WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named ‘Mu’
GENEVA: The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said Tuesday in its weekly pandemic bulletin. The WHO said the variant has […]
Planeload of fleeing Afghans arrive in Mexico, including journalists
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A plane carrying 175 Afghans fleeing their strife-torn homeland arrived in Mexico on Tuesday night on one of the last flights to leave Kabul on the day U.S. forces completed a withdrawal that left Taliban Islamist militants in control of Afghanistan. It was the fourth group of Afghan civilians granted entry […]
South Korea in eleventh-hour talks to head off strike by health workers
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean government officials were in last-ditch efforts on Wednesday to stave off a strike by health workers who say they are exhausted from battling waves of COVID-19 outbreaks and need more personnel and better work conditions. The Korean Health and Medical Worker’s Union has warned some of its 80,000 members, including […]
Thirty-two die as bus plunges off cliff in Peru
LIMA: Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru early Tuesday, officials said, in the country’s third multiple-victim transport accident in four days. The accident happened on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 37 miles (60 kilometers) east of […]
Google extends remote work option due to pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Aug 31 extended the option for its employees to work from home into next year due to the pandemic. Returning to Google campuses will remain voluntary globally through Jan 10, with local offices given the discretion to decide when to require employees to return to their desks, according chief executive Sundar Pichai. […]
Empathic duo create website to connect jobless individuals to parties looking to hire
PETALING JAYA: There is now some hope for those in the B40 group who have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – a new initiative to match workers with parties that need their services. The social initiative, called Kitakerja.my, is the brainchild of two young Malaysians. “We are focusing on getting jobs […]
PM to table 12MP in Parliament on Sept 27
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will be tabling the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) in Parliament on Sept 27. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the 12MP is almost complete, adding that the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) will brief the Prime Minister accordingly. He said this after […]
World Para Athletics rejects Malaysia’s appeal against Ziyad’s disqualification at Tokyo Paralympics
TOKYO, Sept 1 — Malaysia received bad news when World Para Athletics (WPA) rejected its appeal on the men’s shot put F20 (intellectual impairment) result in Tokyo Paralympic Games, last night. National athlete Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli who broke the world record twice and would have won the gold in the event was classified as Did Not […]
Zahid on MC, case postponed again
SHAH ALAM, Sept 1 — Despite being on medical leave for cervical problems, Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi turned up at the High Court here this morning for his corruption trial in connection with the Foreign Visa System (VLN). The Bagan Datuk MP had undergone a medical procedure last week to treat a neck […]
