Author: Atan Agus

Crimean Tatar-led underground movement is already active behind Russian lines and hundreds of young Tatar men are ready to take up arms to liberate the occupied peninsula, a veteran community leader has said. Mustafa Dzemilev, widely seen as the godfather of the Crimean Tatar rights movement, pointed to operations by the Atesh guerrilla group, comprising Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians and Russians, in Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian regions. Atesh, which means “fire” in Crimean Tatar, was created in September last year, primarily to carry out acts of sabotage from within the ranks of the Russian army. It claims more than 4,000 Russian soldiers have already…

JOHOR BARU, July 18 — Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar underwent surgery successfully to treat an old injury in his right shoulder today, in a procedure that lasted nearly three hours. According to a post on His Majesty’s Facebook page today, Sultan Ibrahim was confirmed to be in good condition after undergoing the surgical procedure at Damansara Specialist Hospital 2 in Kuala Lumpur. Sultan Ibrahim also spent some time mingling with the medical team after the surgery. The post stated that the Sultan will also undergo radio frequency follow-up treatment for a few days before he returns…

Being stateless in Malaysia is like being “invisible” as Malaysian authorities do not even collect official data on how many such people are here. And what does “stateless” even mean? It quite simply means someone who is not a citizen of any country in the world. They can be born in Malaysia but are not recognised by the government as Malaysians, and are also not recognised as citizens by other country. How do people end up being stateless in Malaysia? What is the Malaysian government planning to do and will their proposed changes to Malaysia’s citizenship laws make it better…

The number of Russian personnel at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is gradually being reduced, according to Ukraine. Its military intelligence agency announced the apparent drawdown on Telegram, but Russia has so far not commented There have been ongoing fears about a potential disaster at the facility in southern Ukraine since the Russians took it over last year. Both sides have accused each other of shelling near the plant, the biggest in Europe, prompting stark warnings from the international nuclear watchdog. A pullout by the Russians could go some way to easing those concerns. “According to the latest data, the occupation contingent…

JOHOR BARU: The Johor state government is working on relocating 165 squatter families in Kampung Hajah Hasnah after they were served with eviction notices informing them their houses would be demolished. State housing and local government committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said all 165 families have been identified as eligible for the offer to relocate. “Some of them are only tenants, not the original residents of Kg Hajah Hasnah. However, the state government is working on resolving this problem so that no Johorean is left behind without a roof over their head,” he said in a statement reported…

SEMEY. KAZINFORM «A new 270 km long railway Bakhty-Ayagoz will be laid in 2024-2025 to expand transport corridors. The railway scheme is being developed jointly with the Government and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC,» Abai region Governor Nurlan Urankhayev revealed at today’s briefing. The authorities have already allotted the land for the railway construction. The new railway will help increase rail traffic between Kazakhstan and China by up to 20 million tons a year. Besides, the governor told those present about the safe drinking water provision efforts. 54 projects worth 17 billion tenge will be developed in the region to provide…

According to bourgas.ru, in the near future Bulgaria will help Ukraine to restore the Ukrainian infrastructure and economy. This was stated by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov. He clarified that no specific actions have been taken in this direction yet, but there is already an interest shown by those working in the construction industry. “No action has been taken yet. However, this is an issue that is being discussed very intensively in the European Union, and in practice we are already trying to start preparing for a possible future recovery of the country. will come when we can, we will have…

Manufacturers are hoping for the artificial intelligence revolution to reach their factories, envisaging robots being used to repair complex machinery. There has been an explosion of interest in uses of AI across many sectors since the launch last year of chatbot ChatGPT from US startup OpenAI. And at last week’s Hanover Fair on industrial technology in Germany, the potential for artificial intelligence in the manufacturing sector was firmly in focus. Via the tablet in his hands, a young employee of American IT services provider HPE chatted with an AI-equipped virtual assistant, asking it to operate the arm of a robot.…

PETALING JAYA: One year can make a world of difference in an athlete’s life. Women’s singles shuttler K. Letshanaa (pic) was forced to quit the national team after suffering a serious back injury in February last year. Fast forward a year and the courageous 19-year-old, who fought hard to get her career back on track as an independent player, is back again in the national fold. Not only that, but she captured her first title since 2018 at the Uganda International Challenge last week. Letshanaa had also finished runners-up at the Malaysian International Challenge last December. Her good performances have…

The war in Ukraine has many aspects beyond those visible on the battlefield, which are more damaging in the long run for both Russia and Ukraine. It is known that before the start of the war in Ukraine, American and European defense companies had the first say in relation to sales of defense material in Europe, with Russia however keeping a small quota from sales of its own weapons systems to European countries and Balkan countries, with Serbia being its steadfast ally. This allowed Moscow to have the possibility to sell even more weapon systems in the future. However, the…