BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The next six months under the German presidency of the European Union will be crucial for the bloc’s future, the EU’s chief executive said on Thursday, warning that delays on agreeing a recovery fund will cost jobs. Ursula von der Leyen, speaking alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel via video link, also said
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BACHOK (Bernama): “He is a good swimmer, even the skipper told me that my husband was great at balancing his body while in the water, so I’m sure he is still alive, ” said Siti Ayu Ishak, the wife of Arman Ismail, 43, one of the missing anglers in the boat capsize tragedy in Bachok
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Wednesday it will begin easing a pandemic lockdown on Havana on Friday, while most of the rest of the country will move to phase two of a three-phase process towards normalization. The capital’s 2.2 million residents will once more be able to move around on public and private transport,
BOGOTA (Reuters) – At least 118 members of the Colombian army have been investigated since 2016 for alleged involvement in sexual abuse against minors, the head of the army said on Wednesday, amid accusations of sexual violence by soldiers against young girls. Of the 118 soldiers and army officials, 45 were fired, while the remaining
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In Greenland, 21-year-old hip-hop artist Josef Tarrak-Petrussen is the tattooed face of the local Black Lives Matter movement, and his music of anti-colonial protest is striking a deep chord with younger generations seeking to rewrite their history. The Black Lives Matter protests, which have inspired people all over the world to expose
LIMA (Reuters) – As Peru begins to ease its strict coronavirus lockdown, the country’s biggest LGBTQ nightclub opened its doors on Tuesday, but there will be no nighttime revelers; its dance floor will instead be filled with shelves stocked with groceries. Instead of slinging cocktails at the bar or dancing on stage, ValeTodo Downtown’s famed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump must have at least been aware of the allegation that Russia paid bounties to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan to kill U.S.-led coalition troops, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday after a White House briefing. “Based on what we heard today, it was information that a) the president should
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday reported 6,693 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking its nationwide tally to 647,849. The country’s coronavirus response centre said 154 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 9,320. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Alexander
PETALING JAYA: Several non-MPs are being considered to replace Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof ahead of the much anticipated parliament sitting. Among those who are in the running is Election Commission chief Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. According to a highly-placed source, the choice of a non-MP was because Perikatan Nasional would
PETALING JAYA: The Transport Ministry will be drafting more “drastic” solutions aimed at reducing road accidents and preventing fatalities, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. “One of the pressing matters we discussed for future action was the staggering number of road accidents involving motorcyclists, who are among the most risk prone groups on the
PETALING JAYA: Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic) has sent his condolences to the family of Umno man Misni Wahid. The MCA president said Misni, who was Parit Haji Siraj Umno division leader, was someone who served the community in the constituency well. “I got the sad news that Misni Wahid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past. Europa, with an ocean hidden beneath a thick shell of ice, long has been viewed as a potential
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was working with countries in Europe and elsewhere on how to reopen for travel safely following coronavirus-linked shutdowns, after details emerged of EU criteria that could keep out Americans due to high rates of coronavirus infections. “We’re working on finding
KOTA KINABALU: More than 250 undocumented Indonesian immigrants will be deported over the next few days, says Sabah’s National Security Council director Sitti Saleha. She said the first batch of deportation on June 24 would involve 134 people, while another on June 26 would see 133 being sent back. “They will be deported via sea
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Singapore prime minister’s brother, Lee Hsien Yang, said on Wednesday he had joined an opposition party that is competing against his sibling at the upcoming July 10 election but was undecided if he would stand as a candidate. Lee Hsien Yang, the son of Singapore’s modern-day founder Lee Kuan Yew who
(Reuters) – Venezuela’s western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading. The government of President Nicolas Maduro has identified Zulia as an epicenter of the pandemic, with official statistics showing
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Police will seek information related to the arrests of two Malaysian citizens by Australian authorities on suspicion of being the masterminds behind a syndicate that smuggled 360kg of methamphetamine, estimated to be worth AUS$180mil (RM530mil). Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Din said such information includes the source of
PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution will file an appeal against the decision to reject forfeiture suits amounting to RM194mil linked to 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB). The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said the appeal will be filed by the prosecution from the Attorney General’s Chambers. “The prosecution will file the appeal to the Appeals Court soon,” it said in
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian air defences intercepted an unknown drone attack in the airspace of the Syrian city of Jableh on the Mediterranean coast, state media said on Monday. It gave no details. Previously, rebels have struck at the nearby Russian air base of Hmeimim, and Israel has been active for years in striking at
KUANTAN: All types of businesses are now allowed to resume in Pahang except for those sectors still prohibited by the Federal Government. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said these businesses would still be subject to the 7am to midnight operating hours. The exception is for essential services sectors, which would follow their
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing will see a “cliff-like” drop in new cases in the current coronavirus outbreak by the end of this week with efforts to control the spread of infections in the Chinese capital underway, said an expert at the national health authority. The city of over 20 million people reported its first case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on China’s Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing, he said in an interview published on Sunday. “Well, we were in the middle of a major trade
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Police in The Hague arrested dozens of people on Sunday after they refused to leave a protest against the Dutch government’s social distancing measures put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus. About a thousand protesters had gathered in the Malieveld area in The Hague, close to the Dutch
MANILA (Xinhua): The number of Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Philippines surged to 30,052 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 653 more infections on Sunday (June 21). The DOH said in its bulletin that the number of recoveries further rose to 7,893 after 243 more patients have survived the disease. The death toll increased
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile on Saturday increased its estimate of cases and deaths caused by the coronavirus while a labour union at state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, confirmed that a second company employee had died in the pandemic. Amid an effort re-organize its much-criticized reporting of virus-related deaths, the government increased its estimated
PETALING JAYA: Over 4,000 families in Ayer Hitam have received aid from MCA throughout the movement control order (MCO) period, according to Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. “Throughout the MCO period, my parliamentary service centre has distributed 7,562 food packages, vegetables and fruits to over 4,000 families in the Ayer Hitam
MANILA: Airlines operating in the Philippines called for swifter and more aggressive government support as a stilted restart to flights this month has done little to bring in much-needed revenue. Philippine Airlines Inc, Cebu Air Inc. and the local unit of AirAsia Group Bhd have only been able to fly about 10% to 15% of
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan doctor known for treating the poor during the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago has been beatified, moving a step closer to sainthood, Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras said on Friday. The announcement sparked celebrations outside the La Candelaria church in central Caracas, which holds the remains of Jose Gregorio Hernandez.
(Reuters) – The Trump administration is heading to court on Friday afternoon to urge a federal judge to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington will consider the government’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop the memoir’s
PARIS (Reuters) – Britain, France and Germany will on Friday define their Iran strategy for the coming months amid crunch talks at the United Nations and Tehran’s ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear deal, France’s foreign ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that the three countries’ foreign ministers, who meet in Berlin, would
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