SHANGHAI, Aug 24 – The Chinese military is fretting about the growing number of would-be recruits failing its stringent fitness test, but says it has the answer: avoid masturbating and playing computer games. People’s Liberation Army chiefs aim to ensure that applicants are in tip-top condition to join the rank and file
IPOH, Aug 24 – The vehicle registration number AKU 1 fetched the highest bid of RM207,898.90 among the bids for the AKU series of numbers offered by the Perak Road Transport Department. Its director, Mohd Zawawi Zakaria, said the highest bid for the number AKU 8055, which resembles AKU BOSS, was RM74,000.
MANILA, Aug 24 – The “Philippines in View 2017” Pay-TV conference, hosted by regional industry body CASBAA, on 30 August 2017 at the Marriott Hotel in Manila, will highlight the country’s role as a continuing growth market for digital video in all its forms. However, the Philippines is also a
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak will meet President Donald J. Trump on Sept 12 at the White House, according to statements issued today by the Foreign Ministry and the United States Embassy in Malaysia. The Foreign Ministry statement said Najib will make a working visit
SEOUL, Aug 24 – Suprema, a global leader in biometrics and ID solutions, today announced that the company’s SFU-S20 fingerprint modules are integrated into the new BioRugged LCC, an affordable 5″ Mobile Android terminal from the BioRugged. SFU-S20 is an FBI PIV and FAP20 certified USB fingerprint scanner designed to
BEIJING, Aug 24 – Just days after the world’s oldest publisher briefly caved in to Chinese censorship demands, international publishing houses are courting importers at a Beijing book fair, with some admitting they keep sensitive topics off their pages. The censorship controversy that hit Cambridge University Press (CUP) sent a chill along
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 – President Donald Trump’s administration is set to deliver the Pentagon guidance in coming days on how to implement his ban on transgender people serving in the military, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. Trump last month deployed a series of tweets that upended an Obama-era policy of more
SINGAPORE, Aug 24 – Taiger, a Singapore-based company specialising in applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, has successfully closed its Series A round. The S$8 million funding was led by Tembusu ICT Fund I and included SGInnovate, in a boon to Singapore’s efforts to become a leader in AI. Taiger specialises
SHAH ALAM, Aug 24 – The Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) today expressed its sadness and concern over the issues that have tarnished the good name of the Universiti Selangor (Unisel), which was set up by the then BN-led state government in 1999. Deputy chairman Datuk Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan said the
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 24 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urged the Kedah government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry to build a well-functioning irrigation system in Mukim Padang Terap near Kuala Nerang to irrigate 500 hectares of paddy fields here. The villages involved are Kampung Lubuk Labi,
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today launched the 1Malaysia Negaraku (1Malaysia MyCountry) icon that combines the 1Malaysia concept and the Negaraku initiative, thus symbolising the consolidation of the message and platform to foster national unity. Launching the icon at Perdana Putra here in the presence of
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 – Patriotism among Malaysia’s youth has been eroded by incessant provocation in social media, says a non-governmental organisation (NGO) leader. “Today’s generation are easily influenced and believe everything that are ‘served’ to them on social media and this has indirectly planted hate and mistrust in them of our
PETALING JAYA, Aug 23 – Malaysia’s Tan Ing Yueh has her gold medal in the women’s balance beam event rescinded after a protest by Indonesia today. She had earlier been awarded gold in the event today. The gold was now awarded to Rifda Irfanaluthfi from Indonesia while Tan settled for silver. Kaitlin De
JITRA, Aug 23 – A 22-year-old youth was charged in the magistrate’s court here today with trafficking in 198.45kg of cannabis. However, no plea was recorded from Muhammad Hariz Abdul Malek, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the high court. The accused allegedly committed the offence at the Immigration, Customs,
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 – The commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet will be relieved of his duty following a deadly collision between a destroyer and a merchant vessel, the latest in a spate of similar accidents, a defense official said Tuesday. The decision to remove Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin from
PETALING JAYA, Aug 23 – Typhoon Hato has grounded 14 AirAsia flights to Hong Kong, Macau and China from Malaysia. The airline in a statement issued today said all affected guests for the flights today (Wednesday) have been notified by AirAsia. It said they strongly encourage all guests to update their
JAKARTA, Aug 23 – The Indonesian government Wednesday asked people not to overreact to a gaffe that saw Indonesia’s flag printed upside-down in a Southeast Asian Games commemorative magazine, after protests were staged in several cities. Protests, burnings of replica Malaysian flags and angry denunciations of the Malaysian government erupted in cities
PHOENIX, Aug 23 – US President Donald Trump said Tuesday his aggressive rhetoric towards North Korea was beginning to bear fruit and that Kim Jong-Un had started to “respect” the United States. “Some people said it was too strong. It’s not strong enough,” he told a gathering of thousands of supporters at
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 23 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wants the government to ensure that the ban of “kiddie” cigarette packs remain because the primary objective of “kiddie” packs is to entice the youth, potential smokers, and women. “Kiddie” packs comprising less than 20 sticks are more affordable to these
SEOUL, Aug 23 – North Korea revealed plans for the development of its missile programme on Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong-Un ordered stepped-up production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones. Under Kim, Pyongyang has made rapid strides in its ballistic missile technology, which it is banned from pursuing under
