IT is rare that the plush hall of the National Assembly echoes with policy talk for hours on end.... So it was a welcome sight, according to eyewitnesses, that nearly a hundred top politicians and legislators huddled with the military leadership for nearly eight hours and discussed hard options on Afghanistan.... The briefing was originally meant for the committee on national security but as its scope enlarged, other political leaders including the provincial chief ministers were invited to at

KUALA LUMPUR: Life for Malaysians is expected to return to normalcy after almost two years of

normalcy after clearance of water and the traders resumed their businesses in Muslim Bazaar, on Circular

GEORGE TOWN: Malaysians living in Hong Kong feel safe from the Covid-19 pandemic and hope that everyone back home will sign up for vaccination and quickly get their jabs. Malaysian Foo Suan Chit, 61, a bank officer, said he and his family are in safe hands and are fully vaccinated.“ Data has proven that those who are vaccinated are unlikely to suffer serious effects or death from Covid-19.“ I have not been back to Malaysia for one and a half years and I really look forward to it when the borders

Tuesday comes as a Yahoo News/ YouGov poll released just yesterday found that 61 per cent of Americans

Open this photo in gallery An activist hangs a Brazilian flag on a clothesline on Copacabana beach amid white scarves that represent people who have died of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Oct.... The action was organized by the NGO' Rio de Paz'to protest the government's handling of the pandemic as the country nears a total of 600, 000 COVID-19 related deaths.... Bruna Prado/ The Associated PressBars in Sao Paulo are full again for evening happy hours, lawmakers in the capital of

PUTRAJAYA: Continuing research into Covid-19 will help the authorities to keep understanding the disease to improve clinical care and public health measures in curbing the pandemic and returning to the norm, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.“ In working to return to the norm of our lives, research plays an important role, ” he said at the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research( NCCR) 2021 themed “ Niche to Norm ” held virtually yesterday. During this time last

iced tea launched in 1994, a can of the stuff has cost 99 cents.... And the owner vows to keep his

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 25, 529, 153 individuals, or 97.4 per cent of the adult population in the

The people’s response to the exercise was 92.5 per cent despite “ harsh weather and security