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[ad_1] COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 959 new cases of Covid-19 today, the first time it has fallen below four figures in a week. The last time the country registered fewer than 1,000 new cases in one day was on December 2. Selangor again topped the list with …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI jumped in morning trading, mainly due to the rapid purchase of Public Bank shares following the group’s announcement of a bond issue. At 12:30 p.m., the key index was up 15.63 points to 1,647.33. Trading volume increased to 7.29 billion shares valued at RM3.5bil. …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (The Nation): The Cabinet has removed nationality restrictions for long-stay tourists and tourists traveling by yachts, as well as their crews who can enter Thailand under the Special Tourist Visa (STV), the deputy spokesperson of the government. Ratchada Thanadirek said on Tuesday (December 8). With the announcement of …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (pictured) has volunteered to be the first to be tested with the Covid-19 vaccine before administering it to the rakyat. The offer was made after Sarikei MP Wong Ling Biu proposed that politicians and leaders should be the first to …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA) has not issued any mining approvals for non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE) in the Permanent Forest Reserve area, said its minister, Datuk Dr. Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. He said that approval for areas other than Permanent Forest Reserves is subject …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: As of today, a total of 2,742 Malaysians are incarcerated abroad for various crimes, including drugs, fraud, credit card forgery, as well as customs and immigration offenses, Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar (pix) said the number is based on the latest information …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean ‘cruise to nowhere’ from Singapore has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing about 2,000 passengers to be quarantined in their cabins and on the ship Quantum of the Be back to dock on Wednesday. Singapore has been piloting the tours, which …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The status and number of Malaysians imprisoned abroad, as well as the Foreign Ministry’s efforts to assist them, will be raised today at Dewan Rakyat’s session. According to the Order of the Meeting, the matter will be raised during the Q&A session through a question from Datuk …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Global stock indices rose and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted record closing highs on Tuesday after encouraging news about the COVID-19 vaccine, while Brexit negotiations weighed on the British pound. Wall Street stocks reversed earlier declines for the day, even as concerns about further fiscal stimulus …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday defeated Republicans seeking to dump up to 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania as they try to undo President Donald Trump’s electoral defeat, and justices refuse to block the state access. there formalizing the victory of president-elect Joe Biden. The …