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Shares in WeChat parent Tencent plunge 10% after Trump issues ban order
HONG KONG: Shares in the parent of Chinese social media giant WeChat tanked in Hong Kong on Friday (Aug 7) after Donald Trump signed an executive order banning Americans from doing business with the platform, citing national security…
Documents show Facebook bought Instagram to quash competitor
Facebook Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram because he was concerned about the nascent company’s potential to turn users away from Facebook, according to documents obtained by the House Judiciary subcommittee on…
Malaysia, Singapura bertemu atas Tambak Johor pagi ini
JOHOR BAHRU: Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin bakal bertemu rakan sejawatannya, Perdana Menteri Singapura Lee Hsien Loong, di atas Tambak Johor pagi ini sebagai simbolik persetujuan meneruskan projek Sistem Transit Rapid (RTS).…
Pelitup muka, penjarakan sosial normal baharu haji
MAKKAH: Jemaah haji hari ini memulakan ibadah haji dengan memakai pelitup muka dan mematuhi penjarakan sosial dalam usaha kerajaan mencegah COVID-19.
Musim Haji tahun ini, menerima bilangan jemaah paling sedikit dalam usaha Arab Saudi…
Ketua kesihatan untuk setiap 50 jemaah haji
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kesihatan Arab Saudi akan menugaskan seorang ketua kesihatan bagi setiap 50 jemaah pada musim haji tahun ini.
Berdasarkan kenyataan di laman web untuk media sempena haji tahun ini, pihak berkenaan berkata, langkah…
Lampard sebab utama Werner pilih Chelsea
LONDON: Timo Werner mendedahkan pengurus Chelsea, Frank Lampard adalah faktor utama dia memilih Blues untuk musim depan walaupun menarik minat banyak pasukan utama Eropah.
Werner, 24, meledak 34 gol untuk RB Leipzig pada musim 2019/20…
Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India’s schools go online
MUMBAI: Kuldip Kumar, a farmer from northern India, sold his only cow to buy a smartphone so his children could keep up with lessons that shifted online when the coronavirus lockdown closed schools four months ago.
Kumar was already in…
Perancis mahu PBB nilai layanan China terhadap etnik Uighur
PARIS: Perancis mendesak badan pemerhati Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB) segera menilai layanan buruk China terhadap etnik Uighur di negara itu.
Menteri Luar Perancis, Jean-Yves Le Drian, berkata terdapat bukti bahawa minoriti Islam…
Bursa Malaysia 2Q net profit surges to RM86.22m, shares at record high
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd, whose share price surged to a record high of RM10.98 on Tuesday, delivered a strong set of financial results in the second quarter ended June 30,2020 with net profit of RM86.22mil.
The stock exchange…
After Spotify and Netflix, Indonesia eyes VAT collection from other tech firms
INDONESIA: The Taxation Directorate General is in talks with several more technology firms to collect value-added tax (VAT) on sales after recently imposing such rules on six firms, including Amazon and streaming platform Netflix.
The tax…