KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is not ruling out nuclear power generation but needs to make further consideration before integrating it into the country’s energy mix, said Minister of Economy Rafizi Ramli. He said to manage the energy trilemma, the country did not have the leisure to rule out anything while recognising
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah, with its immense biodiversity, offers a treasure trove of genetic resources that could be tapped for various biotechnological applications, said the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang. He said the state’s rich ecosystems including rainforests, coral reefs and deep-sea environments, house a plethora of organisms,
JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on Tuesday without causing a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The agency had first released the earthquake at 6.4 Richter scale before revising it. According to Xinhua, the quake occurred at 11.34 am Jakarta time (0434
KUALA LUMPUR: The national women’s five-a-side hockey squad qualified for the inaugural World Cup Hockey 5’s 2024 after winning bronze at the Asia Cup 5’s in Salalah, Oman, last night. In the third-fourth placing match against Indonesia, Malaysia came back from 1-4 down to snatch a 4-4 draw and force
SINGAPORE: Six Malaysian companies have made it into Forbes Asia’s third annual edition of the 100 to Watch list, which spotlights small companies and startups on the rise across the Asia Pacific region. They are Aerodyne, BoomGrow, Care Concierge, Involve Asia, Lapasar, and PolicyStreet. The 100 to Watch list, which
BEIJING: Japan’s Foreign Ministry has called on Japanese citizens travelling to or residing in China to take precautions, citing numerous protests and incidents of harassment taking place in China following the release of treated water from the country’s nuclear power plant. Stones and eggs were thrown at some Japanese schools
KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s political secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi visited the next-of-kin of two victims who perished in the plane crash in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam on Aug 17. Through a post on his Facebook page, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Ahmad Farhan had the opportunity to
IPOH: An inmate of a nursing home was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering a fellow inmate last week. Lai Mun Kong, 50, nodded after the charge was read out to him, but no plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High
MOSCOW: One of the world’s largest automakers, Toyota Motor, suspended 12 of its 14 plants in Japan due to a computer system failure, reported Sputnik. The company is yet to say when production work will resume, the Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. Later, the media added that the operation
JAKARTA: Indonesia has geared up to combat air pollution ahead of the 43rd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), scheduled in the capital city of Jakarta early next month. The current severe air pollution in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, one of the most polluted regions of the world,
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