SMEs, micro enterprises start receiving additional aid under GKP 3.0
KUALA LUMPUR: The additional RM500 aid under the Prihatin Special Grant 3.0 (GKP 3.0) announced via Pemerkasa Plus package will be paid to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro enterprises in phases, beginning yesterday (Monday), said the Ministry of Finance. In a statement, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said this payment is […]
Malaysia on recovery path, better growth in 2021: Azmin Ali
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian economy is now on the path to recovery and is projected to chart better growth for 2021 despite the daunting challenges posted by Covid-19, said Senior Minister cum International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. Azmin said while Malaysia had been adversely affected by a global recessionary environment […]
Covid triggered biggest increase in hunger in decades: UN
PARIS: The Covid pandemic caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, a UN report released on Monday found, dealing a massive setback to efforts to ensure everyone has access to food. The world was already off track to achieve its goal of eradicating hunger by 2030, but the report […]
No Psy but BTS play on as Seoul bans fast gym music
SEOUL, July 13 ― South Korean mega-hit Gangnam Style may be taken off gym playlists in the great Seoul region ― but K-pop giants BTS can stay ― under new rules aimed at stemming a rising tide of coronavirus infections. The regulations, aimed at stopping gym-goers breathing too hard or splashing sweat on others, ban gyms from playing […]
Sydney’s COVID-19 cases ease but lockdown extension still on cards
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities reported a slight easing in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but left open the possibility of extending a lockdown in the country’s largest city to douse an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned the harbour city’s more than 5 million […]
Dutch PM apologises for easing virus measures as cases soar
THE HAGUE: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted Monday his government made a mistake by easing a raft of measures to combat Covid-19, apologising as daily infection rates rocketed to peak levels. Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge on Friday reimposed a number of restrictions including closing nightclubs as the highly-infectious Delta variant took […]
China hotel collapse kills eight; rescuers search for nine missing
SHANGHAI, July 13 ― Part of a hotel collapsed in the Chinese city of Suzhou killing eight people and rescue workers were searching today for nine people missing in the ruins, state media reported. The collapse of part of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in the coastal city happened yesterday afternoon. The Ministry of Emergency Management […]
Japan to provide one million more COVID vaccine doses to Taiwan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will send a third batch of donated COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan this week, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday, in a further show of support for the Chinese-claimed island which is now ramping up inoculations. Motegi told reporters that the AstraZeneca Plc shots would be sent on Thursday, which […]
241 evacuated as floods hit Raub
KUANTAN, July 13 — Continuous heavy rain since yesterday caused flooding in several areas in Raub, resulting in 241 people from 63 families to be evacuated to seven relief centres in the district as at 8am today. Based on the Social Welfare Department’s portal, 114 of the flood victims, comprising 30 families, are at the relief […]
