KUALA LUMPUR: Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn Bhd, a renowned food producer, has seized the opportunity of Hari Raya Aidiladha to broaden its market reach and expected its sales to increase by up to 20 per cent during the festive season. Brand and promotion manager Roshidi Zabidi said that by implementing
NEW YORK: China’s Yin Ruoning (pic) sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole on Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship for her first major title. The 20-year-old from Shanghai fired a four-under par 67 to finish 72 holes at Baltusrol on eight-under 276 and defeat Japan’s Yuka
MINA (Saudi Arabia): A total of 1,659,837 pilgrims have entered Saudi Arabia through air, land, and sea ports for this year’s haj season as of Sunday (June 25), according to the kingdom’s General Directorate of Passports. Of the total, 1,592,199 pilgrims arrived through airports, including 242,272 beneficiaries of the ‘Makkah
TOKYO: Japan may have entered its ninth wave of Covid-19 infections, an expert who served as the government’s top coronavirus adviser said Monday, stressing the importance of protecting vulnerable elderly individuals from the disease, reported Kyodo News. “As people have been increasingly in contact with others, (the rise in infections)
ROME: A tourist etching his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum in Rome provoked outrage on social media and from Italy’s culture minister on Monday after a clip of the act went viral, reported German news agency (dpa). “It’s extremely disgraceful and a sign of great lack of culture that a
KUALA LUMPUR: Coca-Cola Bottlers Malaysia (CCBM), the bottling arm of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) has appointed Tolga Cebe as its new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Bottling Investments Group (BIG) for Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, effective June 1, 2023. Commenting on his appointment, Cebe said he will be focusing
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it is “too early” to determine whether the chaos triggered by the Wagner mercenary mutiny in Russia will provoke a regime change for President Vladimir Putin, reported German news agency (dpa). Sunak said Britain is preparing for a “range of scenarios” after
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Industry Environmental, Social and Governance framework (i-ESG) for the Manufacturing Sector, to be launched by September 2023, could tap into the growing green businesses in Southeast Asia estimated at US$200 billion by 2030. Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the
By Siti Radziah Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR: Subsidies are, by nature, a short-term fix and need to be gradually removed as they can distort prices if allowed to continue for a protracted period. Running a budget deficit, Malaysia has seen its fiscal position strained by the cost of keeping essentials at
ST. PETERSBURG: An inspection was being carried out on the possible poisoning of school students after their visit to a restaurant in St Petersburg, the city’s prosecutor’s office reported Monday. According to the prosecutor’s office, many students did not feel well after eating at a restaurant. The prosecutor’s office has