KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Tricor Investor & Issuing House Services Sdn Bhd (TIIH) is pleased to announce that the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Seng Fong Holdings Berhad is oversubscribed by 3.09 times. Managing Director of Seng Fong, Mr. Er Hock Lai Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer […]
A health worker inoculates a student with a dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus at his school in Karachi on Jan 24, 2022. (ASIF HASSAN / AFP) NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON / SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / KARACHI – Pakistan’s aviation regulator has made masks mandatory on domestic flights given a gradual rise […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference after a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on May 9, 2022. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP) ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's concerns over Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO were not responded to with any substantial […]
People arrive to receive the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Lebanon's American University Medical Center in the capital Beirut, on Feb 14, 2021. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) BEIRUT / SINGAPORE / YANGON / HANOI – The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health warned on Saturday that the country is facing a new wave of COVID-19, urging the public to get […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 25, 2021, people wait to receive COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine doses at a make-shift vaccination center at a shopping mall in Iraq's capital Baghdad. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) BAGHDAD / ISLAMABAD / WELLINGTON – The Iraqi health ministry on Friday warned of the possible fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic […]
In this file photo taken on Dec 22, 2021, a health worker conducts a PCR test at the St Vincent's Bondi Beach COVID-19 drive through testing clinic in Sydney. (MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP) HANOI / SINGAPORE / SYDNEY – Researchers from one of Australia's most prominent medical institutes have called on the government to re-adopt […]
A fire truck battles a raging wildfire near Manavgat in Antalya province, Turkey, on Aug 3, 2021. (XINHUA) ISTANBUL – Firefighters battled a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on Thursday, as hopes that the blazes were contained fizzled after they spread again due to high temperatures and windy conditions. Scenes of burning […]
A woman receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during the first rollout of vaccinations in Australia at the Castle Hill Medical Centre in Sydney on Feb 21, 2021. (STEVEN SAPHORE / AFP) CANBERRA / DHAKA / BEIRUT / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR – The Australian government announced a new campaign on Wednesday to encourage people […]
In this image taken from video from Bakhtar State News Agency, Taliban fighters secure a government helicopter to evacuate injured people in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022. An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 920 people, authorities said. (BAKHTAR STATE NEWS AGENCY VIA AP) KABUL – The death toll […]
People wearing face masks pass by a banner reminding precautions against the coronavirus at a park in Seoul, South Korea on Jan 24, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD / YANGON / SINGAPORE / HANOI / VIENTIANE / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON – South Korea logged its second-highest monthly deaths in April due to the effect of […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / YANGON / YEREVAN / JERUSALEM / BAGHDAD / RIYADH / DHAKA / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / SUVA / SEOUL / CANBERRA – Australians' confidence in the country's healthcare system has fallen, a […]
Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Jan 2, 2021. (MAHESH KUMAR A. / AP) SEOUL / YANGON / SUVA / KUALA LUMPUR / SINGAPORE / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON- The incidence of COVID-19 pandemic continues to rise again in India, as around 80,000 new cases have been registered over the past one […]
A girl walks past a poster at a vaccination centre in New Delhi on April 10, 2022, after government announced the paid precaution dose against the coronavirus to be available for everyone above 18 years of age at private vaccination centers. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) MANILA / HANOI / YANGON / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR […]
A people takes a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine inside the holy shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, Aug 15, 2021. (ANMAR KHALIL / AP) BAGHDAD – The Iraqi health ministry on Friday warned of the possibility of new COVID-19 spread in the country, calling on the public to follow health measures […]
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2021, commuters wearing protective face masks walk along Pratunam pier in Bangkok, after the government imposed strict restrictions for not wearing a mask in public following the recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Thailand. (MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP) SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON / BANGKOK / SEOUL […]
In this photo provided by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea government, a worker in protective gear stands on an empty sidewalk in Pyongyang, the DPRK, on May 17, 2022. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY / KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) COLOMBO / HANOI / YANGON / SINGAPORE / CANBERRA / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / PYONGYANG […]
A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 walks around Wat Pho temple in Bangkok on Feb 24, 2022. (JACK TAYLOR / AFP) BANGKOK / RIYADH / JAKARTA / HANOI / YANGON / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR / NEW DELHI / SYDNEY / SEOUL / SUVA – Thailand on Monday reported 1,801 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest […]
Thousands of South Korean truck drivers staged a fourth day of strikes on June 10, causing widespread disruptions and straining already-tight supply chains in an early test for the country's newly-elected president. (YONHAP / AFP) SEOUL – A strike by South Korean truckers has cost key industrial sectors more than $1.2 billion in lost production […]
In this March 30, 2020 file photo, people wearing masks walk on street in Taipei, Taiwan. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YANGON / HANOI / NEW DELHI / KUALA LUMPUR / ISLAMABAD / WELLINGTON / SEOUL / TAIPEI -Taiwan has reported five COVID-19 cases infected with BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron, all of which were imported cases, the island's disease monitoring […]
Passengers head to a COVID-19 quarantine station for clearance following their arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on June 1, 2022. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) CANBERRA / NEW DELHI / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / HANOI / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / TOKYO – Japan reopened its borders to some foreign tourists for the first time in around two years on […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 18, 2020 a worker stands aboard a truck loaded with cabbages during a harvest at a cabbage farm near Mokpo, South Korea. (ED JONES / AFP) SEOUL – Thousands of South Korean truckers went on strike for a third day on Thursday to protest the sharp surge in […]
A traveler arrives at a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Dec 1, 2021. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) YANGON / SINGAPORE / HANOI / SEOUL / NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD – South Korea reported 5,022 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections […]
In this picture taken on March 10, 2022, supporters of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wave their flag as they celebrate party's win in Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections outside the party office in Lucknow. (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP) MUMBAI – India's government sought on Monday to calm anger at home and abroad after two […]
Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, in Chittagong, 216 kilometers southeast of capital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in an early hour of June 5, 2022. Several people were killed and more than 100 others were injured in the fire the cause of which could […]
The Google and YouTube logos are seen at the entrance to the Google offices in Los Angeles, California, Nov 21, 2019. (ROBYN BECK/AFP) SYDNEY – An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a YouTube commentator's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign" drove […]
This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on May 18 shows a doctor promoting pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / TOKYO / HANOI / SINGAPORE / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / YANGON / KUALA LUMPUR / ISLAMABAD […]
This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on May 18 shows a doctor promoting pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / DHAKA / SINGAPORE / HANOI / TOKYO / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / CANBERRA […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SEOUL / SINGAPORE / HANOI / SUVA / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR / CANBERRA / NEW DELHI – The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in Australia's capital has hit a […]
This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 18 shows residents being checked to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR / SINGAPORE / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON – The Democratic People's […]
The news media, it must be said, do not have the strongest sense of scientific literacy. On many occasions, experts in countless fields have vented their frustration on the mainstream news media for misinterpreting their research. After the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, this practice has reached new lows, with all manner of false narratives amplified […]