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MANILA: The Philippines will ban travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its transport ministry said on Tuesday. The regulation will be in effect from…

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar today on improving risk sentiment due to the signing of the US stimulus deal by President Donald Trump, traders said. At 9am, the local note marginally eased to…

JAKARTA: International visitors will be barred from entering Indonesia for a two-week period in a bid to stem the spread of a new potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus, its foreign minister Retno Marsudi said on Monday (Dec…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Health Ministry said on Monday (Dec 28) it still had the capacity to accommodate COVID-19 patients, while acknowledging there were logistical issues in transferring positive cases from their homes to hospitals…

SHANGHAI: A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the…

KUALA LUMPUR: Criminal activities linked to national borders including shootings, smuggling of migrants as well as Macau Scam fraud syndicates are among those that have riveted public attention throughout 2020. Among the shocking events…

BARCELONA: Lionel Messi has yet to make up his mind if he will terminate his two-decade long relationship with Barcelona at the end of this season, hinting that he could end up seeing out his playing days in Major League Soccer. The…

Many Malaysians live in large cities and towns in homes next to busy highways or industrial areas. This often means there is a lot of ambient noise, which can get uncomfortable, stressful and annoying. In some cases, a highway, airport or…

BEIJING: A man armed with a knife killed seven people and wounded seven others in northeastern China on Sunday, state media reported. The attack – which police said appeared to have been “random” – reportedly took place at 8.14am local…

TOKYO: Organisers for the virus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics said Thursday they have reached “basic agreement” with all domestic sponsors to extend their contracts by a year, securing much-needed additional funds. Keeping all 68 domestic…