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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia is shortening the quarantine period for incoming travelers from 14 to 10 days, starting from Monday (December 14). The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said the decision to shorten the quarantine …

[ad_1] Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg The relentless pace of inflows heading into China’s bonds and stocks has a yuan bullish predicting the currency could strengthen to a level not seen in nearly three decades. A “flood” of foreign cash will haunt yuan-denominated assets in …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The quarantine period for foreign travelers has been reduced to 10 days from December 14, starting on December 14. Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the decision to shorten the quarantine period was based on the latest scientific and practical evidence in other …

[ad_1] LONDON: The UK financial sector is nervously watching the prospect of a “no deal” Brexit grow, fueling fears of loss of customers and influence in key areas, as well as market turbulence. The Bank of England, where most of the risk is concentrated, is preparing for the end of …

[ad_1] While Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Manchester City will not live long in memory, Fred provided one of the few moments of entertainment. The Brazilian international has emerged as one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s most important players in the past 18 months after a difficult start to his career …

[ad_1] BEIJING: A confident-sounding Communist Party of China spoke of a brighter future by remembering the victims in a ceremony on Sunday (December 13) on the 83rd anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. Over six weeks, Japanese troops raped and killed tens of thousands, and by some estimates hundreds of thousands, …

[ad_1] CHERNOBYL: A soft snow fell as a group of visitors equipped with a Geiger counter wandered through the ghostly Ukrainian city of Pripyat, frozen in time since the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986. More than three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster forced thousands of people to evacuate, …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Just days after wildfires threatened an Australia World Heritage site, thousands of people were preparing for flooding on the subtropical east coast on Sunday (December 13), with beaches closed and authorities urging people to take out their houses with sandbags. With up to 475 millimeters of rain in …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Yubaraj Khadka, a Malaysian worker for Top Glove Corp, took two photos in May of co-workers huddling together at a factory for the world’s largest manufacturer of medical-grade latex gloves. As the coronavirus pandemic progressed, photos seen by Reuters show dozens of workers lined up …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The country’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states on Monday (Dec. 14) morning, US officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the vaccines needed to end to an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. The trucks will launch Sunday morning when …