KUALA LUMPUR: Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) and mobile network operators (MNOs) could use 4G existing sites to meet the 80 per cent 5G population coverage target by year-end, say analysts. University Teknologi Malaysia Faculty of Engineering Senior Lecturer Prof Dr Tharek Abdul Rahman said the 5G rollout in the country has reached 57.8 per cent
WASHINGTON: Online payment firm PayPal’s profit increased for the first quarter and beat the Street estimates, the company reported on Monday. The company’s earnings totalled US$795 million, or US$0.70 per share. This compares with US$509 million, or US$0.43 per share, in last year’s first quarter, reported German news agency (dpa).
ISTANBUL: Lionel Messi on Monday was named Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. “History maker! Lionel Messi is the first-ever athlete to win the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Laureus World Team of the Year Awards in the same year,”
ANKARA: Regional leaders have condemned an attack on Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) officials delivering humanitarian aid to refugees in Myanmar, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. Although, it remained unclear when and who attacked the officials, the prime minister of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, Mahn Win Khaing Than, blamed
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was clearly touched after watching ‘Anwar: The Untold Story’, a biopic that showcases his arduous political journey. He said that although the overall dialog and storyline was not 100 per cent accurate, the issues depicted in the film were based on true
PHNOM PENH: Malaysian swimmers set two new national records en route to clinching a bronze medal on the third day of the 2023 SEA Games swimming event at the Morodok Techo National Aquatics Centre, here, yesterday (May 8). Tan Khai Xin got the ball rolling in the men’s 400-metre (m)
KOFU (Japan): Rei Banno, an 11-year-old Japanese girl, is gearing up to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. For the young climber living in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan, climbing the 5,895-metre mountain in Tanzania is what she has “always dreamed of”, according to Jiji Press. Rei and her
SHAH ALAM: For the sake of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors’ future, the government has taken an unpopular decision to no longer allow special withdrawals from the fund, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the EPF is a statutory body entrusted with a big responsibility of protecting
PHNOM PENH: As expected, Malaysia opened the first day of the 2023 SEA Games diving competition in style after Kimberly Bong bagged the gold medal in the women’s 3m springboard event here today. In the final, which took place at the Morodok Techo National Aquatic Centre, the 20-year-old diver collected
PHNOM PENH: The sweltering heat reaching nearly 40 degrees Celsius did not stop national women’s hammer thrower Grace Wong from achieving double success at the 2023 SEA Games here today. Besides defending the gold medal, Grace also broke the Games record of 59.24m that she herself had set in the
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