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Movement control order: Nearly 50,000 Thais returns home
NARATHIWAT: Nearly 50,000 Thai nationals working in Malaysia, have returned home following the Malaysian government’s decision to impose the Movement Control Order (MCO), from March 18 to 31 to contain COVID-19. Fourth Army deputy commander Maj Gen Kriangkrai Srirak said,
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Malaysia warns of more coronavirus cases as it traces guests of Islamic event
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s coronavirus cases jumped to 1,183 on Saturday with eight deaths, and the government warned of more cases next week as it looks for people who attended a mass religious gathering linked to a majority of the cases.
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Singapore reports two deaths from Coronavirus
Two people died of the coronavirus in Singapore on Saturday morning, the first confirmed fatalities in the Southeast Asian nation. They were a 75-year-old female Singaporean, and a 64-year-old Indonesian man, the island’s health ministry said. The woman had a
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China’s imported coronavirus cases jump as students, expats flock home
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China reported a record rise in imported coronavirus cases on Friday as expatriates returned home from the United States and Europe, sparking fears of a second wave of infections just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak.FILE PHOTO:
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US crude climbs after Trump comments on Saudi-Russia dispute
SINGAPORE: US crude oil prices edged higher today, extending gains after a 24% jump the previous day, buoyed by hints from US President Donald Trump he may intervene in the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia at an “appropriate
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Malaysia to receive medical supplies from Jack Ma, Alibaba foundations
KUALA LUMPUR: The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation recently announced donations of medical supplies to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. According to a statement, the foundations have been able to reach out to the governments of those four
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‘Is that it?’: Chinese report into death of doctor who raised coronavirus alarm underwhelms
SHANGHAI: A Chinese report into the coronavirus death of a young doctor reprimanded by police for “spreading rumours” when he tried to raise the alarm about the disease drew quick criticism online after it merely suggested the reprimand be withdrawn.
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India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
NEW DELHI: India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over
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Embassy tracing 83 Malaysian participants of Sulawesi tabligh gathering
JAKARTA: Efforts are ongoing to trace 83 Malaysians who are believed to have come to Indonesia to attend an international tabligh gathering in Sulawesi that the Indonesian authorities have since ordered to be cancelled. The Malaysian Embassy here is working with
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Oil pares gains as investors wait to see if coronavirus stimulus works
TOKYO: Oil prices rose on Thursday but pared early gains as investors tried to assess how effective massive stimulus by central banks will be in shoring up the global economy as the shock from the coronavirus pandemic deepens. Bucking panic
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