Samsung announces US$205b investment plan
SEOUL, Aug 27 ― Samsung Group unveiled a US$205 billion (RM860 billion) investment blueprint on Tuesday aimed at making the company a leader in a range of technologies from semiconductors to robotics and creating 40,000 new jobs. The tech giant is South Korea’s largest conglomerate and its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of […]
Kabul airport attack worst US loss in Afghanistan since 2011
WASHINGTON: The 13 US military troops killed in the bombing attack on Kabul airport Thursday amounted to the worst single-day loss for the Pentagon in Afghanistan since 2011. The US Defense Department said 13 were killed after two suicide bombers deployed by the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State group detonated their bombs by a […]
Perak saw 9,772 cases of mental illness, 80 suicides since pandemic began, says exco
IPOH, Aug 27 — A total of 9,772 people suffered mental disturbances in Perak throughout the Covid-19 pandemic from January 2020 to June 2021, the State Legislative Assembly was told today. State Women and Family Development, Welfare, Community Well-being and NGO Committee chairman Datuk Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin said 5,213 mental illness cases were […]
Over 60 per cent of Malaysia’s adult population fully vaccinated
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 60.2 per cent of the country’s adult population or 14,095,554 people have completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV). An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter today showed that 18,948,648 individuals, or 80.9 per cent, have received […]
Jaganathan: Rivals trying to upset us by saying we are favourites
PETALING JAYA: A psychological war is going on in athletics at the Paralympics but chief coach R. Jaganathan is cool about it. With Malaysia having three gold medal winners from the last Games in Rio de Janeiro in their rank, their rivals are heaping undue pressure by saying Jaganathan’s boys are the favourites while keeping […]
Xiaomi buys self-driving tech startup to propel EV ambitions
BEIJING: Xiaomi Corp will buy autonomous driving technology startup Deepmotion for about US$77.4mil (RM324.34mil), sealing a deal to help further its ambitions of getting into the fast-expanding field. The company announced the acquisition after reporting better-than-expected results for the second quarter, when a recovery in key markets like India helped it overtake Apple Inc to […]
Sydney cases dip as Australia debates COVID-19 reopening plans
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney’s COVID-19 cases slightly eased on Friday but still hovered near record levels as the Australian federal government looks to press states to stick to a national reopening plan once the country reaches a 70%-80% vaccination rate. The national cabinet, a group of federal and state leaders, will meet later in the day […]
Ismail Sabri unveils new Cabinet line-up, no DPM
PETALING JAYA: Newly-minted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced his Cabinet line-up on Friday (Aug 27), a day after Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah granted him an audience at Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan. The Cabinet line-up will continue to have four senior ministers, but with no Deputy Prime Minister. […]
