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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: A nighttime fire at a plastic processing factory located upstream from Sungai Kuang has been determined to be the cause of odor pollution in the river. A statement issued by the chairman of Selangor’s committee for environment, green technology, science, technology and innovation and consumer affairs, Hee …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Human beings are exposed daily to background radiation directly or indirectly from cosmic rays, mobile phones, televisions, building materials, agricultural products and even from their own bodies. Radiation is basically energy that is emitted as electromagnetic waves or moving subatomic particles from a source that travels …

[ad_1] USM researchers believe that mass testing is the way to go to detect and isolate patients who show no symptoms. GEORGE TOWN: A group of mathematicians said today that they expected the 10,000 active cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday to rise to 15,000 in two weeks. Medical and mathematical …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (Bloomberg): – With the intensification of Thai protests against the monarchy, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s grip on power is increasingly tenuous. A poll released on Sunday (October 25) by Bangkok’s Suan Dusit University showed that more than 62 percent of participants said that discontent with Prayuth was the …

[ad_1] Sultan Abdullah has gained popularity with his approachable demeanor and down-to-earth image. (Photo by Bernama) KUALA LUMPUR: Frustrated with a months-long political power struggle during the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysians have praised the king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah for rejecting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s request to impose an emergency …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – People recovering from COVID-19 can suffer significant impacts on brain function, and the worst cases of infection are linked to mental decline equivalent to brain aging in 10 years, researchers warned Tuesday. A non-peer-reviewed study of more than 84,000 people, led by Adam Hampshire, a physician …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – PPeople recovering from COVID-19 can suffer significant impacts on brain function, and the worst cases of the infection are linked to mental decline equivalent to brain aging in 10 years, researchers warned Tuesday. A non-peer-reviewed study of more than 84,000 people, led by Adam Hampshire, a …

[ad_1] MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government faced backlash on Monday over its plans to put one of Europe’s worst COVID-19 hotspots under a six-month state of emergency. Opposition parties said six months was too long, epidemiologists said this might be too short, and some citizens resisted night curfews. [nL1N2HG0CO] …

[ad_1] “A real challenge we have to be prepared for” is how Jürgen Klopp underlined the threat that he believes FC Midtjylland will pose when they visit Anfield in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Liverpool host the Danish champions in Merseyside for the second round of Group D matches, …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah has also refuted allegations that the Covid-19 figures for Saturday (October 24) were inaccurate. Early Monday (October 26), the Health Ministry denied the report that it was falsifying the numbers. He said that daily Covid-19 data from the Ministry …