In this July 31, 2021 photo, passengers wearing face masks get on board a west-bound bullet train at JR Tokyo Station.... Tokyo, where the Olympics are being held, confirmed an additional 3, 709 infections, after dipping slightly to 2, 195 the previous day.... New cases had topped 3, 000 for five consecutive days through Sunday....

phases to fortify the cold chain management of the ongoing National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI rose in Thursday trading but remained caught within a consolidation channel that is expected to continue until the next phase of the National Recovery Plan.... Financial stocks were also lifted led by Hong Leong Bank up 14 sen to RM18.32 and Maybank rising one sen to RM8.06, while Public Bank and CIMB remained unchanged.... Sime Darby Plantation was seen dipping 10 sen to RM3.64 amid news that two of its human rights commission experts had resigned....

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TOKYO-International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has sparked an uproar in Japan for

In Singapore, it is close to RM10 per litre.... I think there’s still several discussion points that we need to finalise and iron out.... It’s not a question of if, but rather a question of when....

Diseases) The number of deaths across Japan caused by COVID-19 topped 15, 000 on July 14.... Over

Another 16 prefectures will come under lighter" quasi-emergency" measures." This has been a very long battle.... PHOTO: EPA-EFE All this is bad news for Mr Suga with a general election looming that will make or break his political fortunes.... Cabinet approval ratings are plunging to new depths." I don't have many options left now," he said in a statement paving the way to the dissolution of the Lower House by Oct 21, when lawmakers' terms will expire....

So far, both the Biden administration and military top brass have been hesitant to expand the current vaccination mandate." We don’t have any stats on the booster shots because they are not mandatory," Department of Defense spokesman Charlie Dietz told Fox News on Thursday.... Over 96% of service members have complied with the order, but Kirby stressed the need to get every member vaccinated.... A Marine gunnery sergeant talks with U.S. Navy medical officers about the coronavirus vaccine at Ca

Open this photo in gallery Stephane Prevost, a Banff restaurateur, has had to deal with staffing shortages. The Canadian PressStephane Prevost managed to weather the staffing shortages at his restaurants in Banff, Alta., for most of the summer.... Prevost said he closed his two restaurants as many as two days a week, with lunch service sometimes cancelled for the majority of the week, because there simply weren’t enough workers.As a hectic summer season comes to a close, Mr.... Prevost is one