IPOH: Perak folk need to smile more and be more courteous to visitors to make Visit Perak Year 2024 a success, says Loh Sze Yee. The Perak tourism committee chairman said it would give tourists a memorable experience as they visit the state. “We need the help of the people …

BEIJING: The nation saw the 600th Hilton hotel opened recently in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The global hospitality company is steadfast in its commitment to accelerating further expansion, banking on the thriving tourism market, according to a top Hilton executive. Qian Jin, president of Hilton Greater China and Mongolia, emphasised the …

LLAY-LLAY: Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents – a lithe, gun-wielding warrior in a short kimono and fang mask – is in reality an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile. From her professional gaming chair at home in a …

LONDON (Reuters) – Misfiring Arsenal spurned the opportunity to reclaim first place in the Premier League as they lost 2-0 to spirited fellow Londoners West Ham United at the Emirates on Thursday. West Ham only had three efforts on target but Tomas Soucek gave them a halftime lead before former …

KUALA LUMPUR: Clean energy solutions provider Gentari, through its subsidiary Gentari International Renewables Pte Ltd, has invested in the Hai Long offshore wind project located off the Changhua coast in the Taiwan Straits. In a statement, the company said the investment sees Gentari taking a 49% stake in Canada-based Northland …

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,366 foreigners have been detained for various crimes so far this year, up from 1,957 in the same period last year. The increase of 409 foreigners detained between January and November is a 20.9% rise. “The detainees are mostly from Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Philippines …

For some months now, employers have been campaigning en masse for a return to in-office working. Some have already declared that they will not hesitate to take sanctions against those who do not come to the office enough in 2024, according to a recent US survey. Currently, 79% of managers …

BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur’s over-stretched squad unravelled in a 4-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday with manager Ange Postecoglou admitting his team lacked their usual energy. The Londoners, who have maintained their top-four push despite a host of key players missing through injury and suspension, …

SEOUL: South Korea’s semiconductor industry has recorded the largest gains in years in both production and shipments, underscoring a revival of technology momentum that bodes well for the nation’s economic outlook next year and for the global tech sector. Chip production jumped 42% in November from a year earlier, the …

CAIRO/GAZA,(Reuters) – Israeli forces attacked areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip where residents have been expecting a renewed ground offensive in areas crammed with tens of thousands of Palestinians already displaced by the Israeli-Hamas war. With nightfall on Thursday, an Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern …