[ad_1] WUHAN: Nervous residents of Wuhan’s Chinese pandemic epicenter lined up across the city to test for COVID-19 on Thursday (May 14) after a new group of cases triggered a mass detection campaign. The ranks of residents who kept their social distance formed at makeshift testing sites set up under …
Read More »Accelerate trading volume | The star
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Trading interest in bottom-line stocks in Bursa Malaysia remained high as trading volume reached the seven billion mark, with rubber glove counters keeping the focus of traders. While the breadth of the market for the FBM KLCI was negative, medical glove and concept game stocks underpinned the …
Read More »No free stay for foreign spouses
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Immigration will revoke its facilities for foreign spouses of Malaysian citizens who refuse to settle their bills after undergoing mandatory quarantine, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Photo) The government, he said, made it clear when it wanted to enforce the mandatory quarantine for Malaysians returning …
Read More »Barber owners need financial help from government, association says
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: After months without revenue, hair salon owners turn to ah long or lenders to survive after they were ordered to close due to the motion control order (MCO). Many of them do not qualify for government financial aid or it was taking too long to approve it. …
Read More »Migrant workers on the front line as Malaysia and Thailand return to work
[ad_1] A group of migrant workers in Petaling Jaya is arrested for submitting to swabs. BANGKOK: Thailand and Malaysia moved quickly to avoid Covid-19, sealing their borders, closing the movement of people, and encouraging social distancing. They now face the delicate challenge of restarting their economies when the trusted migrant …
Read More »Don’t come back now, Sabahans told after peninsula returnees found infected
[ad_1] Sabah students arriving from Kuala Lumpur at the Kota Kinabalu airport earlier this month. (Bernama pic) KOTA KINABALU: Sabah health authorities have urged those intending to return to the state to postpone their trips after 10 people traveling from the peninsula were found to be infected with the Covid-19 …
Read More »Discharge without acquittal for Riza
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Film producer Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz has been given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the Sessions Court here over five counts of money laundering involving US $ 248mil (RM1.25bil) linked to the controversial 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Judge Azman Ahmad made the ruling after …
Read More »Wee: JPJ to resume full operations on Monday
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Department of Road Transport (JPJ) will resume operations for all its services, including at Pos Malaysia branches, on May 18, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. “Right now, JPJ staff across the country are making final preparations for full operations, including ensuring that all requirements …
Read More »Taiwan Semiconductor to announce US $ 12bil factory USA
[ad_1] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, the world’s largest contract maker of computer chips, is expected to announce plans to build an approximately $ 12 billion advanced chip factory in Arizona, according to people familiar with the matter. The announcement, expected on Thursday, coincides with an effort by the President …
Read More »United States Accuses Chinese-Born Investigator at Cleveland Clinic of Links to Chinese Espionage
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Chinese-born Cleveland clinic employee has been arrested on fraud charges related to $ 3.6 million (£ 2.95 million) in federal grants, the FBI, the latest move in a US crackdown on Thursday, said. Alleged attempts by China will steal American scientific advances. The FBI …
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