Rishi Sunak outlines new financial support measures
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined new financial support measures and resources available to devolved administrations. He says all measures will be revised in March's budget.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined new financial support measures and resources available to devolved administrations. He says all measures will be revised in March's budget.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is due to make a special announcement at 4pm today on special aid packages, almost a week after the second movement control order...
The singer won the Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Awards for "Aftermath"
The singer receives two best song awards at both JSG and the Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Awards
China's economy has kept up a speedy recovery from the pandemic. New data shows its GDP expanded 6.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020 - beating expectations. Overall, GDP was up 2.3% for the year, making it the only major economy to have avoided a contraction in 2020. The figures highlight a rapid turnaround for China after its economy declined in early 2020 for the first time in more than four decades. The rebound has been fuelled by a resilient export sector with coronavirus disruptions leading to an increased demand for Chinese goods. China's vast manufacturing sector has also continued to gain momentum, with industrial output rising more than seven percent last month compared to year ago. However, fears of a resurgence of Covid-19 has hit consumer confidence. China reported more than 100 new cases for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday. Some analysts are warning that the new outbreak could impact economic activity during the Lunar New Year holidays. China's 2020 GDP growth was also the weakest pace in more than four decades.
With over 450,000 home choices, over 8 million monthly visits, and 47% market share, Malaysian property website PropertyGuru has officially taken the lead as Malaysia’s No. 1 property website based on third-party sources.
The FTSE 100 was set for a flat start to the week today amid concerns about new Covid variants tempered the positivity over Joe Biden’s pledge for a near $2 billion economic stimulus plan. Concerns that the Brazilian and South African strains of the virus may hit people who have already built up immunity to the main version dented some of the optimism that has driven stock markets higher in recent weeks, although most investors remain positive about 2021 being a turnaround year. Early calls on the IG Index spread betting platform saw the FTSE 100 expected to open down 5.5 points at 6821.4 - an insignificant number that could easily be reversed by the time trading opens.
KUCHING, Jan 18 — The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will start distributing food items to about 73,000 households in Sibu Division affected by the movement control order (MCO) on...
Vasco (Goa) [India], January 18 (ANI): Bengaluru FC announced that midfielder Dimas Delgado has returned to Spain owing to a family emergency. The Spaniard flew back home on Sunday and is likely to miss at least two weeks of the ongoing seventh season of the Indian Super League (ISL).
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Langkawi MP Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four other lawmakers from his Pejuang party are now seeking to be part of a constitutional court challenge regarding the Yang...
After a judge handed down a 30-month sentence for bribery and other charges, Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is expected to return to the same prison where he had spent a year in 2017-2018. The imprisonment of the leader of a global tech giant comes with the added challenge of ensuring safety after an outbreak of more than 1,000 coronavirus infections at another detention centre. Lee, 52, is likely to be transported to Seoul Detention Center on the outskirts of the capital.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 18 (ANI): Odisha FC has signed defender Rakesh Pradhan on loan from NorthEast United FC till the end of the Indian Super League (ISL) Season.
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Labour will force a vote in the Commons to stop millions plunging into poverty
JOHOR BARU, Jan 18 — Johor DAP Youth chief Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali today criticised Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa for using DAP as a ‘punching bag’ whenever a problem...
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Monday to tackle surging coronavirus cases and restore normal life "as soon as possible" as polls showed plunging support for his government.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the country's medical system, as hospitals creak under the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Suga this month issued a state of emergency for Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures in a bid to stem a resurgence of infections.
Health authorities quarantined two hotels and closed ski schools in the posh Swiss resort of St Moritz on Monday to try to curb an outbreak of the highly infections new coronavirus variant. It did not give the guests' nationalities or reveal which new coronavirus variant had been detected.