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COVID-19 may spell doom for HK’s thriving tourism, retail sectors
HONG KONG: Tom Bennell’s olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of pro-democracy protests that emptied Hong Kong hotels and restaurants, his major customers. Now he fears a knockout blow as the city fights the coronavirus. The
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COVID-19: 2020 Asia Cycling Comp. in KL postponed
PUCHONG: Asia Cycling Confederation (ACC) has decided to postpone the 2020 Asia Cycling Competition, scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on March 17 onwards, to a later date due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Also postponed are the its Administration Committee Meeting and
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Indian filmmaker to sue makers of Oscar-winning movie ‘Parasite’
Tamil producer PL Thenappan, who holds the rights of the 1999 Vijay-starrer ‘Minsara Kanna’, has declared he will sue the makers of ‘Parasite’, the Korean film that won big at the recent Oscars on grounds of plagiarism. “On Monday or
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Coronavirus cases rise again in China’s Hubei province
SHANGHAI: The number of reported new cases of coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose today after two days of falls, as authorities imposed tough new restrictions on movement to prevent the spread of the disease which has now killed more
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COVID-19: American from cruise ship docked in Cambodia tests positive in Msia
KUALA LUMPUR/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: An 83-year-old American passenger from a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia after being shunned by other countries has tested positive for the new coronavirus after being tested in Malaysia, health authorities said yesterday. The woman was
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China sees 2,641 new COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: More than 2,600 new cases were confirmed from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China, health officials said today, a day after people returning to the capital from holidays were ordered to quarantine themselves for 14 days. The total of
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Nine more COVID-19 cases in Singapore, total now 67
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday confirmed nine additional COVID-19 cases in the city-state, bringing the tally to 67. MOH said of the new cases, six are linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God church and one
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India’s halt on Malaysian palm imports stir up edible oil trade
India’s curb on Malaysian palm oil imports has disrupted global edible oil trade flows, with Indonesia diverting supplies to feed India, Malaysia rushing to tap markets left behind by Jakarta, and India substituting palm with other oils. India, the top
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WHO: Coronavirus vaccine will be available in 18 months
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the first vaccines for COVID-19 could be ready in 18 months, reported Xinhua news agency. In the meantime, he tweeted, “there’s a lot we can do to prevent transmission and
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Another wall goes up for Trump, this time in India
AHMEDABAD: US President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month. A senior government said the wall was being
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