Japan to declare quasi-emergency in COVID-hit Okinawa – paper
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government is preparing to declare a quasi-state of emergency in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa due to a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, perhaps as early as this week, the Mainichi daily said on Wednesday. It would be the first such declaration since Sept. 30, when Japan […]
SK Group has big plans here
KUALA LUMPUR: SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has committed over US$700mil (RM2.9bil) worth of investments in Malaysia in 2021, and intends to increase its investments in the country. In a statement, it said that in January 2021, SK Nexilis announced a capital expenditure of RM2.3bil to set up a copper foil manufacturing facility in […]
Dr M hints possibility of not contesting in next GE
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today hinted that he might not contest in the next general election (GE). During an interview with CITYPlus FM, he said he will continue to provide strong support to his Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) party. “I will be 97 or 98 in the next election, […]
Eriksen mahu kembali bermain bola sepak
STOCKHOLM: Christian Eriksen berkata hari ini dia bercadang untuk kembali bermain bola sepak buat Denmark di Piala Dunia namum temubual bersama penyiar Denmark itu mencetuskan banyak persoalan ketika masa depannnya masih belum menentu. Kontrak pemain Denmark itu baru-baru ini ditamatkan oleh Milan selepas satu alat diletakkan pada jantungnya berikutan tumbang ketika mewakili negaranya berdepan Finland […]
Jun Hoong the second athlete to retire
PETALING JAYA: “Twenty two years in diving and I think it’s time for me to enter a new chapter,” that’s the parting words of Malaysia’s only world diving champion Cheong Jun Hoong. The experienced Jun Hoong is the second Malaysian to quit competitive diving in the last one week after Leong Mun Yee. Both athletes […]
IHU, varian terbaharu COVID-19
PARIS: Saintis di Perancis mengenal pasti varian baharu COVID-19 yang dikatakan mempunyai 46 mutasi, ketika dunia sedang bergelut melawan varian, Omicron. Portal Independent melaporkan, varian baharu itu dinamakan IHU, iaitu B.1.640.2 setakat ini menjangkiti 12 orang di tenggara Perancis. Kes pertama dikaitkan dengan seseorang yang mempunyai sejarah perjalanan ke Cameroon, Afrika Barat, kata penyelidik dalam […]
‘End-of-life’: Old BlackBerries no longer work from Jan 4
NEW YORK: Nostalgic for those mobile phones with a physical keyboard? Brace yourself, because as of Jan 4 many models of the once-indispensable BlackBerry devices will no longer work. The Canadian company has decided to pull the plug on new updates of its operating system, meaning most BlackBerries that became synonymous with the emerging mobile digital […]
Kazakhstan government resigns after violent protests over fuel price
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after violent protests triggered by a fuel price increase rocked the oil-rich Central Asian country. Police used tear gas and stun grenades late on Tuesday to drive hundreds of protesters out of the main square in Almaty, the former […]
Floods: Number of victims in Johor increases slightly on Wednesday (Jan 5)
JOHOR BARU: The number of flood victims in Johor has increased slightly to 5,399 people from 1,430 families at 8am on Wednesday (Jan 5), compared with 5,634 people from 1,416 families at 4am. State Health and Environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said no new temporary relief centres (PPS) were opened and that the number of […]
