SEPANG, 26 March 2020 - In view of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to extensive and increasing border restrictions imposed by various countries, AirAsia Group would like to announce that it is temporarily hibernating most of its fleet across the network. This announcement is made for and on behalf...
  KUALA LUMPUR: Former Agriculture and Agro based industry minister Salahuddin Ayub urged the Malaysian government to give more focus and assistance to daily wage earners whom badly affected due to the Movement Control Order (MCO). According to a press release by Salahuddin Ayub, he stated that his constituency office has...
  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials warned that an accelerating number of coronavirus infections could start overwhelming the country’s intensive care units, as stricter social distancing measures came into force on Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced new curbs late on Tuesday that will close more non-essential businesses, pushing the country...
  KUALA LUMPUR:  Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM) has received hundreds of request from Rohingya in Malaysia for the Emergency Support during Covid 19 pandemic. Many of the Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia cannot go to work due to Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed by the Malaysian government to...
  Riyadh -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman will chair an emergency virtual summit of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday to discuss a global response to the coronavirus pandemic. World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, will take part in the talks which the Kremlin said will take...
#OPINION While the Covid-19 continues to cause disruption all round the globe, politicians here and almost in all countries have not really reacted professionally. In Malaysia, the government too has been seen lacking the will power and experience to make hard decisions. Frankly there is no two ways about it. It is...
  London --  Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to curb the "accelerating" spread of the coronavirus. Across Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and parts of Africa, governments have told their citizens to remain at home...
  NEW DELHI, March 24  -- A new batch of 189 stranded Malaysians flew back home from India on a special AirAsia flight on Tuesday. They left from Chennai for Kuala Lumpur in the early hours as part of the ongoing evacuation of Malaysian citizens stuck in India due to the...
Washington -- A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans absent from the chamber because of virus-related quarantines. Democrats said the Republican proposal failed to sufficiently protect millions of American workers during the coronavirus crisis. The...
  Countries across Africa have begun to initiate lockdowns as cases of COVID-19 rise above 1,000, with Nigeria announcing it is closing airports to all incoming international flights for a month in the continent's most populous country. Experts are concerned the continent will not be able to handle a surge in...