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SCXSC 2024 kicks off with Digital Leaders’ Dialogue

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has kicked off the SCxSC 2024 series of events with the Digital Leaders’ Dialogue, focusing on four key areas – tokenisation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and cybersecurity The half-day session marked the first of a series of SCxSC programmes, themed ‘SCxSC

Amendments to AUKU to be tabled in Dewan Negara next month

PUTRAJAYA: The Universities and University Colleges (Amendment) Bill 2023, which was approved by the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, is expected to be tabled in the Dewan Negara next month. The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) said the Dewan Rakyat unanimously approved the bill after the second and third reading by Higher

Ground invasion of Rafah would be ‘catastrophic’: Doctors Without Borders

WASHINGTON: The secretary general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Monday against Israeli plans to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. “A ground invasion of Rafah would be catastrophic and must not be allowed to happen,” Christopher Lockyear said

Nearly half of Australians hit by wild weather during summer

SYDNEY: A new report has estimated that 47 per cent of Australians were hit by wild weather conditions in summer, with record heatwaves, intense storms, and cyclones sweeping through the country during the season, reported Xinhua. In the latest edition of the Wild Weather Tracker report released on Tuesday, a

YTL AI Cloud to deploy advanced supercomputer, powered by NVIDIA

KUALA LUMPUR:  YTL Power International has announced the formation of YTL AI Cloud, a specialised provider of massive- scale graphic processing unit (GPU)-based accelerated computing. YTL AI Cloud will deploy and manage one of the world’s most advanced supercomputers on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell-powered DGX Cloud an Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercomputer

King, Queen break fast with unity government leaders, foreign dignitaries

KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim King of Malaysia and Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah Queen of Malaysia graced a ceremony to break fast with cabinet ministers from the Unity Government and foreign dignitaries at Istana Negara, last night. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Datuk Seri

Sarawak records over 3,100 TB cases in 2023

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak recorded 3,177 cases of tuberculosis (TB), the third highest in the country after Sabah with 5,814 cases and Selangor (5,631 cases) in 2023, the Senate was told yesterday. Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Amang Sauni said 22,680 cases (84.7 per cent) were infections among citizens, while 4,101 cases

No plans to impose ceiling prices on veggies: Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) does not plan to impose any restriction or ceiling prices for the sale of vegetables following an expected price hike of up to 25 per cent in the market. Its Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh said the ministry will

US condemns N Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) denounced North Korea’s ballistic missile launches on Sunday, labelling them as a breach of multiple United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and urged North Korea to resume dialogue. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported that North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles towards