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Indonesia bans sales on social media platforms

JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms in a new regulation, its trade minister said yesterday, as Jakarta aims to rein in direct sales on major platforms it says are harming millions of small businesses. Calls had grown in recent months for a regulation governing social media and e-commerce, with offline sellers […]

Montana becomes first US state to pass bill banning TikTok

NEW YORK: Lawmakers in the US state of Montana voted Friday to ban the social media app TikTok. Montana is the first state to pass a bill banning the popular Chinese-owned app in the US because of security concerns, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. The bill bans app stores from offering users the ability to download […]

TikTok in talks with potential buyers after US threatens ban

WASHINGTON: TikTok is in talks with potential buyers after the Biden administration threatened to ban the video-sharing platform nationwide if Chinese owners did not sell their stakes, The New York Post reported citing sources familiar with the matter. The report said on Thursday that TikTok is considering exploring different options, including potential deals that were […]

Ban on pass holders right move

KUCHING: The country is doing the right move by banning long term pass holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines to prevent the second and third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. On Tuesday (September 1), Senior Minister for Security, Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the new restrictions will come into force starting Sept 7. The restrictions […]

S’wak bans Indonesians’ entry

KUCHING: Indonesians are not allowed entry into Sarawak for the time being until further notice. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement on Friday also said Sarawakians returning from Indonesia would have to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine at designated quarantine centres, and the Covid-19 screen tests would be taken on the tenth day. […]

‘Don’t bring children out during CMCO period’

KUCHING: Parents should refrain from bringing their young children out to public places during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “Kita jaga kita (we take care of ourselves). We as parents need to restrain ourselves from bringing our children out […]

Thailand kicks off 2020 with plastic bag ban

BANGKOK: Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags at major stores, continuing a campaign launched by the government and retailers towards a complete ban in 2021 to reduce waste and debris in the sea. Public awareness of the risk to animals and the environment from such waste was raised last year […]

Huawei moves to overturn unlawful US subsidy ban

CHINA: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said yesterday it has petitioned a US court to overturn a ban that prevents carriers in rural America from buying the firm’s equipment by tapping an $8.5-billion federal fund. Huawei’s petition said the ban — imposed last month against the company and its Chinese rival ZTE on national security grounds […]