[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The British public’s view of the government’s management of the coronavirus crisis has turned negative for the first time since February and they are worried about the risk of a new wave of infections, according to a survey published on Thursday. Against a backdrop of a renewed rise in cases caused
[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament on Wednesday approved all but one of President Ebrahim Raisi’s big-name nominees for a cabinet of hardliners that will have the task of implementing his plans to ease U.S. sanctions and tackle worsening economic hardship. Raisi, a hardliner under Western sanctions over allegations of human rights abuses when he
[ad_1] ALOR SETAR: A government retiree has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to a charge of criminal breach of trust involving more than RM1.77mil belonging to a Siamese temple. San Yap s/o Din Ei Yat, 71, entered the plea before Sessions judge Sharifah Norazlita Syed Salim Idid on Wednesday (Aug 25). The
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s national immigration institute (INM) said on Tuesday that one of its agents was hospitalized in a serious condition after being struck in the face and head with rocks a day earlier by a group of migrants. The INM said its agents were attacked by the group of migrants who
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has evacuated more than 4,000 American passport holders plus their families from Afghanistan in the ongoing airlift from Kabul, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. There was a delay in reporting the figures because U.S. officials were focused on getting people out of Kabul as quickly
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Another 211 people have succumbed to Covid-19, with 41 fatalities reported in Johor alone. This is the second day in a row that Johor has the most number of Covid-19 daily deaths in the country. This is followed by Selangor with 36 deaths, Kedah (32), Penang (23), Sabah (17), Perak (16), Negri Sembilan
[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling political party’s candidate for vice president in next year’s elections, a senior official of the PDP-Laban party said in a statement. In accepting the endorsement, Duterte is making “the sacrifice” and heeding “the clamour of the people,” said Karlo Nograles, executive
[ad_1] MINNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger have died of illness, the school principal told Reuters on Monday. The abductors have demanded a ransom to release the students, kidnapped in May after an armed gang on motorcycles attacked the school
[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s financial meltdown is dragging the country towards mayhem at a quickening pace, forcing its feuding leaders to face a choice between finally doing something about the crisis or risking yet more chaos and insecurity. The economic collapse that has caused Lebanese mounting hardship for two years hit a crunch point
[ad_1] YAN (Bernama): The body of the sixth victim reported missing in the water surge incident in Gunung Jerai has been found in an area of Titi Hayun here at 1.30pm on Monday (Aug 23). Yan district police chief DSP Shahnaz Akhtar said the body of Ridwan Poniman, 61, was found by the rescue team
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: A total of 441,100 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered nationwide on Sunday (Aug 22), says the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV). It said in a post on Twitter on Monday (Aug 23) that 137,555 people received their first dose while 303,545 individuals received their second dose. The JKJAV said that
[ad_1] BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – As she started a new life in Spain after escaping the chaos of Kabul, Nilofar Bayat said on Sunday she could not live under the Taliban, who she fears will reverse all the achievements Afghanistan has made over the past 20 years. The captain of the Afghan women’s wheelchair basketball
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The “Malaysian Family” approach by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is inclusive, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA president said the phrase transcends religion, race and ethnicity. “The Prime Minister also gave assurances that the voices of the young will be given priority in the government. “He also urged
[ad_1] VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposes taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power, he said in remarks published on Sunday. Austria took in more than one percent of its population in asylum seekers during Europe’s migration crisis in 2015 and 2016, and Kurz has
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – Around 100 migrants have been rescued just off the coast of Calais in northern France while trying to cross the English Channel, said the local French maritime body on Saturday, without specifying from where those migrants had come. French President Emmanuel Macron said this month that there was a risk a
[ad_1] BERA (Bernama): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is described by his friends as a person who is concerned about punctuality, approachable and emphasises the well-being of the people, regardless of race and background. Sharing the personal side of Ismail Sabri, who is also the Bera MP, an old friend, Abu Hassan Mohd
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Bera MP took his oath of office before Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara here on Saturday (Aug 21). Ismail, 61, attired in a black baju Melayu and gold-embroidered
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on one Russian vessel and two Russian individuals involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Friday. The move comes as U.S. President Joe Biden separately issued an executive order on Friday allowing for sanctions
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew to Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday with ties at post-Cold War lows, her final official trip to Russia as she prepares to step down next month after nearly 16 years. Relations between Merkel and Putin soured in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea
[ad_1] GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have smashed a prostitution syndicate where meet-ups with clients take place at budget hotels. Potential clients use messaging apps to solicit local call girls from the mainland, especially from parts of Seberang Prai. However, the syndicate’s were halted after a team of officers from the state police anti-vice squad raided
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – A suspected Italian drug trafficker who police believe may have bought two stolen Vincent Van Gogh paintings was arrested in the United Arab Emirates, a police statement said on Thursday. Raffaele Imperiale, 46, was arrested in Dubai on Aug. 4 by local authorities, who cooperated with the Italian police. He had
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with Merdeka month, young children share their hopes for a corruption-free future through a series of multilanguage videos unveiled by Rasuah Busters, a movement to eradicate the chain of corruption in the country. Themed “Merdekakan Kami Daripada Rasuah” (liberate us from corruption), the four videos share a heartfelt call through
[ad_1] KABUL (Reuters) – As the United States and other Western powers pressed on with the evacuation of their nationals and some Afghans on Thursday, the rest of Afghanistan waited to see whether the nation’s independence day would stir more anti-Taliban protests. Demonstrations in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday marked the first major
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Several states and federal territories are showing signs of a downward trend in the number of serious Covid-19 cases. Negri Sembilan, for example, is seeing a drop in the average of daily new cases over a seven-day period, or the seven-day average, for hospital admissions, patients in intensive care units (ICUs) as
[ad_1] DUSHANBE (Reuters) – The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan on Wednesday rejected Taliban rule of his country and said hold-out Panjshir province, north of Kabul, would serve as a stronghold for resistance led by self-proclaimed acting president Amrullah Saleh. Afghan First Vice-President Saleh said on Tuesday he was the “legitimate caretaker president” of Afghanistan after
[ad_1] SEREMBAN: Water supply to several areas in five districts in Negri Sembilan will be temporarily disrupted on Aug 24 to allow Syarikat Air Negri Sembilan (Sains) to carry out pipe replacement and maintenance works at its water treatment plants. The state water concessionaire said the affected districts are Kuala Pilah, Jempol, Tampin, Rembau and
[ad_1] Thousands of Afghans struggling to ensure the physical safety of their families after the Taliban took control of the country have an additional worry: that biometric databases and their own digital history can be used to track and target them. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of “chilling” curbs on human rights and violations
[ad_1] KINGSTON (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Grace pounded Jamaica with heavy rain and wind on Tuesday after causing flooding in parts of Haiti, which is scrambling to deal with a major earthquake at the weekend that killed more than 1,400 people. Grace, which is expected to become a hurricane by the time it hits Mexico’s
[ad_1] (Reuters) – More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouching and crammed up against each other on the floor of a U.S. military plane, left Kabul after the city was seized by Taliban insurgents. A photograph showing the Afghan civilians – some clutching luggage, others bottle-feeding infants – on the C-17 cargo aircraft
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