Monthly Archives: December 2022
M’sian royalty visits fast food restaurant, delights customers and netizens
ANN/THE STAR - It was a pleasant surprise for visitors and workers at a fast food restaurant in Malaysia when the King and His...
No skin off your nose
Kelsey Ables
THE WASHINGTON POST - Persistent loss of smell has left some COVID-19 survivors yearning for the scent of their freshly bathed child or...
Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID
TOKYO (AP) - Japan yesterday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there as...
Two companies slapped with compound fines
Izah Azahari
The Enforcement Unit of the Tutong District Office issued compounds to two companies found violating the Miscellaneous Offences Act 2021 for piling up...
Dominic Thiem handed Australian Open wildcard
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Former world number three Dominic Thiem was handed a wildcard to the Australian Open yesterday, as he continues his comeback from...
US reviews mine at site of endangered flower
RENO, NEVADA (AP) - Just days after United States (US) wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the site of a proposed lithium...
Global markets mixed, headed for annual loss
BEIJING (AP) - Asian stocks rose yesterday while Europe opened lower as most major markets headed for big annual losses following a year that...
Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar yesterday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven...
Is the worst over for Malaysia’s ringgit?
ANN/THE STAR - After a turbulent year for the Malaysian ringgit, the market has a mixed views on how the local currency would fare...
Women, children among 1,200 Afghan migrants jailed in Pakistan
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (AP) - Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern...