VTL Thailand-Malaysia dijangka positif
KUALA LUMPUR: Laluan Perjalanan Lengkap Vaksin (VTL) di antara Malaysia dan Thailand, dijangka meraih perkembangan positif meskipun wujud kebimbangan berhubung varian Omicron. Menteri Luar, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, berkata perbincangan VTL untuk laluan darat di utara Malaysia dan selatan sempadan Thailand akan dibincangkan dengan lebih lanjut menerusi lawatan kerja rasmi Perdana Menteri. Jelasnya, kunjungan Datuk Seri […]
Ingkar SOP: Pengunjung, pemilik pusat hiburan dikompaun RM165,000
KUALA LUMPUR – Gara-gara gagal memastikan pematuhan prosedur operasi standard (SOP), pemilik sebuah pusat hiburan menerima padah apabila dikenakan kompaun sebanyak RM25,000. Malah, para pelanggan yang berkumpul dan berhibur dengan mengabaikan SOP Fasa Empat Pelan Pemulihan Negara (PPN) semasa berada di dalam premis kelab malam itu turut menerima tindakan yang sama daripada pihak berkuasa dalam […]
Orang tengah punca harga naik 100 peratus
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Makanan (MAFI) mendedahkan peningkatan harga sumber pertanian dan penternakan di pasaran disebabkan manipulasi rantaian pemasaran oleh orang tengah. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee, berkata biarpun sektor pengeluaran dalam industri pertanian mengalami peningkatan sehingga 30 peratus, pembabitan orang tengah mengakibatkan harga di pasaran terlalu tinggi. Katanya, situasi itu mengakibatkan […]
4,965 kes baharu COVID-19 direkodkan hari ini
KUALA LUMPUR: Jumlah jangkitan baharu COVID-19 dalam negara hari ini direkodkan sebanyak 4,965 kes, kata Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Pertambahan angka baharu itu menjadikan jumlah kumulatif kes COVID-19 di Malaysia adalah sebanyak 2,667,999. Maklumat terperinci perkembangan pandemik itu akan dimuat naik Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia di laman COVIDNOW. Sementara itu, data […]
Malaria deaths rise by 69,000 in 2020 due to Covid-19 disruptions, says WHO
DAKAR: Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In total over 627,000 people globally – most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa – were killed by malaria […]
Myanmar foreign minister visits Cambodia after Suu Kyi sentencing
PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 — Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, held talks in Cambodia today, a day after the junta drew global condemnation for sentencing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to jail for incitement and breaching Covid-19 rules. Wunna Maung Lwin met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in […]
US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
WASHINGTON: The United States Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a calibrated rebuke of China’s human rights record that stops short of preventing US athletes from competing. The decision comes after Washington spent months wrangling with what position to take on the Games, hosted in February next year by a […]
N.Korea’s Kim calls for ‘absolutely loyal’ military officers
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country’s military education system must redouble efforts to turn out officers who “remain absolutely loyal” to the country’s ruling party, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim made the remarks at the Eighth Conference of Military Educationists of the Korean People’s Army held in Pyongyang […]
Alibaba overhauls e-commerce businesses
SHANGHAI: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will reorganise its international and domestic e-commerce businesses and replace its chief financial officer – changes that come as the tech giant grapples with an onslaught of competition, a slowing economy and a regulatory crackdown. It will form two new units – international digital commerce and China digital […]
