Amazon offers to help US with vaccine efforts in letter to President Biden
NEW YORK: Amazon.com on Wednesday (Jan 20) offered to help with the United States' efforts involving the COVID-19 vaccine, according...
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Twitter shifts US presidential accounts from Trump to Biden
SAN FRANCISCO: As US President Joe Biden took office on Wednesday (Jan 20), Twitter handed him the reins of an...
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Biden administration outlines its ambitious plan to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
Inauguration Day marks both a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic and a new chapter in the U.S. response to...
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Taiwan cancels more events as local Covid-19 cases rise
Soldiers prepare to spray disinfectant at the Taoyuan General Hospital, where a cluster of Covid-19 infections was detected, in Taoyuan,...
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DBS to cease use of physical tokens, fully transition to digital tokens from April
SINGAPORE: DBS customers will not be able to use their physical tokens to access the bank's online services from April....
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Australian Open cluster grows as two more players test positive
MELBOURNE: Two more Australian Open players have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities revealed Wednesday, taking to the number of...
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Screen Actors Guild may discipline, expel Donald Trump
Donald Trump has been a SAG member since 1989. His credits include The Apprentice, Saturday Night Live and many cameos...
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LPGA launches 34-stop 2021 season with Champions tourney
MIAMI: The LPGA launches its 71st season Thursday with plans for a 34-event global campaign paying a record US$76.45 million...
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Bayern to face African champions Al Ahly or Qatar’s Al Duhail in Club World Cup
ZURICH: Bayern Munich will face either African champions Al Ahly or Al Duhail of Qatar in the semi-finals of the...
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An emotional Biden bids farewell to Delaware on his way to White House
NEW CASTLE, Delaware: US President-elect Joe Biden became emotional during a brief farewell ceremony in Delaware on Tuesday (Jan 19)...
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India asks Facebook’s WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update
NEW DELHI: India's technology ministry has asked WhatsApp to withdraw changes to its privacy policy the messenger announced this month,...
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Malaysian workers in Singapore start getting Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine jabs
SINGAPORE: A number of Malaysians working in Singapore have started receiving the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. Those who received the injection...
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Political instability among reasons govt called the Emergency, FT minister Annuar admits
KUALA LUMPUR: Political instability was among the reasons that contributed towards the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government announcing the state of...
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Dr Mahathir: Form doctors’ panel to advise Putrajaya on Covid-19 as Dr Noor Hisham can’t handle it alone
KUALA LUMPUR: The government should establish a panel of medical doctors and leading medical practitioners in the country to review...
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NASA’s Boeing moon rocket cuts short ‘once-in-a-generation’ ground test
WASHINGTON: NASA's deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for...
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Next two weeks will show if Covid-19 spread in Sibu curbed, says local government asst minister
SIBU: The next two weeks will be crucial to determine if Sibu Division can curb the spread of Covid-19, which...
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Facebook to ban ads promoting weapon accessories, protective gear in US
NEW YORK: Facebook said on Saturday (Jan 16) it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the...
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US state capitals, Washington on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests
WASHINGTON: Ten days after rioters breached the US Capitol in a deadly attack that stunned the world, cities nationwide were...
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Biden outlines ‘Day One’ agenda of executive actions to undo some Trump decisions
WASHINGTON: In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the...
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UK woman fined for going on 160km road trip to buy McD meal during Covid-19 lockdown
PETALING JAYA: A woman in the United Kingdom has been penalised for driving 160km for a McDonald’s meal during the...
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