[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported a record 3,309 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Jan 12), its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. The spike in cases comes less than a week after Malaysia set its previous daily case record of 3,027 infections on January 7. Ad Ad …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The government has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore Airlines (SIA) staff, in the latest step forward in Singapore’s vaccination exercise. The airline is believed to be the first in the world to offer its staff the option of getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. An SIA spokesperson said …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor recovered a “black box” from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea with 62 people on board. Recovery of the device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to sink in the ocean …
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[ad_1] Stomper P He was enraged when he saw that his Pomeranian, which costs $ 4,000, was ‘shaved to the skin’ by a groomer at The Precious Pets, adding that he did not ask that his dog be shaved. However, the groomer and the head of the mobile grooming company …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has entered a state of emergency. It will last until Aug. 1 or earlier, depending on the status of coronavirus infections, a palace statement said. The king’s proclamation of the state of emergency on Tuesday morning (January 12) came amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 17 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (January 12), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary daily update. No cases of local transmission were reported in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad All 17 cases were imported …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man accused of trespassing on the premises of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary last year and defacing a statue of Mary was acquitted of all charges in district court on Monday (January 11). Race Koh Jun Xian, now 38, received a …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: Social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday (January 11) after the tech giant’s web division forced the conservative network to go offline for failing to monitor incitement to violence. Parler, based in Nevada, applied to a federal court for a restraining order to prevent Amazon Web Services …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Five days after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, new videos reveal the level of violence that left lawmakers cowering and police calling for backup. The images that were disseminated on social networks show a policeman dragged and beaten on the ground; protesters yelling to …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf will resign, days after criticizing President Donald Trump for the United States Capitol unrest. Wolf, whose department is in charge of security for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, will retire at midnight, according to a letter he sent to DHS …
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