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Revive plan to stop child marriages, urge women’s groups Posted by: superadmin - 10-19-2021, 10:12 AM - Forum: Local News - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The government needs to revive the national plan on child marriage launched by the Pakatan Harapan administration to put a stop to underage marriages, said women NGOs. Sisters in Islam (SIS) said since the change of government in February 2020, there had been no clear indication if the women, family and community development ministry would implement the national strategic plan in handling child marriage and its causes. “The government must revisit and act on the plan which was launched in January last year,” a SIS spokesperson told FMT. The national plan was set up to address six main causes of underage marriage in the country. - More -   How the spirit of Capt Speedy landed in an unholy row Posted by: superadmin - 10-19-2021, 10:10 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - Replies (3) PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian-made whisky, a rarity in itself, which won international awards last year became the target of complaints days after its international launch at an online event. Complaints started circulating on social media about its name, Timah, which some construed to be a contraction of Fatimah, daughter of Prophet Muhammad. Objections were also made about the label’s imagery, of colonial-era police chief and administrator Tristram Speedy, known as Captain Speedy. The social media comments led to the Consumers’ Association of Penang calling for a ban on its production, saying the use of the name Timah, which means tin in Malay, was offensive to Muslims. Others, including Penang mufti Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor and religious affairs minister Idris Ahmad, also chimed in. - More -   Mahathir one of the causes of disunity, says DAP man Posted by: superadmin - 10-19-2021, 09:59 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was accused today of being one of the factors for the existence of disunity in the country. Perai state assemblyman P Ramasamy of DAP said Mahathir had been “singing an old tune” about prioritising the Malays as being in the country’s best interest. “Mahathir continues to state the same thing repeatedly, but many people may have already grown tired of these statements,” he said in a Facebook post this evening. He said that Mahathir was one of the main drivers of a system that put the Malay and Umno political elite at a great advantage, referring to the New Economic Policy and its aftermath that was under Mahathir’s stewardship. - More -   Biden cannot slander China's Xinjiang policy while seeking cooperation with China Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 07:59 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies US President Joe Biden once again hyped China's Xinjiang policy on Friday as he delivered a speech at the dedication ceremony for the Dodd Centre for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. Some analysts believe the US has been hoping a thaw with China in recent days, but Biden's rhetoric raises questions over Washington's sincerity. "Sadly, when we look around the world today, we cannot say that the specter of atrocity is behind us," Biden claimed, "We see today the patterns, the choices playing out around the world even as we speak: the oppression and use of forced labor of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang…" Biden's words fully embody the duality of his administration's China policy. On the one hand, it hopes to ease tensions with China and seek China's support and collaboration on subjects such as climate change, trade and global governance. On the other hand, in regard to the so-called human rights and ideology issues, the Biden administration has repeatedly piled pressure on China and hyped the "China threat" theory, in a bid to contain China, as well as ramp up the cohesion of the US alliance system and restore the US' international credibility and global leadership. - More -   U.S.-China, potentially the most perilous, bilateral relationship in human history Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 07:47 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Op-ed: Why the U.S.-China duo is the most significant, and potentially the most perilous, bilateral relationship in human history The U.S. and China represent the most significant – and potentially most perilous – bilateral relationship in human history.  Given that reality, neither side is managing their rising tensions with adequate skill or durable strategy. That’s the way Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund put it in a conversation with me a couple of days ago. It is also the subtext of conversations I’ve had with world leaders visiting Washington, D.C. this week for the IMF and World Bank meetings. U.S.-Soviet relations defined the Cold War, with both sides fielding the unprecedented nuclear capability to devastate each other, and much more. Before that, the Anglo-American relationship was decisive, from intense U.S.-British competition in the 19th century to an alliance that prevented fascist victory during World War II in the 20th century. Yet Heintz’s argument is compelling that U.S.-Chinese relations have a historically unique significance, based on their multi-dimensional nature that touches on just about every aspect of global affairs now and into the foreseeable future.  - More -   Nord Stream 2: The Russian pipeline that everybody’s talking about Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 07:36 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies The gas pipeline is finished, but it is waiting regulatory approval before it can start providing the 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe every year. Some European lawmakers are fiercely opposed to the deal and do not want regulators to approve it. The debate over what to do with Nord Stream 2 has gained even more attention in recent weeks as energy prices soar across Europe. Lubmin, GERMANY – Remote, quiet but energy-rich: the coastal area of Lubmin in north Germany hosts the world’s most controversial gas pipeline. Nord Stream 2 stretches for 1,200 kilometres from Vyborg in Russia through the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Germany, bypassing Ukraine and Poland. The gas pipeline is finished, but it is waiting regulatory approval before it can start providing the 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe every year. - More -   Philips takes fresh hit from safety recall Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 07:30 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies THE HAGUE – Dutch electronics firm Philips said today that sales had taken a fresh hit from a recall of faulty sleep and respiratory care equipment and from supply chain issues. Philips added that it faced an unknown possible impact from lawsuits over the devices, which were recalled in June after the firm announced they put users at risk of inhaling or swallowing pieces of degraded sound-dampening foam. The company said in a statement that third quarter sales fell 7.6% to 4.2 billion euros (US$4.8 billion / RM20.3 billion) from a year earlier “due to headwinds caused by global supply chain challenges and sleep and respiratory care recall consequences.” The safety recall had caused a 150-million-euro “headwind” while supply issues accounted for about the same amount, CEO Frans van Houten told a conference call. Net profit increased from 340 million euros to almost three million euros, mainly driven by the sale in March of its domestic appliances business as it focuses on healthcare. The company said in June that profits had fallen after it set aside 250 million euros to deal with the recall. Philips had so far produced 750,000 repair kits and replacement devices for the faulty respirator equipment of which more than 250,000 had reached customers in the US and other markets, it said. - More -   Barring unvaccinated from voting is discrimination, says PH Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 07:21 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission’s (EC) announcement that only fully vaccinated voters will be allowed to cast their ballots at the coming Melaka state elections is a form of discrimination, says Pakatan Harapan (PH). The coalition’s presidential council expressed disappointment over EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh’s announcement, saying the move might contravene Article 119 of the Federal Constitution. “Although PH fully supports efforts to vaccinate everyone, it cannot be used as an excuse to discriminate against those who have yet to receive two doses. “This move to bar them (from voting) might be invalid in terms of the law. We urge the EC to review its decision,” they said in a statement today, - More -   National park in NE China sees population growth of Siberian tigers, Amur leopards Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 02:58 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News - No Replies The number of wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in a national park in Northeast China's Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces has climbed to 50 and 60, respectively, in just four years, shattering predictions that both species would become extinct in China. Wildlife conservation experts noted that the national park, an internationally recognized approach, will become the main model for wildlife conservation in China, and co-managed national parks with other countries will be a direction to explore. In 2017, the pilot system of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park was officially launched in a bid to expand the populations of these two rare animals in China.  Recent data showed that during the pilot period, the forest stock increased by 5.2 percent, more than 10 new Siberian tiger cubs and more than seven Amur leopard cubs were bred, and the survival rate of cubs increased from about 30 percent to 50 percent, the Xinhua News Agency reported. - More -   China’s coal hub Shanxi emerges from floods, easing coal supply concerns Posted by: superadmin - 10-18-2021, 12:07 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies As the sun rises over the flooded areas in North China's Shanxi Province, the country's coal hub, woes over a downpour-exacerbated coal-fired power shortage are beginning to subside, as evidenced by the Global Times' onsite interviews in coal-mining regions. With the province's coal exploration and deliveries emerging from the heavy rains, optimism about a recovery in the country's coal supplies during the fourth quarter is on the rise, according to industry insiders, citing a government-led tenacious push to ensure energy adequacy and market shifts expected already under way. Coal mining back on track Coal mines in Shanxi are busy producing and transporting shipments out of the province as they gradually resumed production after a temporary suspension due to torrential rainfall during the National Day holidays in early October.  During a recent visit to a coal mining area in a mountainous region of central Shanxi Province - Linfen and Jiexiu - the Global Times reporters saw streams of trucks full of coal from the local mines on the roads, with congestion and long lines of traffic at the entrance to expressways as they wait to transport coal to other regions.  - More - Pages (1062): « Previous 1 … 735 736 737 738 739 … 1062 Next » Jump to page: