Champagne sales lose their fizz as mood gets darker globally
[Malay Mail] - 01/21/2025
PARIS, Jan 21 — Champagne sales have declined globally, with shipments from France dropping nearly 10 per cent last year...
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Betong Zone PBB delegates meeting to host 1,400 attendees
KUCHING (Jan 22): Some 1,400 delegates from 14 branches are expected to attend the Betong Zone Parti Pesaka (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
Sheda: Defer FWTA fee pending further talks with stakeholders
KUCHING (Jan 22): The RM1,854 fee under the Foreign Workers Transformation Approach (FWTA) system ought to be (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
Property owners face hefty electricity bills due to tenants’ illegal bitcoin mining in Perak
IPOH, Jan 22 — More than 60 home and shoplot owners in Perak are facing electricity payment claims from Tenaga Nasio...
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Thailand's PM speaks Mandarin in AI video to woo Chinese tourists [WATCH]
BANGKOK: Thailand on Wednesday posted an AI-generated video of its prime minister speaking in Mandarin encouraging (…)
[New Straits Times] - 22/01/2025
Never get stuck at toll lanes again with TNG eWallet’s new ‘SOS Balance’ feature
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Touch ‘n Go eWallet has introduced a new “SOS Balance” feature which is designed to ensure (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Huawei, telco execs and Singapore health engineer face corruption charges
SINGAPORE, Jan 22 — Three Singaporean men, including a Huawei account director, an engineer from Singapore’s health (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Unemployed man in Kuching jailed 18 months for assaulting wife
KUCHING (Jan 22): An unemployed man was sentenced to 18 months in jail by the Magistrates’ Court here today for (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
Sarawak’s FWTA fee finalised after careful review, says Gerawat
KUCHING (Jan 22): The RM1,854 fee per foreign worker under Sarawak’s Foreign Workers Transformation Approach (FWTA) (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
Young Chinese embracing new professions, blazing new trails
BEIJING (Jan 22): To farm or not to farm? That is a question that Luo Yanli wrestled with for years before embracing (…)
[BorneoPost] - 21/01/2025
Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China
BANGKOK: Thai authorities denied Wednesday there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the (…)
[New Straits Times] - 22/01/2025