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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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Coronavirus or not, 78% of dating app Crush users risk it all to meet in person
NEW YORK, April 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In a survey of more than 4,000 of its users, creators of the dating app, Crush, report that 78% of respondents say that they would still choose to meet their matches in person during
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Hisham: COVID-19 vaccine production still in the early phase
PUCHONG: Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today said COVID-19 vaccine is still in the early phase of development. Hisham said World Health Organization (WHO) is still researching a few compounds to develop the coronavirus vaccine. “It
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CGTN: Remembering the medical professionals we’ve lost to coronavirus
BEIJING, April 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The unknown, relentless novel coronavirus has so far deprived thousands of people of their beloved family members in China. Parting ways doesn’t mean parting forever. CGTN explores in detail the lives of those who
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COVID-19: 150 new cases, four death – Hisham
PUCHONG: Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 150 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported today, bringing the total cases to 3,483. Hisham said 80 of the new confirmed coronavirus cases are related to the tabligh mass gathering
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PDRM receives data chain of COVID-19 involving 40,000 individuals
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received the data on the chain of the COVID-19 infection, which involves about 40,000 individuals, including those linked with the cluster on the tabligh assembly, from the Health Ministry (MOH). Inspector-General of
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