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PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has denied claims, which have gone viral, that he is unvaccinated. In a Facebook post today, Khairy pointed to a fake screenshot, which claimed that his appointment status was “under…

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Bursa Malaysia remained broadly lower at the end of Thursday's morning trading session, but the market bellwether managed to stay above the 1,500 psychological level amidst the weak market sentiment. At 12.30pm, the…

MANJUNG: Police seized 24,790 cartons of contraband cigarettes worth RM1.1 million near Kampung Bharu, Seri Manjung here, early yesterday. Manjung district police chief Assistant Commisioner Nor Omar Sappi said acting on information,…

MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic fought against deportation from Australia on Thursday after his visa was revoked for failing to meet pandemic entry requirements. The vaccine-sceptic Serb was taken in by border patrol…

PARIS: France registered a record of more than 332,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the number of deaths also rose as the country battles a fifth wave of the virus. The final number of new French Covid cases stood at…

PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 18 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database, down from 31 previously. Three of the deaths were classified as brought-in-dead (BID). The death toll now stands at 31,609.…

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar on firmer buying support for the greenback, backed by better US employment data. At 9am, the local currency was traded at 4.1970/2005 against the greenback from…

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Bursa Malaysia opened broadly lower Thursday (Jan 6), in tandem with regional markets, as weak sentiment weighed on investors’ risk appetite, dealers said. At 9.09am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI)…

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): The flood situation in the three affected states seems to be improving with more of the evacuees having returned to their homes. However, Johor and Sabah reported a slight increase in evacuees on Thursday morning. In…

PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 43 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database, up from 19 previously. Of the total, 8 were classified as brought-in-dead (BID). The death toll now stands at 31,135. Penang…