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LONDON: Climate change poses a threat to peace in countries around the world in the coming decade, according to an annual peace index released on Wednesday that factored in the risk from global warming for the first time.

Malaysia

GEORGE TOWN: Penang recorded RM8.8 billion of total approved manufacturing investment in the first quarter of this year, up 768 per cent year-on-year and surpassed 2018's amount of RM5.6 billion.

Project Kwai Chai Hong which involves the restoration of 10 shophouses and a laneway hidden in between Lorong Panggung and Jalan Petaling recently opened to the public. The initiative is the brainchild of Bai Chuan Management, made up of five founders – Ho Yung Wee, Coco Lew, Terrence Liew, Javier Chor and Zeen Chang.

Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: In the wake of the elation following 9-month-old Ainul Mardhiah Ahmad Safiuddin’s successful tumour-removal operation in the United Kingdom, credit must be given to the Malaysian doctor who helped pave the way for the baby’s path to surgery.

China

为了改善外国人中国签证的管理,中国颁布了一项新政策,从2019年6月1日开始推出新版签证和居留许可。

Malaysia

DUNGUN: In a hasty bid to avoid growing traffic congestion during the ‘balik bandar’ rush following the Hari Raya Aidilfitri break, a son inadvertently left his elderly mother behind at the Bukit Besi R&R here, on Saturday.

Malaysia

GUA MUSANG: The Health Ministry is prepared to perform forensic tests on 12 bodies of Orang Asli from the Batek tribe in Kampung Kuala Koh here who were said to have died of pneumonia over the past month.

Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP), which gave a RM4 billion loan to a RM2 startup company linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) today described how Datuk Seri Najib Razak had ‘influenced’ the decision.

Malaysia

GEORGE TOWN: Adicating plastic waste should begin at the product-packaging level at factories or farms.

Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry is in the midst of formulating a holistic enforcement plan against illegal immigrants as a more comprehensive effort towards strengthening governance and improving the existing enforcement operation system.