(Reuters) – Paris St Germain were “emotional and aggressive in a stupid way”, contributing to their second-half capitulation in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat at home to Manchester City, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. PSG looked sharp and focused in the first half of the Champions League semi-final first

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines is among the first global airlines trialing the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass – a mobile phone application (app) for health verification digitally. In preparation for its own Digital Travel Health Pass on the Malaysia Airlines mobile app, the trial run will involve passengers on

PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission (EC) will take immediate steps to implement Undi18 following a decision by the Cabinet yesterday, de facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan said. He gave an assurance the government is committed to lowering the voting age to 18 in line with a Federal Constitution amendment, passed

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A possible Covid-19 cluster has surfaced at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with a nurse infected and likely infections in a doctor and three patients in a general ward. The Health Ministry said that one of the three new Covid-19 community cases on Wednesday (April 28)

PETALING JAYA: Most private hospitals in the Klang Valley are not able to accept any more Covid-19 patients as the wards allocated to treat these cases are full, says Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh (pic). He said private hospitals had been admitting Covid-19 patients

Private hospitals are running out of beds for Covid-19 patients following a spike in infections, said the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM). APHM president Dr Kuljit Singh (above) said the public should take this shortage seriously, and stop the spread of the virus to avoid a healthcare shutdown. “In

Ten years have passed since Ramli Omar, a peer mentor for the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) and co-founder of drug rehabilitation centre Rumah Sinar Kasih, broke away from his “love affair” with heroin. Upon his release from prison, the 62-year-old former teacher was determined to quit drugs after being caught

The Election Commission (EC) is taking immediate steps to implement Undi18 following a cabinet decision yesterday to lower the voting age soon, said de facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan. “Following the (cabinet) decision, the EC will take immediate steps to resolve several matters involving legal provisions, and technical matters including

Sungai Pelek assemblyperson Ronnie Liu says that one of the best prospects for a united Malaysia is for his own party DAP to merge with PKR and Amanah, thus creating a more representative and bigger multiracial party. “All three should dissolve and merge into one pluralistic party with a progressive

Dang Wangi police have summoned Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil, Suaram activist Sevan Doraisamy and former student activist Wong Yan Ke for questioning. All three were among those who gathered outside the Dang Wangi district police headquarters last Saturday (April 24) in solidarity with Fahmi Reza after the artist-activist was

HONG KONG: Flights for the initial phase of the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble have all but sold out in both directions, according to the websites of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Singapore Airlines Ltd. The bubble is due to open on May 26, and demand was always going to outstrip

After previously donating a motorcycle to food delivery rider Anas Hazmi Ahmad, Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim held a press conference today to “prove” the deed. The bizarre move came after critics, including controversial academic Kamarul Zaman Yusoff, cast aspersions over the DAP politician’s motives…

Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) group chairperson Zeti Akhtar Aziz said she will be stepping down from her post on April 30, when the company is scheduled to hold its annual general meeting. She said by then, she would have completed her three-year term and has written to Prime Minister Muhyiddin

Dr Sim Kui Hian KUCHING (April 28): Sarawakians will not be inoculated with the controversial AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (NIP) now taking place in the state, said Local Government and Housing Minister Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. “No AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccines in Sarawak. Those who

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,142 new Covid-19 cases today, marking the first time new cases had reached the 3,000 mark since Feb 21. The number of active Covid-19 cases are on a steady rise as the number of new cases continue to exceed the number of people

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will abolish its primary school leaving examination from 2021, said Senior Education Minister Radzi Jidin on Wednesday (Apr 28).  The decision to abolish the (Primary School Achievement Test) UPSR was made after getting views and input through various processes, said Dr Radzi at a press conference.  Advertisement

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia reported 3,142 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (April 28), bringing the total number of cases in the country since the pandemic began to 401,593, says the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor reported the most cases with 1,019

PUTRAJAYA: The government will start to administer AstraZeneca vaccine at specially designated vaccination centres (PPVs) soon, and the public can opt for it, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said registration for the AstraZeneca vaccine shots would be on a first-come-first-served basis and is voluntary. The

KUALA LUMPUR: The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will not be used in Malaysia’s mainstream national COVID-19 vaccination programme, said Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin. Speaking at a joint press conference with Minister for Health Adham Baba on Wednesday (Apr 28), Mr Khairy said even though the experts

KOTA KINABALU: There will be no changes in the standard operating procedure (SOP) currently in place despite Sabah being reverted to conditional movement control order, says Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic). The state Covid-19 spokesman said prior to this, the state was under recovery MCO but has since being placed

NEW DELHI: India’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country’s deadliest day yet, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new infections. The second wave of infections has seen at least 300,000 people test positive

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will be offering the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on a “first come, first serve” basis to the general public in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said the AstraZeneca vaccines will be given only to those who voluntarily want

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will be offering the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on a “first come, first serve” basis to the general public in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said the AstraZeneca vaccines will be given only to those who voluntarily want

Najib Abdul Razak was never a “shadow director” of SRC International, the Court of Appeal heard today. The former prime minister’s lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told the three-person bench that the trial judge in the RM42 million SRC corruption case had erred in labelling Najib as SRC’s

PETALING JAYA: Former de facto law minister Azalina Othman Said has criticised current law minister Takiyuddin Hassan over his remarks on Parliament, and checks and balances during the emergency. This comes after Takiyuddin said that despite the suspension of Parliament, the various parties, including the opposition, could channel their views