Strain baharu COVID-19: UK gantung penerbangan ke 6 negara di selatan Afrika
LONDON: United Kingdom (UK) menggantung penerbangan ke enam negara di selatan benua Afrika – Afrika Selatan, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe dan Namibia – sehingga 28 Nov berikutan penularan strain COVID-19 B.1.1.529, kata kerajaan UK. “Mulai tengah hari Jumaat (26 Nov), Afrika Selatan, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe dan Namibia akan dimasukkan ke senarai merah untuk perjalanan […]
Aeon Co earnings to get year-end boost
KUALA LUMPUR: Aeon Co (M) Bhd is likely to see “surging improvement” due to the normalisation of business activities although the group’s property management services may experience slower improvement given the new rent structure, according to Kenanga Research. In a note, the research firm said the improvement in the final quarter of the year would be underpinned […]
Hong Kong and China move closer to partial border reopening
HONG KONG: Hong Kong and Chinese authorities said a meeting on Thursday moved them closer to partially reopening the border between them, as the two governments dig their heels in as among the last in the world pursuing a zero-Covid-19 strategy. The global financial hub has followed Beijing’s lead to implement some of the strictest travel […]
October’s consumer price index up 2.9%
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia saw its Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 2.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 123.7 in October 2021 against 120.2 in the same month of the preceding year. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) attributed the higher CPI, a measure of inflation, to rising fuel prices and the discontinuation of electricity discount in […]
Banjir: 3,200 sukarelawan belia sedia berkhidmat di Terengganu
KUALA TERENGGANU: Seramai 3,200 sukarelawan belia di Terengganu bersiap siaga untuk digerakkan ke seluruh daerah di negeri ini bagi membantu mangsa yang terjejas dalam kejadian banjir dalam tempoh Monsun Timur Laut. engerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Belia, Sukan dan NGO negeri Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah berkata, kira-kira 300 hingga 400 sukarelawan akan berkhidmat di setiap daerah dan […]
Lowest October UK car output since 1956 amid chip shortage
LONDON, Nov 26 ― British car output fell by an annual 41.4 per cent last month to its lowest October level since 1956 as the global lack of semiconductor chips and a plant closure hit the sector, according to a trade industry body. A total of 64,729 cars rolled off British production lines, data from […]
Protest paralyses Bangladesh capital after student death
DHAKA, Nov 26 — Huge crowds blockaded busy streets and harassed drivers in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday to protest the death of a high school student in a road accident. Thousands of uniformed students brought traffic to a standstill around Dhaka’s main commercial district and near the national parliament. Others marched to the city […]
Mention for case of murdered security guard set for Jan 12
IPOH: The case of the businessman charged with the murder of 64-year-old security guard S. Thava Sagayam has been set for mention on Jan 12. Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Mohd Darus set the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Sufi Aiman told the court that they were still waiting for the coroner’s report. In response, lawyer […]
Terbuka Malaysia: Aifa Azman, Eain Yow mara ke separuh akhir dengan bergaya
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemain skuasy wanita sensasi negara Aifa Azman menitiskan air mata kegembiraan selepas menumpaskan lawan ketiganya dari Mesir untuk melayakkan diri ke separuh akhir Kejohanan Skuasy Terbuka Malaysia. Pemain berusia 19 tahun itu berjaya mengatasi cabaran dihadapinya dengan menewaskan pemain nombor 35 dunia dari Mesir Hana Ramadan 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 dalam perlawanan suku akhir […]
