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KUALA LUMPUR, November 19 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution said that the vendor for the Malaysia-Singapore QR code immigration clearance system will be appointed by the end of this financial year. He also said that although the pilot project was only carried out for bus passengers and motorcyclists…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Malaysia’s Permanent Forest Reserves (PFR) have suffered illegal encroachment on 38,376 hectares of land, or over 400 times the size of Titiwangsa Lake Gardens. According to Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the encroachment persisted despite such activities being punishable by…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — The veto power held by the P5 (Permanent Five) countries in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should be more inclusive, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “The current setting is grossly unfair. There needs to be representatives from Latin America and Africa,”…

To align with the widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Malaysian government is primed to drive transformation for its higher education sector. Universities, positioned as engines of collaboration and entrepreneurship, hold the key to unlocking this transformation via international partnerships with an AI focus. University of Bristol, home to…

Britain and the US have accused Russia of using chloropicrin and riot control agents since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (EPA Images pic) THE HAGUE: The international chemical weapons watchdog said Monday that banned CS riot gas had been found in shell and soil samples provided by Ukraine from the…

Only 11 of the World Food Programme’s 109 trucks reached the warehouse via Kerem Shalom near the Egyptian border. (EPA Images pic) GAZA: Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry said Monday at least 20 people were killed in an operation targeting “gangs” that looted trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory threatened with…

Police cordoned off the crime scene following a stabbing spree near the United Nations headquarters in New York. (AP pic) NEW YORK: A man went on a deadly stabbing spree in New York on Monday, police and the mayor said, killing two people and critically injuring a third. Police issued an…

President Joe Biden speaks during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. (AP pic) RIO DE JENAIRO: US president Joe Biden announced a “historic” US$4 billion pledge for a World Bank fund that helps the world’s poorest countries, the White House said Monday, before Donald…

Boeing’s employees numbered some 170,000 at the end of last year, with nearly 67,000 at its Washington state plant. (EPA IMAGES pic) NEW YORK: The US aviation giant Boeing sent out its first redundancy notifications on Monday as part of a previously announced plan to cut 10% of its global workforce….

Barangan segar yang lebih murah Julai lalu termasuk timun, kacang buncis, cili padi, kubis, daging kambing, anggur merah, lada benggala, saderi dan limau kasturi. PETALING JAYA: Harga 20 barangan segar turun lebih 10% dari Jun hingga Julai lalu, kata Menteri Ekonomi, Rafizi Ramli ketika menolak dakwaan kenaikan harga barang. Menurutnya,…