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SHANGHAI: China on Thursday granted 5G commercial licences to four domestic companies, taking a big step in its bid to be a global leader in next generation wireless networks amid fierce rivalry from the United States.

MOSCOW: China’s Huawei, considered a security threat in the US, on Wednesday signed a deal with Russian telecoms company MTS to develop a 5G network in the country over the next year.

PUTRAJAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the appointment of Latheefa Beebi Koya as the new Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was made based on his decision alone.

KUANTAN: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, and the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, attended the Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house hosted by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail here today.

WHILE Malaysian peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon were resigned to celebrating Aidilfitri far from home, they received a pleasant surprise yesterday when two Cabinet ministers came a-knocking.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali today extended Aidilfitri greetings to all Malaysian Muslims.

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SEREMBAN: Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which will be celebrated tomorrow, marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast daily between dawn and sunset. The festival, too, heralds the beginning of Syawal in the Islamic calendar.

THE Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Ministry is as expansive as it is a mouthful. Minister Yeo Bee Yin speaks to Ahmad Fairuz Othman,
Syed Umar Ariff and Dawn Chan about resolving enforcement issues, ironing out
bad deals and the war against plastic waste.

Dr Maszlee Malik has been embroiled in controversies since he became education minister on May 18 last year. If it’s not over the introduction of black shoes for students, it’s about racial quotas for the matriculation programme, and a perception that he has not done enough to improve the education system. But he will not let this faze him.