Archive - 16 March 2021

• Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots amid safety fears
• Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American US Cabinet secretary
• COMMENT | Corruption is scariest without rules
• MP SPEAKS | Defection season: Here we go again
• COMMENT | Where's the outrage when women are killed in domestic violence?
• White House says US has reached out to North Korea, received no response
• Putrajaya hopes to lead states in updating laws on religious propagation
• LETTER | Realities and challenges for fresh grads during pandemic
• Jenexus looking to continuous growth ahead with Peplink
• Anwar to hold presser at 4.30pm, this follows Umno-PKR weekend talks
• Prosecution: Ex-Goldman banker expected to return to M’sia on June 1
• 321,331 individuals have received Covid-19 vaccine as of March 15 - Health DG
• Malaysia's investment slump shows need for structural reforms - World Bank
• Kedah wants own port authority to be set up - MB
• Creative arts practitioners urged to take up govt aid
• Encrypted messaging app Signal stops working in China
• US top diplomat calls for deeper Japan ties, as China, N Korea cast shadow
• Funerals to be held for slain Myanmar activists as violence escalates
• Top Glove charged with failure to provide certified accommodations
• Jelai forest safe for now after DOE rejects EIA terms for rare earth mine
• Govt needs to relook policies to improve future socio-economic growth - Zafrul
• 'Allah' ruling: Sabah, S'wak lawmakers urge Putrajaya to withdraw appeal
• LETTER | Disney’s Raya: Celebrating representation
• Govt plans to set up large-scale vaccination centres - Khairy
• Info chief: Umno firm on no cooperation with PKR, DAP
• Past growth drivers not enough to carry M'sia past high-income threshold - Mustapa
• Vaccination committee to brief MPs next Monday
• LETTER | A Malaysian’s reflection in the pandemic
• Three RTD enforcers, two proxies remanded over bribery case
• LETTER | Stop culture of over-collecting and over-sharing personal data
• WSJ: China asks Alibaba to dispose of media assets
• LETTER | Can Malaysia save a national symbol from poaching and trade?
• 'Bunch of traitors and pirates' – ghosts of videos past haunt Xavier
• UN agency: ‘Troubling' signs of Myanmar food price rises since coup
• MDEC appoints Director of Legal to bolster its ‘Reinvent’ efforts
• Covid-19 (March 16): 1,063 new cases, 5 deaths
• MOF undertaking study to widen revenue base including reinstating GST
• As PKR courts Umno, Amanah demands answers
• PM tests negative for Covid-19 on sixth day of home quarantine
• Anwar insists he has 'adequate' majority, talks with Umno in initial stage
• Mind your words, stay true to Islam - Selangor sultan
• Report lodged after ministers allegedly travel interstate for wedding
• Anwar seeks to meet MACC chief over 'offers' to PKR MPs
• Perak, part of Kedah, Negeri Sembilan under recovery MCO tomorrow
• Online petition launched urging govt to provide rental relief fund for SMEs
• UK seeks to 'moderate' China with push for more influence in Indo-Pacific
• Blinken warns China against 'coercion and aggression' on first Asia trip
• Felda becomes majority shareholder of FGV with 81pct stake
• 44 people including 32 JPJ officers detained for protecting errant lorry drivers
• Ismail Sabri: Govt won't repeal RM10k fine, may reduce amount upon appeal
• Govt green lights Ramadan bazaars, terawih prayers
• Vaccine queue-jump claim: Individual called by police not a whistleblower - IGP
• Emergency ordinance: Action only against fake news, not criticism - minister
• Sime Darby Plantation drops lawsuit against activist
• Ministers at VIP wedding
• Anwar claims he still has majority and other news you may have missed
• Insurance agent seeks court nullification of her unilateral conversion
• COMMENT | A lesson in irony