New Zealand rules out lockdowns as it prepares for Omicron outbreak
WELLINGTON, Jan 20 — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if there is a community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus but she ruled out lockdowns. New Zealand’s tight controls and geographic advantage has helped it remain free of the Omicron variant […]
North Korea hints at possible restart of nuclear or long-range missile tests
SEOUL: North Korea hinted Thursday it could resume its nuclear and long-range ballistic missile tests, as top officials led by Kim Jong Un said the country was preparing for a “long-term confrontation” with the United States, state-run media reported. Despite biting international sanctions, Pyongyang has conducted a string of weapons tests this year, including of […]
Microsoft muscles in on first wave of the metaverse
PARIS: US tech giant Microsoft’s US$69bil (RM289.31bil) purchase of Activision this week rocked the video game sector, but the deal may come to be remembered as the moment the metaverse went mainstream. The metaverse is theoretically the future of the Internet, a 3D virtual world where people will be able to interact using sensors, lenses and […]
Beijing city raises vigilance as local Covid cases tick higher before Olympics
BEIJING, Jan 20 — China’s capital Beijing ramped up efforts to curb Covid-19 infections, ordering checks among cold-chain firms and urging residents to cut unnecessary gatherings, as the city reported an uptick in local cases weeks before the Winter Olympics. Beijing had three domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms on Wednesday, including one previously reported […]
COVID-19: Tiga kluster pendidikan baharu dikesan di Kedah, keseluruhan enam
ALOR SETAR: Jabatan Kesihatan Kedah mengesan enam kluster berkaitan pendidikan di mana tiga kluster baharu dilaporkan sehingga hari ini, membabitkan seramai 253 individu positif COVID-19. Pengarah JKN Kedah, Dr Othman Warijo, berkata tiga kluster baharu itu adalah Kluster Dah Padang Halban, Kluster Dah Sungai Kob dan Kluster Dah Sungai Limau. Beliau berkata, Kluster Dah Halban […]
RMT: Siasat sekolah beri nasi putih, kuah kepada murid
Kuala Lumpur: Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) akan menjalankan siasatan berhubung dakwaan murid hanya diberi makan nasi dan kuah di bawah Rancangan Makanan Tambahan (RMT). Menteri Kanan Pendidikan Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin berkata, beliau dimaklumkan mengenai dakwaan terbabit yang tular di media sosial dan sudah mengarahkan siasatan dilakukan. “Malam tadi saya dimaklumkan tentang satu hantaran di […]
‘MetMalaysia keluar enam amaran tapi tak diendahkan’ – Ismail Sabri
KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia) mengeluarkan enam kali amaran cuaca signifikan, yang boleh mengakibatkan hujan lebat berterusan, bermula 18 Disember tahun lalu. Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, berkata bagaimana pun amaran cuaca itu tidak diendahkan sesetengah pihak yang terbabit secara langsung dalam pengurusan bencana. Beliau berkata, sikap itu berlaku kerana pihak berkenaan […]
56 anggota, pegawai polis Negeri Sembilan dibuang kerja
Seremban: Seramai 56 anggota dan pegawai polis di Negeri Sembilan telah dikenakan tindakan tatatertib dibuang kerja berikutan terbabit dengan pelbagai kesalahan jenayah dalam tempoh lima tahun sejak 2017, kata Ketua Polis Negeri Sembilan Datuk Mohamad Mat Yusop. Beliau berkata daripada jumlah tersebut seramai 31 individu terbabit dalam jenayah termasuk berkaitan tatatertib, dadah, syariah dan rasuah […]
