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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday (Dec 15) recorded 1,772 new Covid-19 cases, raising the number of cumulative infections to 86,618 and closer to the total number of cases in China — the epicentre of the coronavirus with a population 40…

MADRID: Real Madrid were made to toil by the 10 men of Athletic Bilbao but eventually won 3-1 on Tuesday thanks to two strikes from Karim Benzema, earning a fourth successive victory in all competitions. Athletic forward Raul Garcia was…

JAKARTA: Indonesian motorbike driver unions for ride-hailing and food delivery firms Grab and Gojek say they will kick off protests across the country if merger talks between the firms proceed without them, fearing it could result in mass…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Supply Bill 2021 passed its third reading in the Lower House with a division vote on Tuesday (Dec 15). A total of 111 Members of Parliament (MPs) voted in favour of the budget proposed by Mr Muhyiddin Yassin’s…

SINGAPORE: Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business, official and high economic value travellers from all countries, the government said today, as part of efforts to revive its key travel and…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities lifted a month-long lockdown on dormitories housing Top Glove workers on Monday (Dec 14), even as the firm reported the first death among its employees from COVID-19. Last month, the government put in…

KUALA LUMPUR: Former political rivals Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah urged Malaysia's Members of Parliament (MP) to put the country ahead of their personal or party interests when the 2021 budget is tabled for…

LOS ANGELES: Universal’s animated adventure “The Croods: A New Age” led another quiet weekend at the domestic box office. The film generated US$3 million in its third weekend of release, bringing its total to US$24.1 million. Overseas,…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Top Glove has reported that a worker died on Saturday due to COVID-19, the first death since the outbreak at its dormitories and factories in October. The manufacturer told Reuters in an email that the 29-year-old…

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of Indian farmers on Sunday (Dec 13) intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhauling food grain procurement and pricing rules by allowing private companies direct…