TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday that the timeline for vaccinating the broader population against the coronavirus would be decided and disclosed to the public after the approval of a vaccine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato made the comment at a news conference in response to a question about media reports
TUNIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — Tunisian Health Ministry on Tuesday night reported 2,598 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 184,483. The death toll from the virus rose by 94 to 5,844 in the North African country, the ministry said in a statement. The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients reached 1,985, and
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old woman to more than 43 years in jail for sharing online posts criticizing the royal family, her lawyer said, the country’s harshest ever sentence for insulting the monarchy. Her sentence comes at a time of unprecedented youth-led demonstrations in which protest leaders have openly
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) is scheduled to receive on Tuesday a first shipment of 5,000 units of the main Russian COVID-19 vaccine known as Sputnik V, an Israeli official said. The shipment is due to be brought by a PA delegate into the occupied West Bank through Jordan, the official said on
The mysterious “Q” behind the QAnon conspiracy movement, which was instrumental in the storming of the US Capitol, is in fact two people, according to Swiss experts. Swiss startup OrphAnalytics said it had used its algorithm-based machine-learning text analysis software, developed to detect plagiarism, to help crack the mystery behind QAnon. “There are clearly two
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol complex is on lockdown, with no entry or exit allowed due to an external security threat and people inside being forced to shelter in place, according to a Reuters witness. The lockdown comes just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration and follows the Jan. 6 attack on the
SIBU: A hawker has been fined RM1,000 for violating the movement control order by selling durians by the roadside on Monday (Jan 18). Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 56-year-old was compounded by the Sibu district MCO monitoring team led by Sibu Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division (JPJKK) Deputy Supt Ariffin
WASHINGTON (AP): Veterans of President Donald Trump’s failed re-election campaign had key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the US Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting the grassroots image pushed by groups involved in the event. A pro-Trump non-profit organisation called Women for America First
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s public health system is on the verge of collapsing as hospitals in the areas worst-affected by a worrying surge in coronavirus cases are quickly running out of intensive care beds to treat COVID-19 patients. “Our health system is under a situation of extreme pressure,” Health Minister Marta Temido told reporters on
BEIRUT/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under U.S. sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report by a Lebanese journalist and London company filings. Savaro Ltd, the trading firm which procured the chemicals in 2013,
TOKYO (Reuters) – For Yuuki Hamazono, it was a relief to find bars and restaurants in Tokyo flouting the Japanese government’s request to close by 8 p.m. The 30-year-old financial trader was one of many people out in the Shimbashi nightlife district during the first weekend of an expanded state of emergency, with the government
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity and it is urgent that Tehran and Washington return to a 2015 nuclear agreement, France’s foreign minister said in an interview published on Saturday. Speaking in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, Jean-Yves Le Drian said difficult talks over
PETALING JAYA: The proclamation of the state of Emergency is not with a political motive, nor does it suspend the Federal Constitution, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. He said that the declaration was made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on the
ARAU: A 54-year-old labourer was arrested for allegedly having 230kg of ketum leaves in his possession at Kampung Wai, Kuala Perlis here on Tuesday (Jan 12). GOF Northern Brigade commander Senior Asst Comm Abdul Ghani Mohamad Ji said the suspect was detained by police during an integrated operation dubbed Ops Benteng that was meant to
PETALING JAYA: Former Lord President Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas has passed away just days after testing positive for Covid-19. He was 91 years old. His death was announced in a WhatsApp message by his children on Saturday (Jan 16), saying that he passed away at 3.20am. On Thursday (Jan 14) as-Salihin Trustee Berhad president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday. In November, President Donald Trump’s administration said it would sharply cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, stopping short
PETALING JAYA: The Caring School Programme (Program Sekolah Penyayang) will be revived under Caring School 2.0, says Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon. The Deputy Education Minister described the revival as “good news” for the 400 Chinese schools that used to take part in the programme, their boards of governors, parents and teachers before it was
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – People from the Cook Islands can start quarantine-free travel to New Zealand next week, the two governments said on Friday, but New Zealand-based people will have to wait until later in the year to visit the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands is one of the few countries to remain COVID-free. Leaders of
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior provincial official said on Thursday. Local security forces have been dispatched to the village in Irumu territory to investigate, provincial interior minister Adjio Gidi said by
SEREMBAN: Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir has called on government leaders at all levels and the people to unite and always give their undivided loyalty, defend and protect the country, especially in facing the challenges of Covid-19. “In realising the impact of the pandemic on the economy, I also urged
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow has extended all restrictions against COVID-19 until Jan. 21, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday, with the exception of pupils returning to schools from Monday. Russia, which launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine last month, has resisted imposing a strict lockdown as it did during the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock will on Thursday urge the United States to reverse its plan to designate Yemen’s Houthi group as a foreign terrorist organization, warning the move would push the country into a “famine on a scale that we have not seen for nearly forty years.” In a planned
(Reuters) – Following are comments on the U.S. House of Representatives vote on Wednesday on the impeachment of President Donald Trump. HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR JIM MCGOVERN, DEMOCRAT OF MASSACHUSETTS “We are debating this historic measure at an actual crime scene and we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the president of the United
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) Kedai Tenaga and meter reading activities will operate as usual during the movement control order and emergency, says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. He said all other electricity supply services such as new electricity connections, repairs, and the service of TNB CareLine at 15454
GOMBAK: The police have set up several roadblocks here and closed several roads due to the movement control order, says Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Arifai Tarawe. “We have set up a roadblock along KM14 of the Kuala Lumpur – Ipoh road in both directions. “Roadblocks at the Gombak Toll Plaza have been set in both
BRUSSELS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — The European Commission concluded exploratory talks on Tuesday with European biotechnology company Valneva with a view to purchasing up to 60 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine once it proves to be safe and effective. The conclusion of the talks came hot on the heels of a number of contracts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will pursue a more aggressive European space strategy to prevent being muscled out by U.S. and Chinese launcher technology, setting up an European alliance with industry this year, a EU official said on Tuesday. Over the past decades, Europe has sought to build independent access to space from U.S.
NEW YORK: There is no question that we are all more dependent on technology than ever. So what happens when that tech does not work? In the past, Emily Dreyfuss used an old-school strategy: She yelled. When Amazon’s Alexa spat out wrong answers or misunderstood questions, Dreyfuss let the virtual assistant have it. “I used
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Boeing announced on Monday that it will support the International Space Station’s (ISS) growing research capabilities and commercial opportunities with new solar arrays to increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply. The modification to Boeing’s ISS sustainment contract with NASA calls for Boeing to deliver six additional solar arrays to
JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a delivery agent over the meat cartel scandal here. The 55-year-old man was arrested at about 8pm on Monday (Jan 11) to assist in investigations under Section 18 of the MACC 2009 Act. Johor MACC director Datuk Azmi Alias confirmed the arrest but declined to comment
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