BEIJING (AP) — China urges migrant workers not to travel home during February's Lunar New Year holiday to prevent further virus spread.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 ― Local actress and entrepreneur, Zarina Anjoulie is purportedly divorced after six months of marriage. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the 33-year-old said that she and her...
The Chicago Blackhawks expect a much better effort, and outcome, when they face the Predators in Nashville for the second time in as many nights on Wednesday. The Blackhawks dropped a 3-2 overtime clash on Tuesday, but despite gaining a single point, they were taken to task in public by coach Jeremy Colliton. Coming off a pair of impressive home wins over the Detroit Red Wings, the Blackhawks delivered a stinker in Music City.
The UN human rights chief has called for an International Criminal Court investigation into Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist conflict and sanctions on military officials accused of war crimes, according to a report obtained by AFP.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 25 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as of Wednesday (27 January), taking the country’s total case count to 59,391.
Pakistan rallied through Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam to reach 104-4 at lunch on day two of the first cricket test against South Africa on Wednesday. Alam, who scored his first test century since 2009 in a match New Zealand in January, was batting on 39.
South Korean authorities were scrambling on Wednesday to rein in coronavirus outbreaks centred on Christian schools as the country reported a jump in infections, dampening hopes of a speedy exit from a third wave of the pandemic. At least 323 COVID-19 cases had been traced to churches and mission schools run by a Christian organisation in two cities, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) data. More than 100 cases were confirmed overnight among people linked to churches and its mission schools in Gwangju, about 270 kms (168 miles) south of Seoul, officials said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Like many other countries, Malaysia’s growth and recovery outlook is dependent on the rollout of its vaccination programme as well as the current political volatility, says...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — A decision as to whether former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram should be disqualified from prosecuting over Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s criminal trials, for...
France's EDF said on Wednesday the launch of its Hinkley Point C nuclear plant project in Britain would be delayed by six months, to June 2026, adding the costs had been revised up. "The project completion costs are now estimated in the range of 22 to 23 billion pounds ($30.23 to $31.60 billion)", the company said in a statement, reminding it had a put a price tag of 21.5 to 22.5 in Sept 2019.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Hope Branch — a social initiative founded by comedian Harith Iskander and his wife Dr Jezamine Lim — has raised funds for the Orang Asli community in Gua Musang,...
Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZenca and Oxford University vaccine donated by neighbouring India. Last week, Myanmar received 1.5 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, amid a diplomatic drive by New Dehli to supply neighbouring countries just as regional rival China has also pledged vaccine consignments. "This should create a situation to reduce the rate of infection, so it is such a relief for healthcare workers," Tun Myint, a health ministry official overseeing vaccinations at the Yangon General Hospital, told reporters.
After months of refusing to wear a mask or abandon his cross-country tours, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's infection with the coronavirus was seen by many Mexicans as the price of tempting fate.
Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the world's two biggest nuclear powers. The White House did not immediately confirm the Kremlin's announcement but said President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the issue by telephone and agreed that their teams work urgently to complete the extension by Feb. 5, when the treaty expires. Signed in 2010, the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is a cornerstone of global arms control.
Patric Hornqvist scored with three seconds left in regulation and then got the deciding goal in a shootout, leading the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 win over the host Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. The Panthers rallied from a 2-0, first-period deficit and also survived a penalty in overtime. Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist for Florida, Aleksander Barkov also scored, and Anthony Duclair had two assists.
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Two new teams have joined the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), League of Legends’ (LoL) competitive circuit for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, for the Spring Split of its 2021 season.
As the 76th anniversary on Wednesday of the liberation of Auschwitz draws closer, Bill Harvey, who survived the concentration camp, said he was shocked by displays of anti-Semitism during the U.S. Capitol riot. Some of the supporters of former President Donald Trump who broke into and ransacked the seat of Congress on Jan. 6 wore clothes bearing anti-Semitic messages, or displayed Nazi symbols. Harvey, interviewed by Zoom from his Los Angeles home on Monday, expressed concern that the lessons that should have been learned from World War Two's Nazi Holocaust are fading.
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US President Joe Biden was planning to announce new bans on oil and gas drilling on federal lands Wednesday as part of a raft of actions that take aim at climate change, according to reports and a White House memo.
Eros STX Global Corporation’s streaming platform Eros Now is launching a Premium Video On-Demand ‘First Day, First Show’ service in India. It will kick off in March with STX Films’ Gerard Butler title “Greenland.” Other STX Films titles that will be made available on PVOD on Eros Now over the next 18 months include “Horizon […]
