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COVID-19: Observe ethics on use of social media, do not spread fake news
KUALA LUMPUR: The enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) has entered its 19th day today with majority of the public having complied to the ruling for them to stay home, but fake news on COVID-19, and also MCO, on
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Myanmar man falls to death in fight with countryman
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Myanmar factory worker died after falling from the fifth floor of a flat unit at Block U, Taman Pelangi here, in a fight, believed during a drinking bout, with a countryman yesterday. Seberang Perai Tengah district police
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Finance Ministry to finalise special stimulus package for SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR : The Finance Ministry (MOF) is in the midst of refining a special stimulus package for the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to ease their current difficulties. Its Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz said this proposed package
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COVID-19: Lockups are cleaned daily – IGP
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) conducts daily sanitation of its lockups nationwide to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said such a directive, for the daily sanitation of lockups, had been issued to all
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Prihatin package eases burden of daily income earners
SEREMBAN: For the past 20 years, Noriah Othman, 62, has been selling vegetables at a roadside stall at Jalan Sendayan here for income. A single mother with four children, she said she managed to get about RM60 a day which
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OPEC+ meeting delayed as Saudi Arabia and Russia row over oil price collapse
The delay came amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia and its allies, a group collectively known as OPEC+, to urgently stabilise global oil markets. Oil prices hit
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Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases
BEIJING : Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak.
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Indian power grid operators scramble to prepare for Modi’s ‘lights off’ plan
CHENNAI/MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to switch off lights across India on Sunday to mark the coronavirus fight is generating a lot more work and some tough challenges for India’s power sector workers. On Friday, Modi appealed
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Trump: ‘Going to be a lot of death’ in U.S. next week from coronavirus
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of the pandemic. “There’s going to be a lot of
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