Tunisia president names Najla Bouden as country’s first female PM
TUNIS: Tunisia’s president on Wednesday named geologist Najla Bouden as the country’s first ever female prime minister-designate, to form a government with limited executive clout after the president seized wide-ranging powers two months ago. Bouden, a university lecturer and political unknown, will take office after President Kais Saied on July 25 sacked the government of […]
‘Urgent’ international response needed in Myanmar after coup: UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an “urgent” international response to the political crisis created in Myanmar by the February 1 military coup, in a new report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. In the document on “the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar,” […]
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows 74pc efficacy in large US trial
CHICAGO, Sept 30 — AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated 74 per cent efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5 per cent in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company’s US clinical trial published on Wednesday. Overall efficacy of 74 per cent was lower than the interim […]
Death toll in Ecuador prison riot rises to 116, six decapitated
QUITO (Reuters) -The death toll from a riot at one of Ecuador’s largest prisons rose to 116, President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday, adding that he would send additional security forces and free up funds to avoid a repeat. Another 80 inmates were injured during the Tuesday night clashes at the Penitenciaria del Litoral in […]
New Zealand tightens terror law after recent IS-linked attack
(Reuters) – New Zealand on Thursday passed a new security law to criminalise preparing a terror attack, tightening a loophole that was exposed by a man who went on to conduct a mass stabbing in the country’s most populated city. New Zealand has for months been moving to strengthen its security laws amid heightened fears […]
YouTube cracks down on anti-vaccine misinformation
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30 ― YouTube announced yesterday it would remove videos and some high-profile users that falsely claim approved vaccines are dangerous, as social networks seek to crack down on health misinformation around Covid-19 and other diseases. Video-sharing giant YouTube has already banned posts that spread false myths around coronavirus treatments, including ones that […]
Developers are making games for a Nintendo 4K console that doesn’t exist
Many people were surprised to learn that Nintendo Co’s new video game console is missing a common feature of rival systems: support for high-fidelity, 4K graphics. Perhaps most perplexed were the numerous developers who were working on 4K games using a software toolkit provided by Nintendo. Employees at 11 game companies said their teams were […]
Construction industry suffered RM42b in losses throughout MCO, says works minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The construction industry is estimated to have suffered a loss of RM42 billion throughout the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) from March 18 last year until now, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said of the total, RM18 billion was the estimated […]
Over 20 million of adult population fully vaccinated
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 20,053,472 individuals or 85.7 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on the Health Ministry’s data on COVIDNOW, 22,017,043 individuals or 94.1 per cent of the adults in the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine […]
