Beijing -- The head of the World Health Organization believes China's battle with the coronavirus offers a beacon of hope, but others question whether Beijing's strategy can be followed by other countries -- particularly Western democracies.
China has reported only one new local infection over the past four days, a...
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It was just a matter of time that the Covid-19 wave hit our shores with a bang. The government had no choice but to make some tough choices and enforced the movement control order (MCO).
But unfortunately the order fell short of spelling the details on how to execute the...
by Sebastien Ricci with Shaun Tandon in Washington (AFP)
Beijing -- A spat between the US and China over the novel coronavirus escalated on Tuesday as President Donald Trump angered Beijing by referring to the pathogen as the "Chinese Virus."
The two countries have sparred over the origin of the virus...
#Opinion
The Covid-19 virus or also known as the novel corona virus does not discriminate. It is blind to race, religion or the social status of a person. But unfortunately we still have segments of societies who are looking at the entire Covid-19 pandemic from racial and religious perspectives.
Having said...
Tokyo -- Olympic organisers are at pains to insist this summer's Games in Tokyo are on, despite the new coronavirus outbreak, but what would a cancellation cost the world's third-biggest economic powerhouse?
With a dearth of reliable figures, opinions vary, yet experts all agree on one point: Games or no, the...
KUALA LUMPUR: British newspaper, The Guardian, reported that the new Malaysian government led by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin obtained favoritism through a royal coup.
To further understand whether it is a royal coup, royal favoritism or not, The Straits News team interviewed a senior lawyer, Datuk Kamarudin...
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On February 12 the government submitted a letter to the House of Representatives to officially start the deliberation process on its flagship omnibus bill, which combines multiple areas of legislation that will be agreed upon or rejected with a single vote.
Containing 174 articles and 15 chapters, the bill...
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Electronic Sports (esports) have been gaining increasing popularity in South East Asia.To put in plain it is a form of sports competition using technology related games.
ESports often take the form of an organized, multiplayer video game competition mainly between professional players, individually or as teams.
To further understand the...
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Metropolitan Police Service, Commissioner Cressida Dick, gave a keynote speech on Monday, 24th February at Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
"Last night, I spoke to ‘Tony’ who is one of my sergeants who works on the Venice team. The Venice team have reduced moped enabled crime...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is once again in a global spotlight due to MH370 latest claim made by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot.
Tindakan Strategi, a Kuala Lumpur based consulting firm, shared its views on the latest hype on MH370, via a press statement.
"Like many Malaysians, I too was affected...
