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Generate more electricity via solar panels, Environment Minister
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia can generate 1.4 times more electricity if all the roofs in Peninsular Malaysia are fitted with solar panels. This was suggested b...
Malaysia News
Bursa opens lower after a sharp fall on Wall Street
KUALA LUMPUR,. Bursa Malaysia opened lower today following a sharp fall on Wall Street in overnight trade, extending a broad and deep sell-off across ...
Ringgit slightly higher against greenback at opening
KUALA LUMPUR,. The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar at the opening today, as market sentiment towards the local note was lifted fo...
MMEA seizes boats, arrests 40 Vietnamese crewmen for illegal fishing
PUTRAJAYA,. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized five Vietnamese fishing boats with a total of 40 crew members for trespassing and ...
MAHB restructures KLIA passenger flow to ease congestion
SEPANG,. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), with the cooperation of the Royal Customs Department, has restructured the passenger movement flow at ...
Malaysia will reap rewards if kids can discuss religions in primary school, groups suggest
KUALA LUMPUR,. Children should be taught to discuss religions openly as this will help pave the way towards a more open society, suggested several civ...
US starts giving documents to lawyers of ex-Goldman banker Ng in 1MDB case
NEW YORK,. US prosecutors yesterday handed over the first of 1 million evidentiary documents to the lawyers of Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker...
World
US defence bill takes aim at China’s growing influence
WASHINGTON,. The Senate Armed Services Committee unveiled a draft bill yesterday that targets China on several fronts, from stemming the erosion of th...
Brunei’s sultan returns Oxford degree after gay sex death penalty backlash
LONDON,. Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has returned an honorary degree awarded by Britain’s Oxford University after a global backlash led by celebr...
The UK after May: No-deal, new deal, socialism — or no Brexit?
LONDON,. The end of Theresa May’s premiership will usher in an even more turbulent phase of Britain’s exit from the European Union as any new leader i...
Business
Trump says ‘dangerous’ Huawei could be included in US-China trade deal
WASHINGTON,. President Donald Trump said yesterday US complaints against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd might be resolved within the framework of a US-Chi...
Shares slide on fear trade spat morphs to a tech cold war
NEW YORK,. World shares skidded further yesteday and oil prices plunged more than 5per cent as investors worried the China-US trade spat was turning i...
Finland’s coalition partners agree on tax hikes worth €700m
HELSINKI,. The five Finnish parties in talks on forming a government after an election five weeks ago have agreed on tax hikes worth at least €700 mil...
Special Reports
Transformational Entrepreneurship by Coventry varsity in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 MARCH – Coventry University’s International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship (ICTE)’s team was here in Kuala Lumpu...
Travel And Leisure
Malaysian introduces ‘Unity Hostel’ brand in Siem Reap
Siem Reap a popular and growing tourist destination in Cambodia has a large number of hotels, resorts, restaurants and businesses closely relat...
Sports
Nadal, Federer on French Open collision course
PARIS,. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were placed in the same half of the draw for the French Open yesterday meaning the two longtime rivals could me...
