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London buses step up virus measures after 20 drivers die
Four Underground and train staff have also died in addition to the bus drivers. (AP pic)
LONDON: London’s transport authorities on Friday announced new measures to protect bus…
China denies cover-up in coronavirus outbreak and WHO collusion
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian says countries are all smearing Beijing, cooking up stories about China. (AP pic)
BEIJING: China on Friday denied Western suggestions it…
Sacrifices must be made, Annuar tells Ramadan traders
Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa.
KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa today apologised to traders who will be unable to operate their food businesses…
Nearly 25,000 Myanmar prisoners to go free in annual new year amnesty
Win Myint gave no details of the crimes the prisoners were convicted of. (Reuters pic)
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar will release almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the…
‘We’re opening up’: Trump announces gradual US reboot against dire economy
Trump speaks to the press at the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House yesterday. (AP pic)
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the gradual reopening…
Intense workouts bring bigger benefits to men, not women
A new analysis has revealed how exercise can boost one’s cognitive performance at all ages.
BASEL: A new analysis by Swiss and Japanese researchers has found which type of…
Britain’s black, Asian minorities most affected by coronavirus
A patient is taken from an ambulance outside St Thomas Hospital in London. (AP pic)
LONDON: When Amer Awan’s father died of coronavirus, mourners congregated with little thought…
Penang cops detain man, seize RM700,000 in drugs
Penang police chief Sahabudin Abd Manan says police seized 32.65kg of heroin as well as syabu and cannabis, meant for distribution to the northern states. (Bernama pic)
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India says Zoom ‘not a safe platform’ for video conferencing
BENGALURU: India said on Thursday videoconferencing software Zoom is “not a safe platform”, joining other countries that have expressed concern about the security of an…
Chilean author Luis Sepulveda dies of virus in Spain
Author Luis Sepulveda was exiled from Chile in 1977 under the Pinochet dictatorship. (AFP pic)
OVIEDO: Best-selling Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda has died at a hospital in…