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Menteri Kerja Raya nafi surat bayaran gratuiti palsu tular

Menteri Kerja Raya nafi surat bayaran gratuiti palsu tular

KUALA LUMPUR: Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi menafikan kementeriannya mengeluarkan surat bertarikh 28 Julai 2025 berkenaan bayaran gratuiti kepada seorang individu yang tular di media sosial. Beliau menegaskan surat tersebut palsu dan tidak pernah dikeluarkan sama ada oleh Kementerian Kerja Raya (KKR) atau dirinya sebagai menteri. “Kementerian tidak pernah mengeluarkan sebarang jemputan rasmi bagi majlis penyerahan bayaran gratuiti sedemikian. Saya menasihati orang ramai agar tidak terpedaya dengan dokumen palsu ini yang jelas mempunyai unsur penipuan,” katanya dalam kenyataan. Nanta memaklumkan pihaknya sedang bekerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa untuk siasatan lanjut. Orang ramai yang ragu-ragu mengenai ketulenan dokumen dinasihatkan menghubungi saluran rasmi KKR di laman sesawang www.kkr.gov.my. Sebelum ini, tular di media sosial surat pemberian gratuiti lebih RM26 juta kepada waris seorang individu dalam majlis yang kononnya akan diadakan di KKR. - Bernama

China fears Nvidia chips could track, trace and shut down its AIs

China fears Nvidia chips could track, trace and shut down its AIs

Beijing has asked Nvidia to explain whether its H20 artificial intelligence chips have backdoors that could allow the United States to position and remotely shut them down. Chinese pundits said similar probes could be extended to other American-made chips. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) stated on July 31 that it summoned US tech giant […] The post China fears Nvidia chips could track, trace and shut down its AIs appeared first on Asia Times .

Son Heung Min sertai LAFC, pecah rekod perpindahan MLS

Son Heung Min sertai LAFC, pecah rekod perpindahan MLS

LOS ANGELES: Bintang bola sepak Korea Selatan, Son Heung Min, dilaporkan semakin hampir menyertai kelab Major League Soccer (MLS), Los Angeles FC (LAFC) dengan majlis pengenalan rasmi dijangka berlangsung esok, menurut sumber yang disahkan kepada ESPN. Son, 33, sebelum ini mengejutkan peminat bola sepak dunia apabila mengumumkan perpisahan rasmi dengan Tottenham Hotspur. Berita itu sekali ... Read more The post Son Heung Min sertai LAFC, pecah rekod perpindahan MLS appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .

South Korea-US summit faces unresolved trade deal disputes

South Korea-US summit faces unresolved trade deal disputes

SEOUL : As South Korea and the United States prepare for a summit of their leaders, topics left unresolved by a recent trade deal provide scope for more disputes between the key allies and trade partners, six former negotiators and experts said. President Donald Trump may use the summit with counterpart Lee Jae Myung to seek more concessions on defence costs and corporate investments, left out of the deal, while non-tariff barriers and currency could prove thorny issues, experts said. No official summit date has been disclosed, though Trump last week gave a timeframe of two weeks. The absence of a written agreement underpinning last week’s talks could open the way for disputes, with some differences already emerging in the two sides’ accounts of the deal. Key among these was Sunday’s denial by a South Korean presidential adviser of U.S. claims that it would take 90% of the profit from project investments of $350 billion by South Korea, which also agreed to open up its domestic rice market. “Even a binding deal like the FTA has been efficiently scrapped,“ warned Choi Seok-young, a former chief negotiator for the Korea-U.S. free trade deal, signed in 2007. “And this is just promise.” Last week’s pact was scaled down from South Korea’s previous plans for a package deal on trade, security and investment envisioned in the run-up to the summit between Trump and the newly-elected Lee. But Japan struck a deal with the United States sooner than expected, spurring South Korea into a scramble for a trade-focused pact, leaving issues of security and investment for the coming summit, presidential adviser Kim Yong-beom said. Uncertainty clouds plans for $350 billion in funds Trump has said South Korea would invest in the United States in projects “owned and controlled by the United States” and selected by him, though he gave few details of the plan’s structure or timing. The allies face challenges in ironing out details of the fund at upcoming working-level talks, South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol told reporters on Friday. “People say the devil is in the details,“ he added. In a social media post, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick gave an assurance of “90% of the profits going to the American people”, while White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said part would go to the U.S. government to help repay debt. But Kim, the presidential adviser, said the two sides did not discuss profit distribution during talks, and South Korea expected the profit to be “reinvested” in the United States. ‘POLITICAL RHETORIC’ The idea of the United States potentially taking most of the profit is “hard to understand in a civilised country”, he added, while dismissing as “political rhetoric” Washington’s claim that it would make all decisions about the fund. South Korea had added a safety mechanism to reduce financing risk, including U.S. commitments to buy products from the projects, under an “offtake” clause and invest in commercially feasible projects, he said. Seoul officials have said $150 billion would go to the shipbuilding industry, with the rest earmarked for areas such as chips, batteries, critical minerals, biotechnology, nuclear power and other strategic industries. The specifics of the structure have not been determined, said Kim, adding that loans and guarantees make up a majority of the funds, with equity investments accounting for a small part. Leavitt said South Korea would provide “historic market access to American goods like autos and rice,“ echoing earlier comments by Trump. But South Korea said repeatedly there had been no agreement on the agriculture market, including beef and rice, despite strong pressure from Washington. Trump expressed keen interest in Korea’s quarantine process for fruits and vegetables, Seoul said, improvements to which will figure in planned technical talks on non-tariff barriers that will also cover vehicle safety rules, but gave no details. Other non-tariff barriers such as regulation of Big Tech could be hurdles. “We cannot be relieved because we do not know when we will face pressure from tariffs or non-tariff measures again,“ Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo said last week on returning from Washington. Defence costs are expected to emerge as a key issue during the upcoming summit, with Trump having long said South Korea needed to pay more for the U.S. troop presence there. In addition to the $350 billion, Trump said South Korea agreed to invest a large sum of money in the United States, to be announced during the summit, which he said on July 30 would be held within two weeks. The allies are holding working level-talks on currency policy, put on the agenda at April’s opening round of trade talks. - Reuters

Perincian penyasaran semula subsidi RON95 diumum akhir September 2025

Perincian penyasaran semula subsidi RON95 diumum akhir September 2025

KUALA LUMPUR: Perincian pelaksanaan penyasaran semula subsidi RON95 akan diumumkan menjelang akhir September 2025, menurut Kementerian Kewangan (MOF). Pengumuman ini selaras dengan kenyataan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 23 Julai 2025. Kerajaan kini sedang membangun dan menguji mekanisme penyasaran subsidi bagi memastikan operasi lancar apabila dilaksanakan. “Usaha ini termasuk memperhalusi data daripada agensi seperti Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan dan Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia,“ jelas MOF. Tumpuan diberikan untuk memastikan pendekatan lebih menyeluruh dilaksanakan agar subsidi RON95 dapat dinikmati oleh kelompok sasaran. “Kerajaan berusaha memastikan pendekatan yang lebih menyeluruh diterapkan supaya subsidi RON95 dapat meliputi kelompok yang disasarkan,“ menurut kenyataan rasmi. Maklumat ini diberikan sebagai jawapan kepada soalan Mohd Sany Hamzan (PH-Hulu Langat) mengenai status terkini pelaksanaan penyasaran semula subsidi RON95. Sebelum ini, Kementerian Ekonomi telah mengumumkan fasa front-end dan back-end pelaksanaan. Apabila penyasaran semula subsidi RON95 dilaksanakan, rakyat yang layak akan menikmati harga lebih rendah iaitu RM1.99 seliter melalui penggunaan MyKad. Manakala bukan warganegara atau mereka yang tidak layak perlu membayar harga pasaran tanpa subsidi. - Bernama