ISLAMABAD: The spread of dengue fever in Pakistan continued to get severe as 27 patients have died in the country’s southern Sindh province so far this month, the provincial health department reported. All the deaths were reported in Karachi, Sindh’s capital and the largest city in the country, reported Xinhua.
BANGKOK: In bid to boost tourist arrivals during tourism high season, starting October 1, travellers from 64 countries and territories on the visa exemption list including Malaysia will get to stay in Thailand up to 45 days compared to 30 days at present. Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday also approved the
LAHAD DATU: The mud volcano in the Tabin Wildliife Park here does not pose any danger to the public, according to a geologist. Prof Dr Felix Tongkul, a former director of the Centre for Natural Disaster Studies, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), said the mud that erupts from the volcano is
BOGOTA, Colombia: El Salvador’s president addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday in a speech in which he highlighted his country as going from being known as the most dangerous place in the world to being on its way to becoming the safest country in the Americas. Nayib
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) will continue to monitor the administration of the Rumah Sewa Siswa (RSS) portal to ensure more premises for rental are listed at affordable rates to meet the needs of off-campus students. In a statement issued here today, the ministry said the public universities
PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) is working with several local e-commerce platform providers in an effort to curb online sales of cooking oil. KPDNHEP Enforcement director Azman Adam said that due to collaboration with Shopee, Lazada and Mudah.my, 121 related advertisements had been taken down from
PUTRAJAYA: Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his son, Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib today obtained an order to stay the execution of a summary judgement entered against them over unpaid income tax amounting to more than RM1.7 billion pending disposal of their appeals in the Federal Court.
SAN FRANCISCO: Boeing and its joint venture partner Wisk on Tuesday released a roadmap for transitioning to a future where automated and uncrewed aircraft can safely carry passengers and cargo in urban and suburban areas. The concept of operations lays out the technology, regulatory and social recommendations needed to deploy
SAO PAULO: At least nine people were killed and as many as 28 injured Tuesday when part of a container depot collapsed in Brazil’s southeastern state of Sao Paulo, the fire department reported. The incident occurred in the city of Itapecerica da Serra, at a depot belonging to Multiteiner, a
JERUSALEM: An 84-year-old Israeli woman was beaten to death in central Israel on Tuesday, in what police believe was a terror attack. The attack took place in the afternoon in Holon, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, Xinhua quoted the Hebrew-language Haaretz newspaper report. Surveillance video footage showed a man
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