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Bursa Malaysia snaps 4-day winning streak to open easier
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia snapped its four-day winning streak last week to open easier today, tracking the US stock indices which ended sharply lower last Friday. At the 9.05 am, key index FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) lost 19.55
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Madison Technologies develops CovCT as an initiative to accelerate Covid-19 contact tracing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Madison Technologies is proud to announce the launch of CovCT, an independent contact tracing platform that hopes to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The platform will kickstart in Malaysia today,
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Ringgit opens slightly lower at 4.33 against dollar
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened slightly lower Monday against the US dollar, snapping four-day of consecutive gains, amid lack demand. As of 9.01 am, the local note stood at 4.3300/3450 compared with Friday’s close of 4.3280/3350. AxiCorp global chief market
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Covid-19: People’s attitude determine duration of MCO
KUALA LUMPUR: The rate of public compliance to the Movement Control Order (MCO) is now at 97%, not the full percentage that the government wants to achieve to break the chain of Covid-19 infections. There are still people who insist on
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Mustapa: Country’s economy need at least six months to recover
KUALA LUMPUR: The government expects the country’s economy will need at least six months to recover after the COVID-19 crisis ends, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said the estimated recovery period was
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Syria reports first coronavirus death as fears grow of major outbreak
AMMAN: Syria’s health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the country’s first officially reported death from the disease. Syria also
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Modi seeks ‘forgiveness’ from India’s poor over coronavirus lockdown
MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of adequate planning ahead of the decision. Modi
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Maskargo works with government, ensure access to medical equipment
KUALA LUMPUR: MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) is collaborating with various governmental agencies in ensuring access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies for Malaysians from overseas. In a statement yesterday, Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh said, the company together
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China sees drop in new coronavirus cases; none in Hubei for sixth day
BEIJING: Mainland China reported a drop in new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, as Beijing seeks to stamp out the risk of a second wave of infections by shutting its borders to foreign travellers and cutting
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Trump backs off plan to reopen businesses by mid-April amid coronavirus warnings
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by mid-April after a top medical adviser said more than 100,000 Americans could
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