Construction industry needs to embrace new technologies
WHEN I first started working in the early 70s, as a fresh graduate with a government statutory body, I was earning a salary of RM850…
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MALAYSIA will be listed as a designated country in the United States Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) by next year once the two remaining documents are…
View More Visa waiver is no loopholeIndonesia loses up to US$9b from timber clearing
JAKARTA: Unreported forest clearing cost Indonesia up to US$9 billion between 2003 and 2014 in lost timber royalties – about three times the royalties it…
View More Indonesia loses up to US$9b from timber clearingMessi-less Argentina suffers shock defeat to Ecuador
BEUNOS AIRES: Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to Ecuador here Thursday as goals from Frickson Erazo and Felipe Caicedo secured a famous upset in…
View More Messi-less Argentina suffers shock defeat to EcuadorCulling of dogs in Penang called off: Guan Eng
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has ordered dog culling in the state to be stopped immediately today, following lower prevalence of rabies cases. To continue reading the…
View More Culling of dogs in Penang called off: Guan EngAustralia, Philippines negotiating asylum seeker transfer deal
SYDNEY: Australia is negotiating a deal with the Philippines to transfer asylum seekers being held indefinitely in controversial detention centres on remote, impoverished islands, Australias…
View More Australia, Philippines negotiating asylum seeker transfer dealFrance train attack hero stabbed in California
LOS ANGELES: One of three Americans who helped thwart a terror attack on a Paris-bound train was stabbed in his home state of California “…
View More France train attack hero stabbed in CaliforniaLast-gasp Lewandowski ends Scottish hopes
GLASGOW: Robert Lewandowski scored four minutes into stoppage time to earn Poland a 2-2 Group D draw with Scotland at Hampden that ends the hosts…
View More Last-gasp Lewandowski ends Scottish hopesWeak US dollar sentiment lifts ringgit higher
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit soared against the US dollar in early trade today, fuelled by bearish sentiment for the greenback following the release of the…
View More Weak US dollar sentiment lifts ringgit higherWorld champion Germany stunned by Ireland
DUBLIN: Shane Long stunned world champions Germany with a goal that guaranteed Ireland a Euro 2016 playoff spot on an historic night at Lansdowne Road…
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