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Biden, Sanders’ disagree with Trump handle COVID-19

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted US President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak during a Democratic debate yesterday, touting their own plans to deal with a widening crisis that has upended the daily life of Americans. Democratic

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COVID-19: China’s industrial output shrink in two months

BEIJING: China’s industrial output contracted at the sharpest pace in 30 years, in the first two months of the year as the fast spreading coronavirus and strict containment measures severely disrupted the world’s second-largest economy, data showed today. Urban investment

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Changzhou National Hi-Tech District donates 100,000 masks to Japan and South Korea

CHANGZHOU, China, March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With COVID-19 now spreading outside China, and the increasing number of new cases in Japan and South Korea, fighting the epidemic has become a common global responsibility. On March 2, Changzhou National Hi-Tech

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AirAsia: Offers move flight, credit account for passengers

PUCHONG: AirAsia is making provisions for guests who are unable to travel as a result of their travel history, nationalities and respective travel bans. In a statement today, AirAsia comes up with move flight option to the passengers. One-time flight

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Novotel Sriracha & Koh Si Chang Marina Bay opens first phase of its dual-location hotel on the Gulf of Thailand

SRIRACHA, Thailand, March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The much-anticipated opening of Accor’s Novotel Sriracha & Koh Si Chang Marina Bay offers business and leisure travellers the opportunity to enjoy the ocean views of Sriracha and island paradise retreat on Koh

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COVID-19: Malaysia Junior Hockey League called off

KUALA LUMPUR: This year’s Malaysia Junior Hockey League (MJHL) has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) announced yesterday that the new dates for the preliminary rounds of the men’s Division One and Two categories of the MJHL,

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COVID-19: USM conducts online lectures

GEORGE TOWN: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will conduct online lectures beginning from today, in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Its vice-chancellor Prof Dr Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan said

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Tabligh event: French infant among four new coronavirus cases in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported four new cases of coronavirus including in a four-month-old French boy and two people who had travelled to Malaysia for a religious ceremony, the Ministry of Health said late Sunday. The baby is the son of a

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COVID-19 magnitude: Racism, Policies & Politics

PSM would like to express our sincere appreciation to the nurses, doctors, laboratory workers, cleaning workers, security guards and all other people working in the health sector across the country for your dedication, sacrifice and perseverance in the fight against

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COVID-19 : 213th Police Day celebration postponed

KUALA LUMPUR: The 213th Police Day celebrations scheduled for March 25 have been postponed, said Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. When contacted by Bernama today, he said the postponement was made

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