Pakai pelitup muka selepas dine-in: Khairy Jamaludin
SHAH ALAM – Semua individu yang mengunjungi kedai makan secara ‘dine-in’ diingatkan untuk memakai semula pelitup muka selepas selesai makan. Menteri Kesihatan, Khairy Jamaludin Abu Bakar berkata, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) telah menyaksikan kebanyakan individu tidak memakai semula pelitup muka ketika bersembang selepas makan. “Apabila anda ‘dine-in’, tolong pakai pelitup muka selepas makan. KKM melihat […]
COVID-19: 6,630 kes baharu, naik lebih 400 kes berbanding semalam
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia merekodkan 6,630 jangkitan baharu COVID-19 dalam tempoh 24 jam yang lalu. Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah memaklumkan, jangkitan baharu itu menjadikan kumulatif kes COVID-19 yang direkodkan di Malaysia adalah 2,420,222 kes. Ia merupakan peningkatan lebih 400 kes berbanding yang direkodkan semalam, 6,210 kes. Source: Astro AWANI
Asian stocks broadly higher after Evergrande makes bond payment
SINGAPORE: Most emerging Asian stock markets recouped early losses on Friday after embattled developer China Evergrande Group made a bond payment to avert a default, but gains were muted, with Indonesia shares threatening to snap a five-week winning streak. China, Jakarta, South Korea and Singapore equities all opened lower but later rose between 0.1% to […]
Melbourne toasts end of long Covid lockdown
MELBOURNE: Melbourne reopened Friday after enduring one of the world’s most prolonged series of lockdowns, with relieved residents of Australia’s second-biggest city heading to bars, restaurants and for desperately needed hair cuts. The city’s five million people have spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. But now that 70 […]
Public advised to prepare for floods until early Nov
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) has advised residents in low-lying areas, flood hotspots and those living near rivers to remain vigilant and to prepare for the inter-monsoon period until early November. Its director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali said based on the Malaysian Meteorological Department (METMalaysia) report, the country would receive […]
PayPal in US$45b bid for Pinterest, say sources
NEW YORK, Oct 21 — PayPal Holdings Inc has offered to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for US$45 billion (RM187.2 billion), people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a combination that could herald more financial technology and social media tie-ups in e-ecommerce. It would be the biggest acquisition of a social media company, […]
‘Total annihilation’: 250,000 jobs at risk in Malaysia if pubs, nightclubs remain shut under Phase Four of NRP, group warns
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Trade group coalition Industries Unite today appealed to the government to allow pubs and nightclubs to reopen in states that are under Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Yaakob and the National Security Council (NSC), the coalition […]
Myanmar junta re-arrests more than 100 released in amnesty, says monitoring group
BANGKOK, Oct 22 — Myanmar’s junta has re-arrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country. The South-east Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a crackdown on dissent and […]
1,317 mangsa banjir di empat negeri ditempatkan di 22 PPS
KUALA LUMPUR: Seramai 1,317 mangsa banjir masih ditempatkan di 22 Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) di empat negeri seluruh negara. Menurut Info Bencana oleh Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, antara negeri terlibat ialah Melaka, Selangor, Perak dan Negeri Sembilan melibatkan 359 keluarga. Setakat jam 8 pagi pada Jumaat, seramai 942 mangsa banjir daripada 236 keluarga di Melaka masih […]
