[ad_1] © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the smokestacks of the Total Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices hit multi-month highs on Monday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may limit production to current levels in February as the …
Read More »Britain prepares to launch AstraZeneca vaccine
[ad_1] LONDON, January 4: Britain on Monday will become the first country to implement the low-cost, easy-to-transport COVID-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca on Monday, another step forward in the global response to the pandemic. Six hospitals in England will administer the first of 530,000 doses that …
Read More »State of emergency considered for Tokyo
[ad_1] TOKYO, January 4: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that the government would consider declaring a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area as coronavirus cases escalate and strain the country’s medical system. Japan registered a record 4,520 new cases on December 31 in a …
Read More »PPBM buying Umno members? Lodge MACC report, says PKR Youth
[ad_1] Akmal Nasir says that other claims of bribery, such as offering positions to occupy power and issuing letters of support, remain unresolved. PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth was recommended to file a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on allegations that PPBM allegedly offered money to Umno members to …
Read More »Manufacturing PMI hit a four-month high in December
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The IHS Markit Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 49.1 in December 2020 from 48.4 in November 2020, indicating an improvement in the health of the country’s manufacturing sector. The latest reading was the highest seen since August 2020, IHS Markit said in a statement …
Read More »Manchester United have given Liverpool FC a new problem in the Premier League title race: Tyrone Marshall
[ad_1] As Manchester United pressed to get their game in hand against Burnley squeezed into the busy January schedule, they could easily have taken their eyes off the ball. United might have realized that playing the game at Turf Moor this month would ease the pressure later in the season, …
Read More »Coronavirus: Chinese student discovered to have new variant upon return from Britain
[ad_1] A Chinese student who returned home last month after studying in the UK has been confirmed to have had the new strain of coronavirus first detected in the UK. The 18-year-old, who returned home to Guangzhou, the capital of southern China’s Guangdong Province, on December 4, is the second …
Read More »Unfortunate verdict reached in the death of Nora Anne
[ad_1] SEREMBAN: The Forensic Court here has issued a verdict of misfortune in the investigation into the death of the adolescent Nora Anne Quoirin. Coroner Maimoonah Aid said that, according to the evidence before him, no third party was involved in the death of the 15-year-old French-Irish teenager. “Most likely, …
Read More »Go ahead, fire me, I only want the best for Umno, says Annuar
[ad_1] Annuar Musa says he wants Umno to lead the cooperation between the Malaysian and Islamist parties. PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional General Secretary Annuar Musa says he is willing to be fired to maintain cooperation between the Malaysian parties and the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. In a Facebook post, Annuar …
Read More »UPDATED 12.25PM | List of locations affected by Covid-19 (January 4)
[ad_1] Below are the verified locations reported to have been affected today Malaysiakini will continue to add to the list as more locations are announced. If you are aware of any of the locations that were announced today but are not listed here, please email [email protected] For a list of …
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