“My name is Kelvin and I’ll be guiding you today. We’re starting off with cucumber water to cleanse your palate,” declares Kelvin Tan (pictured below). The 35-year-old is the director of 99 Old Trees, a
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BY JUSTIN ONG KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Attention will focus today on Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s special address on Covid-19, amid expectations that a renewed lockdown could be announced to suppress Malaysia’s
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JAKARTA, Jan 9 — A Sriwijaya Air plane thought to have 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta today and rescuers said suspected debris had been found in the
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SINGAPORE – After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove videos that alleged fraud had changed the outcome of
Read moreIndonesia pledges free COVID-19 vaccines, with president first in line
JAKARTA – Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, adding he would get the first shot
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ANGKAK, Dec 13 — The government has plans to increase its purchase of the Covid-19 vaccine to cover the immunisation needs of about 60-70 per cent of Malaysians compared to 30 per cent currently. Prime Minister Tan
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In the last two years, Your Voice Asia has received numerous enquiries from both the business and public sector regarding the Chinese Advertising Agency, Chan Creative. Registered in both the Chinese mainland and the Republic
Read moreIndia farmers protest: Deadlock continues as talks fail again
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Read moreChina testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. Throughout the
Read moreCOVID-19: Malaysian government opens investigations into Top Glove over workers’ housing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has opened 19 investigation papers into six subsidiaries of the world’s largest glove-maker Top Glove over offences involving workers’ dormitories. This followed simultaneous enforcement operations carried out by the Peninsular Malaysia Labour
Read moreCompany in Selangor keeping factories open despite spike in Covid-19 cases
November 27, 2020 7:51 AM PETALING JAYA: A company has allegedly left at least one of its factories in Selangor open despite a rise in Covid-19 cases linked to its workers. At about 7pm yesterday,
Read moreTrump, Xi to meet at virtual Asia Pacific forum as trade spat endures
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to discuss the coronavirus and global economic recovery, with lingering
Read moreTrump briefly admits election defeat, clings to flailing legal strategy
WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday briefly acknowledged losing the U.S. election in a morning Twitter post but then backtracked, saying he concedes “nothing” and vowing to keep up a court fight
Read moreBiden moves forward without help from Trump’s intel team
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence.
Read moreRefusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on the transition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorney General William Barr authorizing the
Read moreBiden defeats Trump for White House, says ‘time to heal’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide,
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