KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is showing positive economic growth with its unemployment rate showing a decline in 2022, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said the unemployment rate in Sabah has gone down to 7.5% last year (2022) compared to 8.2% in 2021. He said that the figures showed …

Sam Altman is returning to lead OpenAI less than five days after his surprise dismissal, which kicked off a tug of war for his talent, left the company in disarray and laid bare deep board divisions over the mission of one of the world’s most valuable startups. OpenAI’s new interim …

OpenAI reinstated chief executive officer Sam Altman after hundreds of workers threatened to quit over the ChatGPT creator’s ouster, highlighting just how much leverage the tech industry’s most valued workers hold right now. Artificial intelligence engineers earn anywhere from 8% to 12.5% more than their non-AI counterparts, according to an …

SHAH ALAM: The Human Resources Ministry will ensure efficient management of foreign workers in this country despite several issues due to previous weaknesses, says its Minister V. Sivakumar. He said that his ministry had made several efforts to ensure that the management of foreign workers including through the Foreign Workers …

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd is formalising its 2030 climate target for its palm oil sector portfolio, focusing on sustainable palm oil production. Concurrently, the group is also raising its commitment towards decarbonisation, establishing a target for its power portfolio, and emphasising a transition towards cleaner, renewable energy sources. …

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Service Training Programme (PLKN) will not be implemented next year, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. The Defence Minister said this was due to no allocations for this in Budget 2024. “If we want to use army camps for this, we need to upgrade all the camps …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe. A fan of fellow eurosceptic, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the vocally anti-EU Wilders has vowed …

KUALA LUMPUR: There are signs that business trends are improving for entrepreneurs, says Datuk Ewon Benedick. The Entrepreneurship and Cooperative Development Minister told the Dewan Rakyat that a survey conducted by his ministry between 2020 and 2022 shows that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and increases in the cost …

PETALING JAYA: RHB Banking Group is planning a higher allocation for sustainable financial services after its aim to mobilise RM20 billion for the segment by 2026 reached a 99 per cent target. Group managing director and group chief executive officer Mohd Rashid Mohamad said the current commitment, made in 2022, …

BEIJING: When the cat’s away, the mice will play – but in a good way in China, where young people are playing hide-and-seek in the latest craze to make new friends (or furends, if you like). Likening the game to the Tom and Jerry cartoon, young people are organising games …