KLANG Royal City Council (MBDK) will upgrade the drainage around the Lorong Nuri area, in front of SMK Tinggi Klang along Jalan Meru, Klang. “The upgrading will be done this year as the area often experiences flooding when it rains heavily,” said Selangor investment, trade and mobility committee chairman Ng …

LOS ANGELES: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has claimed TikTok is refusing to respond to concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) in an ongoing dispute, indicating “they simply do not value your music.” The entertainment companies have failed to come to an agreement in contract renewal discussions over payments to artists, …

Apple Inc is cancelling a decade-long effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company. Apple made the disclosure internally on Feb 27, surprising the nearly 2,000 employees working on the project, …

SYDNEY: Japanese and Australian shares hit fresh record highs on Friday as a key U.S. inflation reading came in as expected, a relief for investors that had looked for a June rate cut, while mixed data from China bolstered hopes for more policy support. Europe is set to open higher, …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is urging all member states of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to recall the aspiration to end plastic pollution. Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said plastic pollution is one of the most pressing issues globally and is a crisis that has …

KUCHING, March 1 — Sarawak Sports, Youth and Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah today said national diver Datuk Pandelela Rinong was dropped from the Road to Gold Programme despite being unbeatable in women’s 10m platform event by Malaysian peers. He said it showed that the Malaysian …

PUTRAJAYA: The Central Database Hub (Padu) will be a useful tool to eradicate poverty, says economist Datuk Dr Madeline Berma. The honorary professor at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak said it would help authorities and non-governmental organisations identify those who needed aid. “For instance, there was a previous weakness during the Covid-19 …

KUALA LUMPUR: Alpha IVF Group Bhd aims to raise RM466.5mil from its initial public offering (IPO) en route to its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on March 22, 2024. The fertility care specialist’s IPO exercise entails 1.46 billion shares in the company priced at 32 sen per …

Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive US health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients’ information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks for medical workers. The hack could also disrupt discharging people from the hospital, a major hospital …

PUTRAJAYA: A policy to promote equitable opportunities in jobs and businesses has been proposed to reduce the income and wealth gap between bumiputra and other communities. The proposal, which was revealed at the Bumiputera Economic Congress 2024 on Friday (March 1), comes as the convention revealed that as of September …