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Month: February 2024

Posted on February 23, 2024

PM Anwar says Malaysia’s economy, investments booming despite ‘concerning’ ringgit free fall

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said surging investments and falling jobless rate showed the country was in a better shape to tackle currency volatility.

Posted on February 22, 2024

AI can support health & safety incident prevention

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers businesses an opportunity to improve the safety of workplaces, thus driving down costs for businesses, an expert has said.

Posted on February 22, 2024

Chinese research ship set to dock at Maldives port amid India’s security concerns

Xiang Yang Hong 03 is due to make a port call at Male as bilateral ties between the two countries deepen.

Posted on February 22, 2024

Singapore jails domestic helper for slapping, kicking special needs boy who was slowly getting ready for school

Sakinah attacked the eight-year-old out of frustration after he refused to wear his shoes and delayed boarding a school bus.

Posted on February 21, 2024

Ireland’s climate action plan 2024 – a welcome step but delivery issues remain

The publication of Ireland’s latest climate action plan provides an insight into related policy initiatives that the Irish government will pursue in the months ahead. Although the energy transition and climate change now informs many diverse aspects of strategy, the climate action plan 2024 (CAP 2024), published in December 2023, remains the key underpinning government policy.

Posted on February 21, 2024

Chinese man arrested in Australia faces extradition to US over North Korea tobacco smuggling

Jin Guanghua is accused of committing bank fraud in an illegal scheme by North Korea to generate revenue through the purchase and sale of tobacco.

Posted on February 21, 2024

Malaysian beautician detained in China for carrying friend’s bag filled with TCM pills

Lisa Lim spent 30 days in a jail after airport authorities found a huge amount of traditional Chinese medicine in the luggage.

Posted on February 20, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Code: exceptional unforeseen circumstances and reallocation of risk in construction contracts

Consistent with other civil law codes in the region, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Transactions Law (Civil Code) provides parties with various avenues to redress the effect of exceptional circumstances, unforeseeable at the time a contract was executed.

Posted on February 20, 2024

Birth rates among Chinese falling everywhere, not just China, Malaysian Chinese official says

‘The Chinese in many parts of the world … don’t have many kids,’ Malaysian Chinese Association President Dr Wee Ka Siong said. ‘You have to think twice because you have to nurture the younger generation.’

Posted on February 20, 2024

71 election workers died from exhaustion in Indonesia amid last week’s polls, while some 4,000 fell sick

The death toll came despite Indonesia’s government imposing an age cap for volunteers and mandating health checks after more than 500 electoral workers died following the 2019 vote.

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