[ad_1] NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly. 1. Many Malaysians are on the move during the Christmas season even though the Covid-19 situation in the country has reached record levels in recent weeks. 2. Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor and Sabah all registered a …
Read More »It’s no wonder S’pore beat us in the race for vaccines
[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | ‘Khairy’s pathetic lament that Singapore has’ deep pockets ‘is a national affront …’ Why M’sia is months behind S’pore in receiving the Covid-19 vaccine Aegis: This makes no sense. Singapore and other countries get the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine early because they have the urgency and the …
Read More »‘Window of hope’: Europe starts rolling out COVID-19 vaccines
[ad_1] PARIS: Hungary and Slovakia got ahead of their neighboring EU countries when they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday (December 26), a day before launches in several other countries, including France and Spain, as the pandemic spreads across the continent. In Germany, a small number of people in …
Read More »Breakfast, freezers, Lego: the path of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Germany
[ad_1] BERLIN: It was during breakfast on the cold morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, “we have to fire the starting shot on this.” Sahin “had concluded from a post describing coronavirus cases in Wuhan … that there was a high probability that …
Read More »Europe launches vaccines in attempt to outpace COVID-19 pandemic
[ad_1] PARIS: Europe launches an unprecedented scale cross-border vaccination program on Sunday (December 27) as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million of lives around the world. The region of 450 million people has secured contracts with a variety …
Read More »Bursa Malaysia to participate in the Santa Claus rally next week
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (Bernama): Bursa Malaysia is expected to rebound strongly next week, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) benchmark set to test the psychological level of 1,700, amidst activities of facade and better market sentiment. Inter-Pacific Asset Management Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer Datuk Dr. …
Read More »‘The beginning of the end’: Europe launches vaccines to end the pandemic
[ad_1] MADRID / ROME (Reuters) -Europe on Sunday launched a massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19 with retirees and doctors lining up to receive the first vaccines to curb a pandemic that has paralyzed economies and has claimed more than 1.7 millions of lives around the world. “Thank God,” said Araceli …
Read More »Technology vs corruption | The star
[ad_1] THE nation was shocked when 39 Immigration Department officials were arrested for operating a union that provided “sealing services” to aliens and illegal immigrants. Addressing this serious integrity issue, the department’s CEO, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud, shares how technology will help his zero tolerance stance on corruption to reduce …
Read More »Boost to immigration services | The star
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Manual passport stamping will be replaced by digital printing once a new integrated system begins in 2023. The new system and the installation of CCTV cameras at the counters are among the measures to boost the efficiency of immigration services and deter their agents from committing crimes. The …
Read More »China to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2028
[ad_1] LONDON: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s largest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the two countries’ contrasting recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert group said. “For some time, a general theme of the global economy has been the …
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