New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia top 21,000 mark for second day straight, Selangor alone notches nearly 7,500 infections
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — The Health Ministry recorded 21,468 new Covid-19 cases today. After breaching the 21,000 mark yesterday, today’s statistics pushed the country’s cumulative cases to 1,363,683 since the pandemic arrived last year. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor alone accounted for 7,449 new cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur […]
Jailed Samsung chief released on parole
SEOUL, Aug 13 — The jailed de facto leader of the giant Samsung group walked free on parole Friday, the latest instance of South Korea’s long tradition of freeing business leaders imprisoned for corruption or tax evasion on economic grounds. Lee Jae-yong — the 202nd richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a […]
Pharmaniaga’s shares up after striking deal to procure additional Covid-19 vaccines for govt
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Pharmaniaga Bhd’s shares on Bursa Malaysia rose in the early session today after the group announced that its unit has signed an additional Covid-19 vaccine supply agreement with the government on Thursday. At 9.52am, the counter rose 1.0 sen to 92 sen with 9.12 million shares traded. The group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Pharmaniaga […]
Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 13 — Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multi-billion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon. US media reports said the contract valued at US$10 billion (RM42.3 billion) is for modernising storage of classified data at the National Security Agency (NSA). “Based on the decision we […]
The 11-year-old British boy walking to save the earth
WOBURN SANDS, England, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England in a bid to garner support for a carbon tax to tackle carbon emissions. Partly inspired by activist Greta Thunberg, Walker, from Hebden Bridge […]
Polis dedah identiti anggota TUDM maut dalam kes tembakan
Kuching: Polis mengenal pasti identiti empat anggota Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) yang maut dalam kejadian tembakan di kem TUDM di Kota Samarahan di sini, pagi tadi. Ketua Polis Daerah Samarahan, Deputi Superintendan Sudirman Kram berkata, anggota yang maut terdiri ialah Koperal Udara Ho Swee Boon dari Lundu; Koperal Udara Mohamad Ehsan Sehamat dari Asajaya; […]
Adidas to sell Reebok to US firm Authentic Brands Group
BERLIN, Aug 13 — German sportswear giant Adidas said Thursday it has agreed to sell its ailing Reebok unit to the US company Authentic Brands Group in a deal worth €2.1 billion (RM10.4 billion). Adidas bought Reebok in 2006 but announced that it would offload the brand in February this year after struggling to lift […]
South Koreans told to cut holiday travel, work remotely amid rising Covid-19 wave
SEOUL: Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum urged South Koreans today to minimise holiday travel and asked companies to show flexibility in letting people work from home amid a worsening fourth wave of Covid-19 infections and a shortage of vaccines in the country. The spread of the virus has accelerated as the highly transmissible Delta variant has become […]
Japan issues highest risk alerts in Hiroshima due to torrential rains
TOKYO, Aug 13 ― Japan today issued the most serious level 5 risk alerts in the western prefecture of Hiroshima, citing unprecedented rains in the region and imminent risk of floods and other disasters. Japan Meteorological Agency issued the warning, adding in a statement that the rain front could stay over the country for about […]
