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Ontario driving schools say they’re frustrated with the province-wide delays in road testing, saying that some of their students are waiting so long to take…
View More ‘They’re forgetting what they learned:’ Ontario teens face hard road getting driver’s licences
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia issued a travel ban from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan from Oct…
View More Malaysia issues inter-state travel ban to and from Sabah from Oct 7-20
We still don’t know why more than 15,000 cases were effectively lost in the English testing system. The prime minister called it a “computer problem”.…
View More Why the missing 15,000 COVID-19 cases will affect everyone
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean police mobilised hundreds of buses to head off any political rallies in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday (Oct 3) with…
View More South Korean police set up 'bus walls' to prevent protests amid Covid-19 concern
WASHINGTON (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – US President Donald Trump is receiving an experimental treatment of synthetic antibodies for Covid-19, his doctor said on Friday (Oct 2),…
View More 'Fatigued' Trump receiving experimental antibodies treatment for Covid-19, says doctor
WARREN, OHIO/BANGOR, PENNSYLVANIA (REUTERS) – As Americans digested the news on Friday (Oct 2) that President Donald Trump had tested positive for the novel coronavirus,…
View More 'Anyone can get it': Trump supporters shocked at Covid-19 diagnosis, unwavering in support
KUALA LUMPUR – Lawyer Lana Shamsuddin, 49, used to be a shopaholic and visited malls two or three times a week to shop and dine,…
View More More malls to open in Malaysia amid Covid-19 pandemic and retail glut
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Airline passengers want visible plastic barriers in the cabin to reinstil confidence in flying during the pandemic, saying they do not all…
View More Airline passengers want to see barriers to boost confidence: Industry executives
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia had the highest Covid-19 reproduction number (Rt) of 1.57 on Sept 15 among six other countries in…
View More Malaysia's Covid-19 reproduction number highest in South-east Asian region on Sept 15, according to UK model
BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand’s plan to reopen its tropical island of Phuket to foreign visitors next month has hit a speed bump with the nation…
View More Phuket's reopening delayed by new Covid-19 case
KULAI (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Both the National Security Council (NSC) and the Prime Minister have been advised to extend the curbs under the…
View More Coronavirus: Malaysia PM Muhyiddin Yassin urged to extend recovery movement control beyond Aug 31
BANGKOK – Thailand plans to extend its state of emergency till the end of September to stave off a potential second wave of coronavirus infections,…
View More Thailand to extend state of emergency amid fears of second coronavirus wave
SINGAPORE – Some 750 families in need received frozen korban meat and packets of biryani from volunteers on Sunday (August 16) as part of the annual…
View More 750 families receive free food at annual korban meat distribution drive
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Malaysian government has decided to mandate the use of contact tracing app MySejahtera in all premises, said…
View More Use of MySejahtera contact tracing app to be mandatory in all premises, says Malaysian senior minister