JOHOR BARU, April 2 — Johor continues to record positive investment figures through the first quarter of this year, despite the recent decline of the ringgit against the US dollar. Johor Investment, Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Lee Ting Han said the state recorded 200 high-impact projects, that included foreign investments, during the first … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has been a massive hit, becoming its No. 1 series from February 19 to 25. The live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon animated series raked in over 21.2 million views in four days, breaking the record previously set by One Piece at 18.5 million, IGN Southeast … Read more
MEXICO CITY, Feb 9 — The population of monarch butterflies in the Mexican forests where they spend the winter fell to the second-lowest figure on record this season, offering a grim snapshot of the already endangered orange-and-black insects. The iconic butterflies’ presence was only documented in 2.2 acres (0.9 hectares) of forest spanning a couple … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — While it would make sense that fewer reported cases of sexual abuse of children should be positive for Malaysia, whether it is so would depend on several factors. Are numbers low because there are fewer people sexually abusing children? Or is it instead because some cases were not reported to … Read more
PARIS, Jan 22 — Forty years ago Steve Jobs revolutionised personal computing by launching the Apple Macintosh, the first PC with a user-friendly mouse and graphical interface that helped the machines enter the everyday lives of people for the first time. Advertisement Jobs, playing the showman inventor to perfection in a black suit and silver … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Political analysts believe that the Opposition leaders will be using the “Dubai Move” to rile up its supporters even though they do not have the numbers to topple the government. The “Dubai Move” was alleged to involve plans to identify and make offers to government MPs who might switch support … Read more
San Antonio, TX, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROW) (the “Company”), a registered investment advisory firm with longstanding experience in global markets and specialized sectors, today is pleased to announce that it repurchased 93,907 of its own shares in December 2023, at a net cost of almost $272,000. This … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — Whenever concerts featuring international pop stars are announced in Malaysia, tickets are often sold out to enthusiastic Malaysian fans — with the most recent being the record-breaking 75,000 tickets for British rock band Coldplay’s single show last month — but such events also sometimes must brave pressure from groups or … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The number of flood evacuees in Terengganu keeps rising, while the numbers in Perak remain unchanged tonight. In Terengganu, the number of flood evacuees rose from 893 people as of 6pm to 1,070 people at 8pm following continuous rains since last night. According to the State Disaster Management Committee secretariat … Read more
SYDNEY: Australia officially listed koalas across a swathe of its eastern coast as “endangered” on Friday, with the marsupials fighting to survive the impact of bushfires, land-clearing, drought and disease. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
