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Afghanistan’s Taliban say working on reopening girls’ high schools
THE Taliban administration in Afghanistan is working towards reopening high school education for girls, who were left out of a recent return to school for boys and younger girls, although a Taliban spokesman speaking on Tuesday gave no time frame
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HTAR sees possible anti-vaxx influence in current hospitalisations, deaths
Severe cases among unvaccinated younger people are outnumbering cases among vaccinated elderly people, which may be possibly linked to vaccine hesitancy, according to doctors in a COVID-19 hospital in Klang. This comes as more than 55 percent of the population
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Singtel and Trustwave Earn Acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for Their Managed SD-WAN and Security Services, Respectively
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the Asia-Pacific managed software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and managed security services (MSS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Singtel with the 2021 Asia-Pacific Customer Value Leadership Award
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New Zealand says it may not get to zero COVID-19 cases again
WELLINGTON: New Zealand may not get back to having zero coronavirus cases in the community, the director general of health said on Thursday, as the country continues efforts to stamp out the infectious Delta variant of the virus. New Zealand eliminated
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Baby girl injured in monkey attack
SEREMBAN: A 21-month-old baby girl was injured after being bitten by a monkey at the family residence in Taman Dusun Nyior here this morning. The Negeri Sembilan Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) director Wan Mat Wan Harun said the
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Parliament: 16 ministers scheduled to wind up debate on royal address today
KUALA LUMPUR: Sixteen ministers are expected to wind-up the debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address on behalf of their respective ministries in Parliament today with the session having ended yesterday. According to the Order of the Dewan
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Chicken prices start to show downward trend- KPDNHEP
PUTRAJAYA: The price of chicken in the market has shown a downward trend compared to the previous week, said the enforcement director of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), Azman Adam. Speaking to reporters after conducting inspections at
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More than 300,000 teenagers receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR: At least 308,000 teenagers aged 12 to 17 nationwide have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali. He said Sabah topped the list with 118,000
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Annuar to discuss issues on arts industry through Twitter spaces this Friday
KUALA LUMPUR: Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pix) will focus on the arts and creative industries at his second Twitter Spaces session with netizens this Friday (Sept 24). The first was held last Sept 17, and for this
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Nuklear Malaysia receives award for achievement in plant mutation
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has recognised the Nuclear Agency of Malaysia (Nuklear Malaysia)’s major achievement in plant mutation breeding and associated bio-technologies to enhance food security, by using radiation to
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