OVIEDO, Spain (Reuters) – Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse. Last spring, in an unprecedented conflagration there, nearly 300 wildfires …

PUTRAJAYA: Digital economy is being leveraged by Sabah and Sarawak to move the needle towards improving the socioeconomic growth in these two states. Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the digital economy held a significant potential for the state and offered ways to overcome traditional challenges while creating …

STAMPING a mark in celebrating its 50th anniversary, Sunway has launched its Golden Jubilee Mega Roadshow at Sunway Pyramid Mall. The roadshow kicked off at Sunway Carnival Mall in Penang (Feb 21-25), then moved to Aeon Mall Kinta City in Ipoh (Feb 22-25), followed by Sunway Pyramid Mall in Sunway …

PETALING JAYA: The National Entrepreneur Group Economic Fund (Tekun) has allocated RM65mil in financing to support 4,000 informal and micro-entrepreneurs in Selangor. Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan said this financing initiative aims to uplift the economic status of entrepreneurs in the state. “As of January this …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan has taken the Sabah government to task over its measures to address the water supply issue in the semi-rural Kiulu sub-district, about 40km from here. More than 200 households in seven villages there, which depended mostly on rivers and gravity water pipe systems for water, have …

KOTA KINABALU: Bush and forest fires in Sabah have increased by multiple folds from January to February this year. According to the state Fire and Rescue Department, the number of bushfires, forest fires and farm burnings is forcing them to take different measures in responding to cases. “From our records, …

OSLO: The idea of having a hospital equipped with an integrated 5G network and its emerging technologies is something Malaysia could leverage on to enhance patient treatment and teaching capabilities, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. The minister, on Friday, visited Norwegian Radium Hospital, here, where the country’s telecommunication giant Telenor …

PUTRAJAYA: The previous “success model” which produced qualified workers among the bumiputra community is no longer applicable in the current economic climate, says Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli. “In the last five decades, the country’s success model was to fund bumiputra graduates to become professionals to work in senior government positions, …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Civil Defence officials have received hundreds of reports of snakes in both residential and business areas every month this year. State Civil Defence Department secretariat and assistant director of operations, Mejar Zico Sual, said they received 452 cases in January and 376 cases in February. He said …

PUTRAJAYA: Discounts for rich bumiputra to buy luxury homes should be scrapped in the new economic agenda to empower the community in favour of policies that are aimed at those who earn low incomes. “Property discounts for bumiputra buyers who want to buy a RM2mil ringgit bungalow are not suitable,” …