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KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove has announced a year-long recruitment drive, which will provide employment to over 9,000 Malaysians as it meets increased global demand for gloves and other personal protective equipment. It said in a statement…

PETALING JAYA: An economist says the movement control order and declaration of emergency have affected the performance of the stock exchange. Universiti Tun Abdul Razak’s Barjoyai Bardai said that in the past month, the stock exchanges of…

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit retreated against the US dollar in opening trade today and was mixed against a basket of major currencies ahead of the weekend. At 9am, the local currency inched down to 4.0300/0350 against the greenback, from…

PUTRAJAYA: The COVID-19 assessment centre is expected to start operations next week to coordinate and integrate the public and private hospitals in managing the pandemic cases in the country. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham…

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Champions Liverpool suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to lowly Burnley on Thursday, ending their 68 match unbeaten home record in the Premier League as their title defence continued to fade. An 83rd minute penalty…

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): The main index at Bursa Malaysia remained below the 1,600-psychological threshold in early trade Friday and looked set to end the week on a subdued note. At 9.05am, the FBM KLCI added 3.39 points to 1,598.19. The…

MUMBAI: Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world's biggest vaccine manufacturing hub in India on Thursday, but the company insisted the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic would continue. Rescue…

PETALING JAYA: The National House Buyers Association has urged the housing and local government ministry to come down hard on property developers or their agents who collect booking fees, as this practice is illegal. The association’s…

WASHINGTON: US military prosecutors have filed formal charges against an Indonesian militant and two Malaysians in the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 Jakarta attack, the Pentagon said yesterday. The charges were filed nearly 18 years after…

KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu recorded six Covid-19 clusters due to non-compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) at the workplaces, said state health director Dr Nor Azimi Yunus. On Jan 16, she said the latest Covid-19 cluster…