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KUALA LUMPUR — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said investigations on alleged queue-cutting for Covid-19 vaccines have yielded no evidence that any such incident occurred in the country. Speaking to Malay Mail, Dr Adham insisted that vaccines have so far only been administered to those who were due to get them. He said […]

KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian Association of Hotel Owners (Maho) wants the interstate travel ban lifted for the sake of hotels that have suffered huge losses in the past 12 months. Maho in a statement today revealed that a meeting with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) and its minister, Datuk Seri Nancy […]

US President Joe Biden suffered his first cabinet defeat Tuesday as he pulled an ill-fated nomination, the clearest signal yet that immensely powerful moderates in the deadlocked Senate can imperil his administration’s ambitious agenda. Biden was forced to abandon his push to make Neera Tanden the White House budget director after centrists on both sides […]

Hong Kong – Two days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine shot, a 63-year-old man in Hong Kong passed away, although it is uncertain if there was a direct link between the death and the vaccine, announced the Department of Health. Several media outlets reported the man had received China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine on Feb 26. […]

Karachi, Pakistan – The thriving black market of falcon poaching continues to be an issue of concern. It is an officially banned activity, yet demand for these birds of prey only increase. Every year, falcons migrate from Siberia down to Pakistan for warmer weather. When they do, wildlife traffickers follow and trap the birds for […]

Beijing – A Chinese man has been ordered to pay more than S$10,000 to his ex-wife for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark ruling that has sparked debate on women’s unpaid domestic labour. Divorcing spouses in China can now request compensation if they carried more responsibilities at home under the country’s new civil code, […]

PETALING JAYA — K-pop singer Jennie of Blackpink is reportedly in a relationship with Big Bang vocalist and fellow YG Entertainment labelmate G-Dragon. News outlet Dispatch claimed that Jennie and G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, have been together for about a year. The outlet, known for exposing the dating lives of Korean celebrities, […]

Los Angeles – US golf legend Tiger Woods was involved in a serious car accident on Tuesday (Feb 23) near Los Angeles. Mr Woods, 45, was driving along Rancho Palos Verdes near Los Angeles on Tuesday morning at around 7 am PT when his SUV crossed a median and went across two lanes before hitting […]

Moscow – Russian scientists have detected the world’s first case of the H5N8  strain of avian flu spreading from birds to humans. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been alerted. On Saturday (Feb 20), the head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova said during a televised statement that scientists at the Vektor laboratory had […]

KUALA LUMPUR — A survey covering South-east Asia found that Singapore had offered the best leadership in combatting Covid-19 in the region, with Malaysia placed at fifth behind neighbours Vietnam and Thailand. The report released by Singapore-based Asean Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute however highlighted that 18 per cent of respondents felt that none […]

Singapore—It’s a widely-known fact that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has the highest salary of any national leader. While we’ve written about this before, we’ve never taken a look at how his salary measures up to how much kings and queens are given annually, nor have we compared PM Lee’s salary to such respected world […]

Singapore — The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we approach travel. With much more to consider and weigh—different countries’ restrictions and health and safety measures, for starters—the decision of whether or not to travel is a big one. Some of us may have even booked flights that have since been cancelled because of […]

Hanover, Germany – A veterinary clinic in Germany has trained sniffer dogs to detect the Covid-19 virus in human saliva samples with 94 per cent accuracy. The breakthrough could provide an effective and reliable infection detection technology in various settings like public facilities. A Deutsche Welle report on Wednesday (Feb 3) announced that dogs trained […]

Shanghai – More than 80 people were arrested by Chinese police while 3,000 fake doses of Covid-19 vaccines were confiscated as part of an initiative to combat vaccine-related crimes, reported state news agency Xinhua. Since at least Sep 2020, the suspects have been engaged in manufacturing and profiting from the counterfeit doses’ sale, said Xinhua […]

by Jing Xuan TENG China on Thursday congratulated US President Joe Biden on his inauguration and called for a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington after a corrosive period of diplomacy under Donald Trump. Beijing also welcomed news that the US would rejoin the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accord, as Biden […]