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From initial thousands of daily new Coronavirus cases at the peak of the epidemic in February this year, Hubei has seen zero new cases for 5 consecutive days from March 19 onwards. Now that Beijing is satisfied that the worst is over, it has announced the ending of the lockdown in Wuhan, the city of […]
... written on Mar 25 2020The death toll from the Covid-19 is reaching 12,000 with 11,953 deaths. Confirmed cases have hit a staggering 290,248. While China still on top of the chart with 81,008 Coronavirus confirmed cases, the total number of deaths in Italy has now reached 4,032 (it reported 627 deaths on Friday alone), more than China’s 3,255. In […]
... written on Mar 22 2020Malaysia has finally joined France, Spain and Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people after the country recorded a disturbing jump – a jaw-dropping 190 patients – in new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (March 15). But hours before Prime Muhyiddin Yassin reveals his 2-week lockdown, confusion and panic had already started in […]
... written on Mar 17 2020Some said a mosque is a sacred place, hence it’s fully protected from the infectious Covid-19 coronavirus. Others argued that it was foolish to fear the virus more than the God because the pathogen was part of the God’s creation. Hence, some simple-minded people said instead of closing down the mosques temporarily, more people should […]
... written on Mar 16 2020A sea of red on global stock markets continue as the Coronavirus crisis deteriorated and the meltdown in the U.S., the world’s biggest economy, crashes confidence. The DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) fell 10%, or 2,352.6 points – its largest one-day percentage drop since the October 1987 crash, which is also known as the infamous “Black […]
... written on Mar 13 2020As countries around the world scramble to contain the spread of the highly infectious Covid-19 coronavirus, China appears to have successfully contained the pathogen. With official figures showing that the crisis, which first started in Wuhan, China, may have stabilized, other countries have started taking a look at how the Chinese did it. The […]
... written on Mar 11 2020Be prepared for US$20 oil in 2020. Ali Khedery, a former ExxonMobil’s senior advisor for the Middle East, said so and now even Goldman Sachs warned that twenty bucks for a barrel of crude oil is absolutely possible. On Sunday, oil prices crashed by more than a third or 30% – the worst one day […]
... written on Mar 09 2020Oil prices dropped more than 10% on Friday (March 6) when the U.S. WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude closed at US$41.28 – the lowest since August 2016. More importantly, it was WTI’s biggest one day percentage drop since November 28, 2014. Meanwhile, international benchmark Brent crude lost 9.4% to close at US$45.27 a barrel – […]
... written on Mar 08 2020Xi Jinping rarely mingles with the public. But the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak forced him to take a walk outside the municipal office in the Anhuali neighbourhood in Beijing last month as part of a publicity stunt to assure people that everything was under control. As he was chatting with ordinary folks, the Chinese president joked […]
... written on Mar 05 2020As expected, the next Dewan Rakyat (Lower House of Representative) sitting, scheduled to meet on March 9, has been postponed to May 18 under the instruction of newly crowned Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Essentially, that means the 72-year-old premier was sworn in without the necessary 112 minimum seats required to form a simple majority government […]
... written on Mar 04 2020
