Impiana Hotels to begin construction of RM380mil GDV Cherating resort
KUALA LUMPUR: Impiana Hotels Bhd will be commencing the development of Impiana Resort & Residences Cherating with a total gross development value (GDV) of approximately RM380 million. In a statement today, the company said the GDV is more than double Impiana’s market capitalisation of approximately RM118 million. Sitting on a 30-acre beachfront land, Impiana Cherating […]
Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games
Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Sept 28, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space. Night School Studio, the company’s first gaming studio purchase, is best known for its debut […]
White House aide discusses Yemen with Saudi crown prince
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, had a detailed discussion about the war in Yemen yesterday in a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a senior administration official said. The war, in which a Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Houthis, has devastated Yemen’s economy and depleted foreign exchange reserves […]
France moves against ‘radical’ Muslim groups, centres: Minister
PARIS: France is moving to shut six mosques and break up several associations suspected of producing radical Islamic propaganda, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Tuesday. A third of the 89 places of worship “suspected of being radical” and flagged by the intelligence services had been checked since November 2020, he told Le Figaro newspaper. […]
Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person again
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, with a net worth of US$213bil (RM890.97bil), has pipped Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person again, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In the past one-week the Tesla founder has gained around US$13bil (RM54.37bil) in net worth as the share price of electric vehicle maker surged. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index […]
Australia’s federal govt to cut COVID-19 income support
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s federal government will wind down emergency funding for people who lost work during COVID-19 shutdowns as vaccination rates increase across the country, putting pressure on state and territory leaders to keep their economies open. The decision to cut off federal support when inoculation levels reach 80% means individual states and territories […]
Search for remains of indigenous children killed in Guatemala massacre blocked by residents
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Residents of a Mayan community in Guatemala prevented experts on Tuesday from beginning to exhume the remains of more than 100 children believed to have been buried clandestinely in a former military garrison during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. The search efforts in the village of Chiul, more than […]
United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers who refused vaccines
NEW YORK: United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a requirement to be vaccinated for Covid-19, company officials said Tuesday. Besides the 593 workers who refused to get vaccinated, another 2,000 employees have also requested a medical or religious exemption to the vaccine requirement, company officials said. That is about […]
85.1 pct of Malaysia’s adult population fully vaccinated
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 19,912,566 individuals or 85.1 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on the Health Ministry’s data on CovidNow, 94 per cent or 21,993,709 individuals of the adults in the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine until […]
