KUALA LUMPUR: Many people often underestimate food poisoning, thinking that symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting, and nausea will disappear after drinking coconut water or taking pills. However, consciously or not, food poisoning due to the consumption of contaminated food with bacteria, viruses, or parasites, and spoiled food, can be …

GEORGE TOWN: The worst may be over for local electrical and electronics (E&E) companies supporting the artificial intelligence (AI), medical technology devices, automotive, cloud computing and aerospace sectors. Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association president Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai said manufacturers supporting the sectors are restocking their inventories. “We can expect …

A LANDSLIDE last March in Taman Wijaya, Labis, followed by soil erosion, has left residents and road users worried for their safety. Bekok assemblyman Tan Chong said the landslide occurred at a monsoon drain near Jalan Sendayan due to the large amount of rainwater that gushed down from nearby residential …

NEW YORK: Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed with university researchers to stymy such copycat activity. US illustrator Paloma McClain went into defence mode after learning that several AI models had been “trained” using her art, with no credit …

PETALING JAYA: Taiwanese shuttler Tai Tzu-ying announced herself as a contender to win gold in the women’s singles in the 2024 Paris Olympics after her stunning show in the season-ending World Tour Finals. The 2020 Tokyo Games silver medallist did not have her best year but proved that she is …

PLAYING the part of a major biblical figure in a drama may seem daunting, but Jacky Chen was prepared to do it. Over the past few months, he had assumed the role of the main character in the story of Noah who built an ark to save his family and …

NEW YORK: The sense of doom that gripped crypto markets at the end of 2022 following a US$1.5 trillion wipeout has 12 months later given way to a very different sentiment: avarice. Bitcoin stormed back with a more than 160% advance this year that added some US$530bil to its market …

CHISINAU (Reuters) – The head of Moldova’s largest Orthodox Church, subordinated to its Russian parent church, has complained that his ranks were coming under attack in the run-up to Christmas — marked on two separate days by rival churches in the former Soviet state. More than 90% of residents of …

KOTA KINABALU: Holidaymakers are crowding into homestays and hotels to capitalise on the four-day Christmas weekend in Sabah. Since Friday, most of the accommodations at the foothills of Mount Kinabalu’s Kundasang area of Ranau as well as in Borneo’s northern tip Simpang Mengayau in Kudat have reported full occupancy till …

KUCHING: IJM Corp Bhd’s unit, IJM Construction Sdn Bhd, has bagged a RM260mil contract for the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KTUS) project. The job was secured via a joint venture (JV) comprising two other companies – Azam Sehasrat Sdn Bhd and Unique Deco Sdn Bhd. The contract is for the …