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China's longest underwater highway tunnel opens Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 12:20 PM - Forum: Travels - Replies (1) (CNN) — After nearly four years of construction, China's longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic. At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai. According to government officials in Jiangsu, the tunnel was built at a cost 9.9 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion). Construction began on January 9, 2018. Over 2 million cubic meters of concrete were used to build the two-way tunnel, which has six lanes and is 17.45 meters wide, reports China's official news agency, Xinhua. The ceiling of the tunnel has been outfitted with colorful LED lights, designed to prevent driver fatigue. - More -   Keep differences internal, Tian Chua urges PKR ahead of party polls Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:55 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – As PKR looks to elect new leadership in the coming months, vice-president Chua Tian Chang is reminding members to keep infighting “within the four walls” of the party.  He said this is key to avoiding a repeat of the events that unfolded in the months leading up to the Sheraton Move in February 2020, where public bickering among PKR members threatened to hurt the party’s image. With the party elections expected by next quarter, Chua said there are bound to be rivalries and differences of opinion, but said these must be kept in check. “Members must know to minimise conflicts in public,” he told The Vibes. “Behind the scenes, what you want to do is up to you. But we must remember that we are dealing with public perception. “We cannot be seen publicly to be infighting too much, because then this will cause the people to lose confidence in us.” - More -   Court recognition of vernacular schools reflects Malaysia’s diversity: legal expert Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:41 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – The Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision to allow vernacular Chinese and Tamil schools to co-exist with national schools reflects Malaysia’s tolerance and moderation towards the nation’s multicultural nature, said constitutional law expert Datuk Saleem Shad Faruqi. He was commenting on the decision, delivered at the end of 2021, which effectively dismissed a 2019 application challenging the constitutionality of vernacular schools in the country. The suit was initiated by the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, the Islamic Education Development Council and the Confederation of Malaysian Writers’ Association. They had sought a declaration from the high court that Sections 2, 17 and 28 of the Education Act 1966 – which provided for the establishment of vernacular schools using Mandarin and Tamil as the main language – were inconsistent with Article 152 of the federal constitution and were therefore null and void. - More -   Unhappy and unready, but PH won’t quit MoU, says analyst Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:20 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan, while unhappy with the government, is caught between its unreadiness to face a general election and Umno’s pressure on prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to dissolve Parliament, according to a political analyst. Azmi Hassan, formerly of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, said the opposition coalition was stuck “between a rock and a hard place” because it would not do well in a general election now despite its obvious discontent with the government’s performance. “The greatest pressure to dissolve Parliament is from Umno and I don’t think PH can afford to fulfil (Umno’s) threats,” he said. Azmi said a pull-out by PH from its political understanding (MoU) with Ismail’s government would add greater pressure on the prime minister, who is already under pressure from his own party, Umno. - More -   The people won’t like snap elections in Johor, says Faizal Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:14 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian public would not like to see the Johor legislative assembly dissolved and snap elections called, says Bersatu deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu. The former Perak menteri besar said it was unnecessary and inappropriate for the Johor state assembly to be dissolved, though he conceded that his party would still take part in the polls. Faizal also said it was too early to talk of an election pact between Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN), adding that the party was still united in its support for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. - More -   Cuba’s Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 08:43 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries Cuba’s prestigious biotech sector has developed five different Covid vaccines to date, including Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus — all of which Cuba has said provide upwards of 90% protection against symptomatic Covid when administered in three doses. The country of roughly 11 million remains the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have produced a homegrown shot for Covid. The WHO’s potential approval of Cuba’s nationally produced Covid vaccines would carry “enormous significance” for low-income nations, John Kirk, professor emeritus at the Latin America program of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, told CNBC via telephone. Cuba has vaccinated a greater percentage of its population against Covid-19 than almost all of the world’s largest and richest nations. In fact, only the oil-rich United Arab Emirates boasts a stronger vaccination record. The tiny Communist-run Caribbean island has achieved this milestone by producing its own Covid vaccine, even as it struggles to keep supermarket shelves stocked amid a decades-old U.S. trade embargo. “It is an incredible feat,” Helen Yaffe, a Cuba expert and lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, told CNBC via telephone. - More -   PM must stop defending Azam, says PH council Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 07:41 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Pakatan Harapan presidential council has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to stop defending the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki. “Azam has gone from being an anti-corruption enforcer to a lawbreaker, and the prime minister must stop defending him,” it said in a statement today. “His only option now is to take leave until investigations against him are complete,” it added. - More -   Cops probe preacher who is against Muslims cleaning temples, even during floods Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 07:35 PM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Police will probe a preacher who denounced Muslims who cleaned up other places of worship after the recent floods. Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai confirmed a report from an NGO over the matter. He said the Shah Alam police will now investigate the complaint since a similar report was received there. Beh told FMT the complaint will be investigated for wounding the religious feelings of any person and internet abuse. - More -   One of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms gears up for full operations Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 11:45 AM - Forum: Environment Protection News - No Replies RWE said Triton Knoll will produce “sufficient electricity to meet the needs of around 800,000 homes each year.” Triton Knoll produced its first power in March 2021and its final turbine was installed last September. Turbine commissioning at one of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms is complete and full operations are slated to begin in the first quarter of 2022, according to German power firm RWE. The 857 megawatt Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is situated in waters off England’s east coast and uses 90 wind turbines from Danish firm Vestas. In a statement Thursday RWE said Triton Knoll would produce “sufficient electricity to meet the needs of around 800,000 homes each year.” Investment in the project amounts to approximately £2 billion (around $2.74 billion). RWE has a 59% stake in Triton Knoll. Its other owners are Kansai Electric Power and J-Power, who have stakes of 16% and 25%, respectively. RWE is responsible for the project’s construction, operation and maintenance. Triton Knoll produced its first power in March 2021and its final turbine was installed last September. - More -   US’ trade with China surges 28.7% in 2021 Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 10:03 AM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies US’ trade with China surges 28.7% in 2021, but widening deficit proves tariffs ‘a failure’ Trade between China and the US soared by 28.7 percent and amounted to $755.6 billion in 2021 - maintaining a strong growth momentum and contributing 12 percent to China's record $6 trillion foreign trade for the year despite tariffs and bruising political tensions between the world's two largest economies.   The number, which comes just one day ahead of the second anniversary of the signing of the phase-one trade deal between China and the US, shows a strong complementarity between the world's two largest economies, while it is also a demonstration of China's goal to fulfill its commitments under the deal over the past two years, observers said. According to Chinese Customs data released on Friday, China's exports to the US increased by 27.5 percent in 2021, while imports grew by 32.7 percent, reaching $179.53 billion. - More - Pages (1288): « Previous 1 … 871 872 873 874 875 … 1288 Next » Jump to page: