[ad_1] KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah Attorney General Tan Sri Herman Luping died on Friday (December 11). He was 83 years old. State Vice Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Joniston Bangkuai confirmed this in a Facebook post. “Our condolences to the family of the late Tan Sri Herman Luping. …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Some Malaysian palm oil plantations are discouraging foreign workers from going home at the end of their contracts and asking them to continue working as the novel coronavirus exacerbates chronic hand shortages of work, said human rights groups. Malaysia’s two largest palm planters said they …
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[ad_1] CAMBRIDGE: Britain’s AstraZeneca noted on Friday (December 11) that it would investigate combining its own experimental COVID-19 vaccine injected with Russia’s Sputnik V, a move that Russian scientists have suggested could dramatically increase efficacy. Sputnik V developers took to Twitter last month to suggest that AstraZeneca test the combination. …
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[ad_1] Herman Luping at his 80th birthday party at the New Zealand High Commission in 2017 (photo from Facebook). KOTA KINABALU: Herman Luping, former Sabah Chief Deputy Minister and later Attorney General, died at the age of 83. His death was announced today by Deputy Minister of State Tourism Joniston …
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[ad_1] PARIS (Dec 11): Sanofi and Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday that they will test their potential COVID-19 vaccine after clinical trials showed insufficient immune responses in older people, delaying its possible launch until the end of next year. The two companies said they planned to start another study next …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The ringgit advanced against the US dollar for the third day in a row today amid recent gains in oil prices and lower demand for the dollar, an analyst said. At 6:00 pm, the local note rose 100 basis points to 4.0500 / 0550 from …
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[ad_1] Dr. James Masing KUCHING (Dec 11): Parti Rakyat Sarawak Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar, Dr. James Masing, today told young aspiring Dayak politicians that their youth does not replace their age and experience in the administration of the state. “It is good to know that young Dayak Turks have …
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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin has conveyed special wishes for the ruler of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on his birthday on Friday (December 11). In a post on the Facebook page of the Selangor Royal Office, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin congratulated Sultan Sharafuddin on his …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Brent Lewin / Bloomberg Photographer: Brent Lewin / Bloomberg Malaysia’s ringgit rose to the strongest level since July 2018, erasing its losses caused by the virus for the year. The currency rose as much as 0.3% to 4.0483, as it broke the previous year high of 4.0515 against …
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[ad_1] South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk died of complications from Covid-19 in Latvia on Friday. News reports from Russia said the director died in hospital from complications associated with Covid-19. Kim’s family confirmed to various Korean media that the news was correct and that they had received a call …
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