MELAKA: More efforts are needed to increase the number of Civil Defence Force’s (APM) associate corporate officers, especially among young professionals, says Associate Kol (PA) Mike Thien. The chairman of the Melaka Civil Defence Force’s Associate Corporate Officers said the target is to recruit more professionals from all races to …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States on Friday said it would honour former Japan Self-Defense Forces soldier Rina Gonoi with the International Women of Courage Award for bringing about change in the Japanese military with her victory in a sexual harassment case. Gonoi, 24, will be among 12 recipients globally …

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google must face advertisers’ proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. But U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel dismissed some other antitrust claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers. Castel was reviewing a …

A TOTAL of RM25.598mil in compensation was paid by Federal Government to owners of 91 lots affected by a project to widen Jalan FT54, Sungai Buloh. “The project to widen the road, which stretches from Sungai Buloh to Assam Jawa, Kuala Selangor, was completed in 2021,” said Selangor infrastructure and …

NEW YORK: Consumers will pay more for a flight to Florida or for a hotel room during peak vacation times. They fork out more for a rush hour Uber ride, perhaps while grinding their teeth, and rely on apps like ParkWhiz or ParkMobile to book spots for their cars at …

Compiled by ONG HAN SEAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN TAIWANESE influencer “Goodnight Chicken”, who was arrested for live-streaming his own kidnapping in Cambodia, which turned out to be a fake, appears to be having a miserable time in jail now. He was sentenced for two years in prison for …

THE state tourism industry is expected to see a significant boost with Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi now personally taking charge of the tourism portfolio, say stakeholders. They say Onn Hafiz, who was previously state tourism, youth and sports committee chairman before being appointed Mentri Besar, has a …

PALO ALTO, California – (Reuters) – Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Friday said that artificial general intelligence could – by some definitions – arrive in as little as five years. Huang, who heads the world’s leading maker of artificial intelligence chips used to create systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, was …

Compiled by ONG HAN SEAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN THE secret to Kelantan women’s long life is apparently due to lots of smiles and adherence to confinement practices, Harian Metro reported. According to Kelantan welfare, family and women’s development committee chairman Rohani Ibrahim, Kelantan women’s average lifespan was 74.8 …

PUTRAJAYA: The Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac) is developing a mobile application related to tourism to provide accurate travel information for tourists exploring Malaysia, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. The minister said the app will provide travel details including registered tourism entities, tour packages, hotels and transportation routes. …