KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has officially opened its Asia Regional Office in Singapore, located in the Manulife Tower at 8 Cross Street in the city’s Central Business District.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) – Malaysia can hold its head high as its chairmanship of ASEAN 2025 draws to a close this year for having set in motion initiatives to drive regional integration, engage more with dialogue partners and fortify the grouping’s economic pillar.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) today launched the National Export Awards (NEA) 2025 to recognise outstanding Malaysian exporters and reinforce the country’s ambition to lead as a globally competitive, service-ready and sustainability-driven trading nation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Deel, the global human resources (HR) and payroll platform, has secured a US$300 million strategic investment led by Ribbit Capital, with continued backing from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue Management, with participation from General Catalyst, Green Bay Ventures and others. (US$1=RM4.21)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 (Bernama) -- The shipbuilding and ship repair (SBSR) sector has attracted investments worth over RM1 billion in shipbuilding projects and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services from 2021 to mid-2025.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- ASEAN’s goal to build a fully integrated regional power grid by 2045 is ambitious but achievable, said World Bank lead energy specialist Yussuf Uwamahoro.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The government and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) have reached settlements with three financial institutions, namely, Goldman Sachs amounting to US$3.9 billion (RM16.48 billion), AmBank Group amounting to RM2.83 billion, and JP Morgan (Switzerland) Ltd amounting to RM1.4 billion to date.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) is spearheading Malaysia’s maiden participation at Egypt Energy 2025, scheduled for Oct 14-16, 2025, in Cairo, Egypt.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The RM2 billion investment to develop the Sovereign AI Cloud in Budget 2026 will enable Malaysia to reap economic benefits, as it allows the country to retain the value created through artificial intelligence (AI) by keeping revenues, jobs and intellectual property within its national borders, an information technology (IT) specialist said today.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said excise duties for cigarette and alcohol products will be raised effective Nov 1, 2025 under the Budget 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The Government of Indonesia has launched the National Productivity Master Plan (MPPN) 2025–2029, a whole-of-nation blueprint for accelerating innovation, strengthening industrial competitiveness, and raising living standards through sustained productivity gains.
By Zufazlin Baharuddin
HELSINKI, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Finland’s Solar Foods hopes its innovative approach in producing Solein, a protein “made out of thin air,” by way of gas fermentation, will inspire other nations to adopt more sustainable methods in food production.
