Archive - 19 August 2021

• YOURSAY | Umno mounts reverse takeover of PN govt
• COMMENT | Not the time for Anwar to take over Putrajaya
• To save the seahorses, culture matters
• Kedah MB denies floods in Gunung Jerai area caused by logging activities
• COMMENT | We need a pandemic cabinet, here's how to do it
• Suhakam urges the new govt to press on with institutional reforms
• LETTER | Respect the royal institution on appointment of PM
• Agong's meetings with MPs on choice for PM end
• Biden says Aug 31 deadline in Afghanistan might have to be extended
• Harapan, BN/PN coalitions not good enough, but 'Pejuang can support either side'
• Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport
• Third Pfizer dose 86pct effective in over 60s - Israeli study
• 'Mini tsunami' from Mount Jerai covers sleepy Kedah villages in mud, kills 3
• Escape from Kabul: Film director recounts experience
• Opposition not invited to Istana Negara
• MOH van driver killed, three staff hurt when collecting vaccine
• Animals to get legal status in South Korea
• With Ismail Sabri and Anwar as frontrunners, Kit Siang proposes PM-DPM combo
• Bersama Malaysia: Microsoft Partners with Seeloz to Reimagine Supply Chain with AI
• Where's the logic? - Hanipa pans Muhyiddin's anti-kleptocrat stance
• Netizens slam maskless Annuar Musa visiting food stall
• Judge displeased with 'no-show' Najib at 1MDB trial
• Search continues for missing four after massive Kedah flood
• M’sian gov’t fails to stay suit seeking automatic citizenship for overseas-born children
• Shahrir: Up to Ismail Sabri to prove he can do better than PN, Harapan
• Hong Kong activist found guilty in national security case
• Shopee kicks off an action-packed year-end shopping season with Jackie Chan, starting with 9.9 Super Shopping Day
• LETTER | Nature’s wrath: The tragic floods in Yan
• Kedah declares Yan, Kuala Muda as Level 1 disaster areas
• Agong wanted to ascertain 114 MPs didn't back Ismail Sabri under duress
• Covid-19 (Aug 19): Record 22.9k cases, new highs in Perak, Sabah
• West is now perceived as weak over Afghanistan, British minister says
• Cops record preacher's statement to assist in sexual harassment probe
• Muhyiddin: PN support for Ismail conditional, no ministers with criminal charges
• HOMA2U secured RM2.4 million of funding bullish on moving business forward nationwide
• LETTER | Spare some thoughts for our sisters of Afghanistan
• New PM yet to be sworn-in, jostle for number two post begins
• Second #Lawan protest cancelled after Muhyiddin resigns
• Annuar calls for all parties in new govt to consolidate in single coalition
• Several killed amid firing by Taliban and stampede during rally - witness
• Dine-in privilege for fully vaccinated in Phase 1 states
• Malaysia vaccination records not recognised in HK
• LETTER | Call for logging moratorium to tackle climate change
• Selvax lending 500k vaccine doses for other states
• Health DG: Reopening because of economy, not because it's safe
• Cops haul up 31 participants at vigil for Covid-19 deaths
• Guan Eng's trial: MoU did not state tunnel project awarded via open tender - witness
• 1MDB paid Bloomberg to list one of its funds - witness
• PN’s conditional support for Ismail does not count - Ambiga
• Muhyiddin's condition for new PM
• Ambiga initiates petition for unity govt to heal the nation
• Kedah govt considering initiatives to redevelop flood-hit Yan district
• PPV volunteer picks up foreign languages to assist migrant workers
• CITF orders 29 PPVs across Selangor to be closed