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Coronavirus: China accuses US of whipping up panic
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount. In central China’s
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Coronavirus wipes RM1.7 trillion off China’s stock market
Investors erased US$420 billion (RM1.7 trillion) from China’s benchmark stock index today, sold the yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the
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Preparation to bring home Malaysians from Wuhan in final stage – Ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Embassy in China is in the final stage of preparations to gather all identified Malaysians in Wuhan to be brought home today, following the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China. Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Datuk
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Thailand marks progress in treatment of coronavirus
ANKARA: Doctors at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand made progress yesterday in the treatment of people infected with the novel coronavirus, reported Anadolu Agency. They administered a combination of HIV and flu medications to those suffering from the coronavirus, which led to improvements
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Travel agency under fire for covering up Nur Sajat’s gender status for umrah
Albayt Travel (M) Sdn Bhd, under fire for its controversial travel arrangements for cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat and her family to perform the umrah, announced that they were trying to clarify the matter with the Malaysian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi
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Hong Kong to unveil depth of 2019 recession as protests, trade war bite
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is due to unveil the depth of its first recession in a decade later today, as violent anti-government protests and trade tariffs between Washington and Beijing took more steam out of the economy in the final
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Malaysian secretariat begins operations in Wuhan
KUALA LUMPUR: A task force from the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing has begun operating a secretariat in Wuhan city to assist Malaysians in the evacuation process following the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Datuk
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India’s guarded stimulus unlikely to revive Indian growth
NEW DELHI: India’s new federal budget is unlikely to drag Asia’s third- biggest economy out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as the government has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists
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China virus toll rises as Chinese markets set to reopen after holiday
BEIJING: The death toll from the new coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 today, Chinese state television reported citing official figures, as investors braced for volatility when Chinese markets reopen after the Lunar New Year break.
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Malaysian shuttlers in Thailand taking precautions, China masters postponed
KUALA LUMPUR: The national women’s badminton team, currently undergoing training in Bangkok, Thailand, is taking all necessary precautions in the wake of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. Thai authorities two days ago confirmed its first local human-to-human transmission of the virus,
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