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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Malaysia had administered a total of 45.01 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as of Wednesday (Oct 6), based on the latest data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF). For the day itself, 209,907 shots were…

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Bursa Malaysia was mixed in early trade, with the key index retreating from its gains on Wednesday on profit taking while the broader market performed better due to buying in small-capitalisation stocks. At 9.05 am,…

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar on technical correction on Thursday after the greenback strengthened on Wednesday following firmer US non-farm payrolls data report, said a dealer. At 9 am, the local…

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating a video clip said to contain disparaging remarks on non-Muslim faiths and races linked to an independent preacher. Bukit Aman CID director Abdul Jalil Hassan said the one-minute video, which had gone…

PETALING JAYA: The health ministry detected 384 cases of the Delta variant of concern (VOC) from Sept 25 to Oct 6, bringing the total number of infections linked to the strain to 1,996. A total of 392 VOC cases were identified, with the…

PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 105 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database. Of the total, 26 were classified as brought-in-dead (BID). The death toll now stands at 26,981. Most of the deaths were recorded…

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told today that parts of funds received by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi were used to buy company shares and two bungalow lots. Deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffery Ong, in his closing…

SINGAPORE: More than 3,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Singapore on Tuesday, the highest since the pandemic began last year. The ministry of health said 2,767 of the 3,486 new cases were reported in the community, 713 in the…

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by the positive sentiment following a high recovery rate from Covid-19 infections and a lower daily tally of new cases. At 9am, the…

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Bursa Malaysia opened higher across the board on Wednesday morning, buoyed by the positive market sentiment, echoing Wall Street’s overnight rebound. At 9.06am, the benchmark FBM KLCI had risen 6.79 points to 1,537.21…