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SEOUL: South Korea’s government expects inflation to outpace the central bank’s current forecasts

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 12, 735 new cases of Covid-19, 301 cases more than the 12, 434 of the previous day, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. However, the number of recoveries, at 17, 725, is far higher than the number of new cases, which contributed to the cumulative total of 2, 245, 695.In a social media post, he said that Sarawak recorded the highest daily number of cases, at 2, 487, followed by Selangor( 1, 940), Johor( 1, 241), Kelantan( 1, 232), Kedah( 1

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 7, 950 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, while there were 10, 832 recoveries. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the new cases, 7, 921 were local and 29 were imported cases.A total of 133 of these cases were in Categories 3 to 5, while the remaining 7, 817( 98.3%) comprised Categories 1 and 2 cases, he said in his daily update.“ A total of 725 cases are being treated in intensive care units, ” Dr Noor Hisham added.He said the 10, 832 recov

that recoveries outpaced new infections for a fourth day in a row, with 1, 881 individuals recovering

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WASHINGTON( REUTERS)-The carbon-intensive production of plastics is on pace to emit more greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants within this decade, undercutting global efforts to tackle climate change, a report released on Thursday( Oct 21) said. The report by Bennington College and Beyond Plastics projected that the plastic industry releases at least 232 million tons of greenhouse gases each year throughout its lifecycle from the drilling for oil and gas to fuel its facilities to inciner

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI maintained its lead at midday as the return foreign buying interest amid rising commodities prices helped to shore up the index.... In major Asian markets, the mood remained sour as concerns remained over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.... Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi were each down 0.6% while China's composite index rose 0.4%....

Join our Whatsapp channel GENEVA: The purchase of physical assets was eclipsed last year by a surge in investment in intangible items like software, data and AI, the UN said on Wednesday, describing a “ fundamental shift in how economies grow and compete ”.... Investment in intellectual property-backed assets grew three times faster in 2024 than investments in physical objects like machinery and buildings, which have been hit by high interest rates and a subdued economic recovery, the United Na

GDP data being released tomorrow is expected to show the UK economy grew more slowly than eurozone in the third quarter of this year. But economist Julian Jessop, a “ Brexit optimist ”, believes “ the prospects for the UK are brightening ”.... ' Priti Patel skewered over' total failure'[ OPINION] Writing in the Telegraph, he said: “ And yes, that is ‘despite Brexit’.... This comes after public debt increased to around 95.5 percent of GDP due to the Government’s response to Covid. Debt had not