Russia banks turn to China after Visa, Mastercard suspension
MOSCOW, March 7 — Russian banks said yesterday they planned to issue cards using China’s UnionPay system after Visa and Mastercard moved to suspend operations in Russia over Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine. Russian Visa and Mastercard bank cards will no longer be valid abroad, and cards issued abroad will no longer work in Russia, […]
TotalEnergies stays while others flee
LONDON: France’s TotalEnergies SE (TTE) cuts a lonely figure hanging onto its Russian investments during a mass exodus of western oil majors from the country after its invasion of Ukraine, even though no sanctions have forced such divestments. “For existing assets, the company says it will respect European sanctions whatever the consequences. But for the […]
Dead cats on beach: T’ganu Veterinary Dept conducts post mortem
BESUT: The Terengganu Veterinary Services Department (JPV) has conducted a post mortem on the cats found dead, believed to have been killed or maimed, at Pantai Bukit Keluang yesterday and samples of the animal have been sent to the laboratory for analysis. State JPV director Dr Anun Man said a team from the department’s Animal […]
Early voting for Johor polls tomorrow
JOHOR BARU: A total of 22,531 voters comprising police and Armed Forces personnel and their spouses will cast their early votes for the Johor polls tomorrow. Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said out of that, 11,576 people are from the state police. He said the casting of votes would involve 63 polling centres […]
Malaysia records major drop in new Covid-19 cases with 27,435 infections
KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Health Ministry reported 27,435 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, a major decrease from the 33,406 cases the day before. This brings the cumulative infections to 3,622,607 from the time Covid-19 arrived in the country in 2020, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in […]
Celcom bags coverage award
KUALA LUMPUR: Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom) has bagged the Ookla speedtest award for best mobile coverage in the country. In a statement, Celcom said based on Ookla’s speedtest report for the third and fourth quarter of 2021 in Malaysia, Celcom’s mobile coverage and Malaysians’ mobile experience were analysed through Ookla’s coverage metrics. The speedtest report […]
Kaedah pemberian vaksin selain suntikan sedang diteliti
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia menerusi Pelan Hala Tuju Pembangunan Vaksin Negara (PPVN) sedang membangunkan kaedah pemberian vaksin melalui mulut dan semburan hidung, menurut Timbalan Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim. Beliau berkata, kaedah pemberian vaksin yang berbeza selain melalui suntikan itu sedang diteliti kerana terdapat rakyat yang takut terhadap jarum picagari bagi mendapatkan […]
VW plans US$2.2bil electric car plant in Germany
FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) says it has approved a €2bil (US$2.2bil or RM9.2bil) investment in a new electric car plant, as it seeks to overhaul its business in the face of stiff competition from US rival Tesla. Construction on the new German factory next to the group’s historic home in Wolfsburg will begin […]
China says most of its citizens evacuated from Ukraine
BEIJING, March 7 — Beijing’s embassy in Ukraine announced Monday that most of the approximately 6,000 Chinese nationals previously in the country had been evacuated, as Russia stepped up the shelling of multiple cities. In the weeks leading up to the conflict, Chinese state media dismissed US warnings of an imminent Russian invasion. Unlike many Western […]
