JELEBU: A 59-year-old man died after he was allegedly stabbed by his son at their home in Simpang Pertang on Wednesday (Nov 18) morning. The incident happened around 9.30am after the victim apparently chided his 35-year-old unemployed son for spending too much time on his mobile phone. Jelebu OCPD DSP Maslan Udin said the suspect
HOUSTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — The traditional carnival parades in 2021 in the U.S. city of New Orleans has been canceled due to the spread of COVID-19, local media reported Tuesday. According to New Orleans’ local newspaper The Times-Picayune, the decision was made by Mayor LaToya Cantrell. “Parades of any kind will not be permitted
(Reuters) – Just as the novel coronavirus was gaining a foothold in the United States in mid-March, Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla called on his top vaccine scientists and laid out a clear mission: “He basically said, ‘Your mandate is to get this vaccine made. And if you need resources, you come and you
IPOH: The state health department has been taking drastic steps to increase Covid-19 testing within the community to prevent the spread of the virus, says Datuk Dr Ding Lay Ming. The department’s director said she was aware of a video that had gone viral last Sunday (Nov 15), where residents of Taman Meru 2C near
KUALA LUMPUR: Crime is on a downward trend in the country this year, mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, says Bukit Aman. Federal CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed (pic) said they recorded a 23% reduction in crime between Jan and Nov 15 this year compared to the same period in 2019. “During this period
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s tally of coronavirus infections rose by 38,273 on Monday from Friday’s levels to hit a cumulative total of 1,496,864 in a new retreat from a weekend peak of over 55,000 reported on Nov. 2, health ministry data showed. The death toll rose by 484 to a total of 41,253. Spain, one
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) — Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ comedy horror film “Freaky” took the top spot at the North American box office with 3.71 million U.S. dollars from 2,472 locations in its opening weekend. The R-rated film also took in an estimated 1.91 million dollars from 20 overseas markets with cinemas in
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia today has called on global leaders to expand their efforts to flatten the curve of terrorism in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and restore peace and stability to the world. Speaking during his intervention at the 11th Asean-United Nations (UN) Summit, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said while the world
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Former National Unity and Community Development Minister Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail (pic) has died. She was 84. Zaleha died at about 8.15pm on Saturday (Nov 14) at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur due to several health complications, said her brother-in-law Abdul Aziz Shahrin, 60, when contacted by Bernama. He said Zaleha was
PARIS (Reuters) – A silk shoe that belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France who was executed during the French Revolution, will go up for auction on Sunday – with a starting price of 10,000 euros ($11,800). The sale takes place in the Palace of Versailles, where the queen – who has gone
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek authorities announced on Saturday the closure of nurseries and primary schools until the end of November, tightening a nationwide lockdown after a spike in COVID-19 cases. Greece has fared better than many other European countries in tackling the coronavirus, mainly due to an early nationwide lockdown imposed weeks after the pandemic
SIBU: Three friends were fined RM1,000 each for violating the recovery movement control order (MCO) on Friday(Nov 13) night. Another four people in the same restaurant were also fined the same amount for sitting too close to each other. Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said on Saturday (Nov 14) that the three friends
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his long-shot efforts to hang on for a second term dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and appearances that would keep him in the spotlight ahead of a potential 2024 White House bid. In the near term, Trump is expected to campaign on behalf of
GENEVA (Reuters) – Twenty migrants are thought to have drowned off the coast of Libya in a shipwreck this week, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday, as bodies from an earlier accident continued to wash ashore. The second shipwreck, a wooden boat that left from the coastal town of Surman, west of the
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Choking back exhaust fumes, 22-year-old Rihana Saif stands at a traffic signal in India’s capital New Delhi, holding a sign mounted on a bamboo stick imploring motorists to turn their engines off. The city has been facing one of its worst spells of air pollution in years, caused by a combination
PARIS (Reuters) – France on Thursday said it was ready to help build a lasting and balanced solution for all sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after a Russia-brokered ceasefire deal appeared to catch Paris by surprise. The arrival on Tuesday of the peacekeepers to oversee the ceasefire between Azeri troops and ethnic Armenian forces in
MOSCOW/YELPIN, Armenia (Reuters) – France and the United States are expected to send diplomats to Moscow soon to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia said on Thursday, two days after the Kremlin deployed troops to the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan to secure a truce. The arrival on Tuesday of the peacekeepers to oversee the ceasefire
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 155 fraudulent claims amounting to almost RM20mil were made by employers under the Wage Subsidy Programme (WSP), says Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim. The false claims were among 345 complaints lodged with the Social Security Organisation (Socso) against employers under the WSP since its implementation in June aimed at
(Reuters) – Ron Klain was once tapped by Democratic President Barack Obama to safeguard the United States from the threat of a lethal virus. As President-elect Joe Biden’s chief of staff, he will take on a similar mission. In 2014, Obama named Klain to serve as the “Ebola Czar” after an outbreak in West Africa
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”. Lopez Obrador, who accused rivals of electoral
KUALA LUMPUR: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry received 10,406 complaints concerning online harassments between 2016 and September 2020. According to the Ministry, the complaints included cases of cyber-bullying, sexual harassment, threats and the abuse of personal details to defame an individual. During the same period, 796 cases on the abuse of social media were investigated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden should push for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies early next year, former senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to renew the U.S. commitment to diplomacy and fight the global health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, now a professor
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Once again, troops are rushing into a rugged corner of Ethiopia that has been at the heart of momentous events for decades, from war with Eritrea to the toppling of a Marxist dictatorship. This time, it is the federal government sending jets and soldiers against the restive northern Tigray region in an
KUALA LUMPUR: The allocation for the Special Affairs Department (Jasa) does not have to be politicised excessively as the government is still discussing its policies, says Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa. “It is still in its discussion stage, so it’s best to be brought up in Parliament.Ministers involved will give their input, and
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors on Monday to look into “substantial” allegations of voting irregularities but urged them not to pursue “fanciful or far fetched claims.” Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit to block Pennsylvania officials from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s state victory. “I
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said Defense Secretary Mark Esper had been “terminated” and that Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will be acting Secretary of Defense starting immediately. “Mark Esper has been terminated,” Trump said on Twitter. “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly
SINGAPORE (ANN): A freelance cameraman sexually abused his girlfriend’s two underage daughters over a period of six years and both suffered in silence as they were violated by the man they had accepted as their father. On one occasion he preyed on the older girl under the guise of playing a “game” in which she
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has appointed four industry trailblazers to its board of directors as it intensifies efforts to reinvent the nation’s digital economy in the era of fourth industrial revolution (IR4.0) and towards the vision of Malaysia 5.0. The agency said the four new members are AirAsia Group president (AirAsia
SANTIAGO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Chile has carried out more tests to detect novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection than any other country in Latin America, with 42,071 tests done in the past 24 hours alone, Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Sunday. The figure is “a significant daily record, which continues to rank Chile as
(Reuters) – Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total. October was the worst month for the pandemic so far, with the United States becoming the first country to report more
