is a crucial boost to allow Malaysia to develop its battery energy storage sector, said Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. “At present, it is still difficult to make it economical in Malaysia but I think the moment
GEORGE TOWN: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) expressed hopes that the government would continue to support the manufacturing industry by improving the ease of doing business by simplifying bureaucratic procedures and reducing regulatory burdens for industrial players. FMM Penang chairman Datuk Lee Teong Li hoped that during the tabling
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Indonesia (BI), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have signed three bilateral memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on the Framework for Cooperation to Promote Bilateral Transactions in Local Currencies between the countries. The scope of the framework has been expanded to include more eligible
PUTRAJAYA: The use of other languages as the medium of instruction in vernacular primary schools does not violate the Federal Constitution as the national language is taught as a compulsory subject in those schools, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. Senior federal counsel Liew Horng Bin representing the Education Minister
KUALA LUMPUR: Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang said that sports was a vital way to foster closer relations between the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) and the general public by allowing them to learn more about the country’s main security force. “In general, we would hope that
KUALA LUMPUR: Three national pairs – Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (men’s doubles), Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (women’s doubles) and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (mixed doubles) – stormed into the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Badminton Championships at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Reigning men’s doubles champions Aaron-Wooi Yik, who
NEW DELHI: A leading South African news site said it came under a “malicious cyberattack” from India after it reported on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to get off his plane on Tuesday at Waterkloof Air Force Base near Pretoria over a purported ceremonial snub. Daily Maverick’s
CANBERRA: An aging population and climate change will mould the Australian economy over the next 40 years, a landmark government report has found. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday released the latest Intergenerational Report (IGR), the first since 2021 and sixth since 2002, laying out Australia’s economic challenges and opportunities
