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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has detained 1,368 undocumented immigrants in a confined area in the latest raid despite fears that the crackdown could push vulnerable people underground and increase the risk of coronavirus infection in overcrowded detention centers . People from Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh were detained in …

[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines announced on Tuesday an extension of the closure of its capital, Manila, to 11 weeks, extending one of the world’s strictest and longest community quarantines until June to try to contain the coronavirus outbreaks. That would hamper a global trend to ease blockades as …

[ad_1] MELBOURNE / SINGAPORE: Oil futures rose on Tuesday, prompted by an unexpected commitment by Saudi Arabia to deepen production cuts in June in a bid to help drain the excess global market that has built up as the coronavirus pandemic crushed fuel demand. Brent crude futures advanced 0.7%, or …

[ad_1] PARIS: Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said Tuesday that he would leave Ferrari at the end of the season, saying there was no longer a “common desire” to work together. No replacement was named for Vettel, who dominated F1 with Red Bull before switching to the Italian …

[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has dropped to its lowest ranking, ranking 63rd on the annual Skytrax World’s Top 100 Airports list. The main gateway to the country fell from 54th place last year. The highest ranking KLIA achieved was in 2001, when it ranked second on the list. …

[ad_1] IPOH: Perak’s Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah expressed his appreciation for the frontliners fighting against Covid-19 when he opened the first session of the third year of the 14th State Assembly on Tuesday (May 12). He then led the state assemblymen in giving the frontliners a standing ovation. In his …

[ad_1] CITY OF GEORGE: The Finance Ministry needs to extend coverage of its Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) stimulus package to those employed in the concert economy, says Klang deputy Charles Santiago (pix). He said the initial scope of the stimulus and pay only focuses on formal employment of which some …

[ad_1] BEIJING (China Daily / ANN): A senior researcher at the biosafety lab and virology institute in Wuhan, Hubei province, said that strict security protocols have made it impossible for a virus to escape from the lab. “Our lab not only has a high level of biosafety infrastructure, we also …

[ad_1] Trump yesterday left a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump abruptly ended his coronavirus press conference on Monday after engaging in an irritable exchange with an Asian-American journalist. CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang asked Trump why he …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump abruptly ended his press conference on the coronavirus on Monday after entering into an irritable exchange with an Asian-American journalist. CBS News Reporter Weijia Jiang asked Trump why he continued to insist that the United States was doing better than other countries when …