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KUALA LUMPUR: It has been an eventful year for Top Glove Corporation Bhd, which has gone from making record profits, brought about by the demands of the pandemic, to being the biggest contributor of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. And to make…

LONDON: Britain today became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week. “The government has today accepted the recommendation from the…

PUTRAJAYA: Any decision to return giant panda to China must take into account the agreement signed between Malaysia and China, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. He said the government took note on…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Super League team will be officially known as Selangor FC (SFC) following the privatisation of the Malaysian League in the country, starting next year. Football Association of Selangor (FAS) in a statement…

JOHOR BAHRU: Thirteen hotels in Johor have ceased operations amid the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia this year, the state’s Tourism, Youth and Sports Committee chairman said on Tuesday (Dec 1), without naming the affected establishments.…

SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s new youth-led political party the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) is the most recent addition to a trend that sees millennial-inspired political movements emerging in Southeast Asia. These include the…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has opened 19 investigation papers into six subsidiaries of the world’s largest glove-maker Top Glove over offences involving workers’ dormitories. This followed simultaneous enforcement operations…

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that would reflect the sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to the coronavirus pandemic. The…

JAKARTA: Anies Baswedan, the governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, said on Tuesday (Dec 1) he had tested positive for COVID-19, as the world's fourth most populous country struggles to contain a spike in the number of infections. The…

TOKYO: Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday (Dec 1), as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the country's worst outbreak in more than four years. Avian influenza was…