Chinese, Swiss FMs Vow To Jointly Keep Global Industrial, Supply Chains Stable

BEIJING, Apr 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and Switzerland should work together to keep the global industrial and supply chains stable, amid the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said, in a phone call with his Swiss counterpart, Ignazio Cassis. Wang said, through…

Suhaimi Sulaiman appointed as Bernama’s new Chairman

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  Broadcast personality and media strategist Suhaimi Sulaiman has been appointed the new chairman of the Board of Governors of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) for a one-year term beginning Feb 1, 2020. Shah Alam High Court judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin has been reappointed as…

IATA warns 11.2 mln jobs at risk with airlines shutdown, calls for financial support

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Some 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing due to plummeting demand for air travel amid the COVID-19 crisis, with the bulk of job losses amounting to 11.2 million are in the Asia Pacific, warned the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  Airlines are calling on…

More than 7,000 advisories issued as Singapore tightens rules on safe distancing

SINGAPORE, April 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) –  More than 7,000 written advisories were issued to members of the public who breached the elevated safe distancing measures, mostly in hawker centres and markets, according to Singapore’s Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. The elevated safe distancing measures, dubbed as a circuit breaker,…

Moscow, Riyadh “Very Close” To Deal On Oil Output Cuts: Report

MOSCOW, Apr 7 (NNN-TASS) – Russia and Saudi Arabia are “very close” to a deal on oil production cuts, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund managing 10 billion U.S. dollars, said, Monday. “I think the whole market understands that, this deal is important and…

Putrajaya, Rembau and Jasin are now Covid-19 red zones

KUALA LUMPUR,  April 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Putrajaya, Rembau and Jasin are now categorised as COVID-19 red zones, bringing the tally of the infection’s hotspots to 21 locations across the nation to date. According to statistics released by the Ministry of Health (MOH)’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) on Twitter today, Putrajaya…

Pakistani PM Reshuffles Federal Cabinet Amid Fight Against COVID-19

ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, on Monday evening, reshuffled the federal cabinet by changing portfolios for different ministers and by making fresh appointments in different ministries and ministerial departments, the Prime Minister Office said. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister Office, Khan…

Covid-19: M’sian PM calls on people to stay resilient and continue MCO compliance

PUTRAJAYA, April 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today called on the people to remain resilient and continue obeying the Movement Control Order (MCO) to help the country fight COVID-19. He said the challenges posed by the coronavirus were not something that could not be handled by…

Dubai Fines 14 Merchants For Hiking Face Mask Prices

DUBAI, Apr 6 (NNN-WAM) – Dubai imposed fines on 14 merchants, for inflating the prices of face masks, to exploit the rise in demand for hygiene essentials, following the nationwide alert against COVID-19. The merchants fined for tampering with prices included nine pharmacies in Nad Al Hamar, Al Mizhar, Nad…

China’s Medical Supplies Exports Top 10 Billion Yuan

BEIJING, Apr 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – China actively joined hands with the rest of the world to stem the COVID-19 disease, with the exports of medical supplies registering 10.2 billion yuan (about 1.43 billion U.S. dollars). The items of medical supplies include 3.86 billion face masks, 37.52 million protective suits, 2.41…
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