Новости за 20.03.2024

MALAYSIA is now home to the largest Tesla Supercharging station in Southeast Asia.

JAKARTA: Indonesian defence minister Prabowo Subianto was officially announced as the country’s next president on Wednesday after storming to a first-round victory in his third try at the job.

WASHINGTON: More than a third of the US Senate’s Democrats called on President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday to take “bold” action toward establishing a Palestinian state, in the latest pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

BEIRUT: A senior Lebanon-based Hamas official said Wednesday that Israel’s response to the latest proposal from the Palestinian group for a six-week truce in Gaza was “generally negative“, as talks continued in Qatar.

MEULABOH, Indonesia: A boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya refugees and a fishing vessel trying to help them capsized in waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, with six rescued and some carried away by currents, local fishermen said.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it will donate US$40 million to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which has faced massive funding cuts and calls for its abolition spearheaded by Israel.

A FRESH set of national security offences is coming into force in Hong Kong, after lawmakers unanimously approved a new law on Tuesday.

A recent survey by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that the global food delivery market grew more than 10 per cent a year over the past five years. During and after the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers and vendors were forced to rethink the dining ecosystem.

This is an uncommon but welcome sight. The more usual practice among traders is unsystematic disposal of liquids in stormwater drains, which will affect our ecosystems.

Generally speaking, it is not desirable to travel daily and face traffic jams on the way to or from the office.

DENGKIL: The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) is still maintaining its target of 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations operating in the country by 2025, said its minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry has approved a quota for the recruitment of 1,136,022 foreign workers from 2022 until the quota freeze on March 18 last year.

PUTRAJAYA: A three-month-old baby girl died at her babysitter’s house in Precinct 15 here yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Padi Crop Takaful Scheme is set to kick off in the middle of this year.

PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department raided an electronic equipment recycling plant owned by a Chinese national in a special operation in Klang, Selangor, on Tuesday.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto has been elected as president of the world’s third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said Wednesday, decisively beating two rivals who have vowed to file a legal complaint about the vote.

KOTA BARU: The state Pas fully supports the call made by His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, on strict action to be taken against any party found guilty in the issue of the socks bearing the word ‘Allah’.

KUALA LUMPUR: Oman may be ranked higher than Malaysia but that doesn’t stop coach Kim Pan Gon from telling his men to be equal to the challenge in tomorrow’s pre-World Cup clash in Muscat.

SINGAPORE: New China coach Branko Ivankovic said today that his men must “play with passion” as they embark on two crucial World Cup qualifiers against Singapore.

MELBOURNE: Formula One champion Max Verstappen will bid to win back-to-back Australian Grands Prix on Sunday and match his record of 10 successive race victories even as Red Bull struggle to move on from off-track controversy.

LONDON: Goals late in games have resulted in the biggest season-on-season scoring rate rise in England’s top flight for nearly 100 years as Premier League defences take a hammering.

TOKYO: Japan will be motivated by the “frustration” of their Asian Cup flop when they face North Korea in a tricky World Cup qualifying double-header, coach Hajime Moriyasu said today.

SEOUL: South Korea and Paris St Germain midfielder Lee Kang In formally apologised in Seoul today for his role in an altercation with captain Son Heung Min during the Asian Cup as his country prepare for their 2026 World Cup qualifying matches.

PUTRAJAYA: A couple escaped the gallows today after the Court of Appeal substituted their murder charge with committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of their eight-year-old son.

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the media plays an important role in providing views, insights and admonition in a meaningful democratic environment.