Archive - 13 August 2021

• Climate change: Worst-case scenario sees M'sia defaulting on debts by 2050
• YOURSAY | Record high deaths – our health system is collapsing
• COMMENT | Govt is reopening all the wrong states
• Will police investigate Kedah MB? MP asks after Sanusi's critics nabbed
• COMMENT | East Germany comes to Muhyiddin's Malaysia
• China cities declare rain 'red alerts' as flood death toll hits 21
• US and Britain to evacuate embassies as Taliban advances in Afghanistan
• Harapan didn't offer Youth chief post to Umno - PKR MP
• MCA leader moots storing vaccination status in MyKad to prevent abuse
• Philippine court dismisses libel case against journalist Maria Ressa
• Thai volunteers provide lifeline to elderly, sick cut off by pandemic
• UN warns any fighting in Kabul would be 'catastrophic' for civilians
• SEEK Asia: ‘Workforce of the future’ is one that keeps reskilling, upskilling
• Be the next changemaker and find yourself at ISKL
• Aug 30 decision on legal bid for lower voting age nationwide
• Sabah limits supermarkets only to those fully vaccinated, but less strict for now
• KJ: 12 to 17-year-olds set to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations
• Harapan calls for MPs to back Anwar as PM, avoid snap polls
• Four Air Force personnel killed in amok incident in Kuching
• US authorises Covid vaccine boosters for immunocompromised
• Group seeks royal pardon for Najib, wants him to be PM
• COMMENT | Botak Chin - crime, punishment and posterity
• Q2 GDP lower q-on-q, Bank Negara slashes annual growth forecast
• LETTER | No one mechanism on loss of confidence
• Seven activists probed for sedition over planned second #Lawan protest
• The Industry-Academic Cultivation Program of High-level Talents in Semiconductor Industry
• COMMENT | Suggestions for getting children back to school safely
• Zakir Naik loses appeal over transfer of defamation suit to Penang High Court
• Covid-19 (Aug 13): 21.4k new cases, 277 deaths, Perlis reports record high
• Without vote, numbers from speaker merely speculation - Annuar Musa
• Covid-19 wrap-up: Only 2pct of new cases critical
• Bukit Aman freezes leave for all personnel with immediate effect
• Klang MP requests more urgent help for HTAR
• MP SPEAKS | Minority government 101
• COMMENT | Challenge of being positive in these trying times
• Najib insinuates PN behind pardon petition, pledges to fight cases in court
• A growing mismatch: Overcoming the skilled digital talent crunch
• '???' tweet on Ali Rustam photo triggers sedition dragnet
• Inform police of overcrowding at vaccination centres - Bukit Aman
• Afghan women bankers forced from roles as Taliban takes control
• China's new US envoy stresses importance of Taiwan in first high-level meeting
• First HK election under revamped system to be largely uncontested
• Taliban captures Afghanistan's Kandahar, Herat; embassies getting staff out
• Allianz General launches Allianz Business Shield
• Thinner and contrite, Samsung's leader walks out of jail on parole
• LETTER | I'd settle for a cat to be PM rather than see Najib's return
• Partial win for late ex-minister's mum over grandchildren in inheritance suit
• Dead fish pile up at Sg Penchala after effluents flow into river
• DPM has audience with Johor sultan, meets with MB
• Muhyiddin offers olive branch to opposition, promises reforms
• Next 48 hours is crucial - Najib
• Save Rivers suit not meant to undermine mediation with natives: Samling Group
• Spectacular own goal in numbers game - Zuraida scorches Harapan
• PM promises GE15 by July 2022, won't allow 'kleptocrats' to rule
• Opposition parties, MPs reject PM's offer and want him to resign
• Boo: Are our Covid-19 management guidelines too loose?
• LETTER | Very risky to reopen schools in September
• Double-digit GDP growth indicates continued recovery trajectory - Zafrul
• EMCO at 10 localities in Sabah, Pahang from Sunday
• Rina: 33 children have lost both parents to Covid-19
• No Covid-19 clusters from #Lawan demonstration, says DG
• DAP MPs at odds over PM's peace offering
• Health Ministry wants stricter border control to curb Lambda variant spread
• Lawyers: Remaining in office without majority not an option for PM
• MATRADE propelling digitally enabled Halal trade at Mihas 2021
• Undi18 campaigners detest being used as PM's 'bargaining chip'
• 'With more vaccinated, hospital admission decreases for severe Covid-19'
• Muhyiddin has no standing to offer 'open bribery', says Harapan
• Covid-19: M'sia selected to test effectiveness of new drugs
• 11 Covid-19 self-test kits approved - health minister
• Zahid: Umno cannot consider offers by illegitimate PM
• Bipartisan cooperation mature move to stabilise political crisis - PN leaders
• MP SPEAKS | Is Muhyiddin offering olive branch or poisoned chalice?
• Govt getting more ambulances in effort to reduce Covid-19 patients dying at home