Israel begins targetting Hamas’ cryptocurrency accounts
TEL AVIV: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz signed on Thursday an order to seize digital wallets with cryptocurrency used to finance Hamas’ activities, reported Sputnik. “A joint operation by the Israel Security Agency (ISA), the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing, the Israeli Defence Ministry and the Israeli police discovered a network of e-wallets used […]
SKorea to raise Covid-19 restrictions to highest level in Seoul
SEOUL: South Korea will raise coronavirus curbs to their highest level in the Seoul metropolitan area, the country’s prime minister said Friday, warning a record spike in new cases had reached “maximum crisis level.” The country had previously been held up as a model of how to combat the pandemic, with the public largely following […]
‘No jabs, no job’: Fiji to make vaccine compulsory
SUVA (Fiji), July 9 ― Fiji has announced plans to make the coronavirus vaccine compulsory for all workers as it battles a runaway outbreak of the Delta variant, with the prime minister issuing a blunt message: “no jabs, no job”. Frank Bainimarama said all public servants in the South Pacific nation of 930,000 must go […]
Three killed, many feared trapped in Bangladesh factory fire
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least three people have been killed, 20 others injured and many are feared trapped after a massive fire raged through a factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday. The cause of the fire, which originated at a ground floor of a multi-storey building of the juice factory on Thursday night in […]
Sarawak Health Dept: Fake doctor at PPV did not administer Covid-19 vaccines
KUCHING, July 9 — A 20-year old man who was caught impersonating a medical doctor at the Covid-19 vaccination centre at the State Indoor Stadium, Petrajaya, did not administer any vaccination, state Health director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed said today. He said the department’s internal investigation revealed that the youth, who identified himself as […]
Ismail Sabri starts work as Deputy Prime Minister
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob clocked in at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office at Perdana Putra here today to start his duty as the number two leader in the country’s administration. Clad in a blue suit, Ismail Sabri arrived at the Perdana Putra compound at 10am and was welcomed by the Chief Secretary to […]
Sea turtle deaths in Terengganu alarming: Fisheries dept
KUALA TERENGGANU (Bernama): Sea turtles are dying at an alarming rate in Terengganu, with 55 cases recorded by the state Fisheries Department last year, says its director Ruzaidi Mamat. Although the number showed a decrease from the 78 deaths in 2019, he said the department believed there were many cases that were not reported. “For […]
DG Hisham: Covid-19 infectivity rate still above 1.0 for two-thirds of Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) remains above 1.0 for two-thirds of the nation, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Based on the number of daily cases, the Health director-general said the infectivity rate for the country is expected to reach 1.09 with only four states recording below 1.0. Putrajaya recorded the highest […]
