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KUALA LUMPUR :Malaysia’s economy grew 5.2 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Friday, accelerating from the first half of the year on strong domestic consumption.In the second quarter, Malaysia’s gross domestic product had expanded by 4.4 per cent on an annual basis, matching the pace set in the first three months of the year, despite a slowdown in exports. The increase in the July-to-September quarter was underpinned by solid performances in all sectors, with domestic demand continuing to drive growth, the statistics department said in a statement.Domestic consumption received a further boost…
[BEIJING] Chinese car maker BYD will make its largest recall yet of more than 115,000 Tang series and Yuan Pro vehicles produced between 2015 and 2022 due to design defects and battery-related safety risks, China’s market regulator said on Friday.BYD has filed a plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation to recall 44,535 Tang series vehicles produced between March 2015 and July 2017 in which certain component design flaws may cause abnormal function.It also sought to recall 71,248 Yuan Pro electric vehicles made between February 2021 and August 2022 due to manufacturing issues affecting battery installation.In January, the company…
The remarks come at a time when Washington and Beijing are escalating their trade war again[SINGAPORE] Competition between the United States and China should not be seen as a threat to be eliminated but an opportunity to be managed, said Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Oct 15.If they are well-handled, interactions between the two superpowers can lead to prosperity for both nations and help the world to solve common problems, he said during a lecture at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington.“The stakes are high. If we manage this well, the US-China edge will be a source of…
BEIJING: Chinese car maker BYD will make its largest recall yet of more than 115,000 Tang series and Yuan Pro vehicles produced between 2015 and 2022 due to design defects and battery-related safety risks, China’s market regulator said on Friday (Oct 17).BYD has filed a plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation to recall 44,535 Tang series vehicles produced between March 2015 and July 2017 in which certain component design flaws may cause abnormal function.It also sought to recall 71,248 Yuan Pro electric vehicles made between February 2021 and August 2022 due to manufacturing issues affecting battery installation.In January,…
CHINA’S economy likely grew at its slowest pace in a year last quarter, according to an AFP survey, dragged down by lacklustre demand and a crisis in the crucial property sector, compounded by a trade war with the United States.Beijing has struggled to kickstart a full recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, which hammered sentiment among the country’s army of consumers, even after a series of measures aimed at stimulating buying.The growth reading on Monday will come as the ruling Chinese Communist Party kicks off a key meeting to formulate policy directions in the next five-year period – a period experts…
Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones squared off in their first and only debate Thursday over a set of violent and incendiary text messages sent by Jones — an issue that has overtaken the race and vaulted it to national prominence.Miyares, an incumbent running for reelection, pushed hard against Jones for the leaked texts, which included messages to a Republican delegate in which Jones said that former Virginia Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert should get “two bullets to the head.”Referencing a quote from President Abraham Lincoln, Miyares started the debate by saying: “Character is what…
Expected to start commercial operations around 2035, the project contributes to Singapore’s plans to import 6 GW of clean power by 2035[SINGAPORE] Sembcorp Utilities, a unit of renewables player Sembcorp Industries, has received conditional approval from Singapore’s energy regulator to import one gigawatt (GW) of hydropower from Sarawak, Malaysia.The project is expected to start commercial operations around 2035.The approval marks a “new phase of energy partnership between both nations”, said Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) in a press statement on Friday (Oct 17). Sembcorp Utilities had earlier inked an agreement with Sarawak Energy and sub-sea cable maker Prysmian to work…
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government collapse and giving President Emmanuel Macron a respite before an even tougher fight over the national budget.The immediate danger may have receded but the core problem is still very much center stage. The eurozone’s second-largest economy is still run by a minority government in a splintered parliament where no single bloc or party has a majority.Every major law now turns on last-minute deals, and the next test is a spending plan…
RALEIGH, N.C. — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislators offered a redrawn U.S. House district map for North Carolina on Thursday, seeking to help President Donald Trump retain GOP control of Congress by attempting to thwart the reelection of the Democrat now in the state’s only swing seat.State House and Senate GOP leaders unveiled the proposed boundaries in advance of next week’s General Assembly session, stepping into the national fray over mid-decade redistricting that has Democrats and Republicans battling to secure electoral advantages from coast to coast, including Texas and California. The Republicans announced earlier this week that legislators would…