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[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Food outlets, street vendors, convenience stores and groceries in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor can only operate between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. as new restrictions Movement imposed in the three areas go into effect on Wednesday (October 14) to curb …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The World Bank said its executive board approved on Tuesday (October 13) $ 12 billion in new funding for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments for their citizens. The financing plan, which is part of the $ 160 billion in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – No local Covid-19 infections were reported on Tuesday (October 13) for the first time in more than six months, but Education Minister Lawrence Wong cautioned against complacency, saying Singapore would likely see new cases with the weather. In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, Mr. Wong, who …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy contracted slower than 7 percent in the third quarter of the same period last year, following the gradual reopening of the economy after the COVID-19 “breaker” period. This compares with an estimated 7.6 percent contraction by private sector economists surveyed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore …

[ad_1] Peru’s best-known tourist site, Machu Picchu, opened its doors after months of coronavirus closure, but only for one visitor: a Japanese man stranded in the country by the pandemic. “The first person on Earth to go to Machu Picchu since the confinement is meeeeeee,” Jesse Katayama posted on his …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – When Mr Ullah Kefayet was battling Covid-19 in the intensive care unit of the National Center for Infectious Diseases in May, his family thought they had lost him. “My family thought I was already dead,” he told reporters in a short video chat on Tuesday (October 13). …

[ad_1] By Paul Sandle and William James LIVERPOOL / LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a tiered system of additional restrictions on parts of England, including closing pubs, to slow the acceleration of COVID-19 cases, though anger it increased because of the cost of the …

[ad_1] A reciprocal green lane with Indonesia is the latest addition to the arrangements Singapore has made with countries to relax travel restrictions. Here are the fixes so far: LEVEL 1: UNILATERAL OPENINGS Singapore has unilaterally opened its borders to travelers from Brunei and New Zealand (since September 1), as …

[ad_1] A lawyer was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in jail for using methamphetamine or Ice. He was caught in possession of the drug at Woodlands Checkpoint in March 2018. Mark Tan Teik Yu, 42, pleaded guilty in district court on August 17 of this year to one count of …

[ad_1] The China National Biotec Group (CNBG) coronavirus vaccine candidate. Photographer: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images Photographer: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images One of China’s top vaccine developers is working on a plan to inoculate students traveling abroad with Covid-19 vaccines that have yet to gain regulatory approval, according to …