4 July 2022

COVID-19 UPDATE

HIV testing and diagnoses drop during Covid-19 pandemic

RPI gets $3.5M to develop Covid-19 antiviral drug

Charlotte woman pleads guilty to $100,000 Covid-19 relief fraud

Largest study to date reveals how Covid-19 vaccines work with people of different sizes

MALAYSIA
Exports
Malaysia lifts 20-year ban on Thai rice flour exports

Digital Economy
Malaysia Digital initiative shows country’s readiness to be at forefront of digital economy

Crime
Robber attacks victim with sickle, both end up dead

Sports
Hoki-Kobayashi claim their maiden Malaysia open title

Fashion
Former Miss World Malaysia finalist creates online fashion brand

Data Privacy
Why is Malaysia seeing a rise in data leaks?

ASIA
Military
North Korea says US seeks 'military supremacy' in Asia

Shipping
More than two dozen missing in shipwreck off Hong Kong during South China Sea typhoon

AUSTRALIA
Biosecurity
Why Australia has had to kill millions of bees to save its honey industry

Imports
Australia will ban Russian gold imports

EUROPE
Travel
Britons will need to pay to enter European destinations from January

Ryanair strike threat set to add to summer airport chaos in Europe

GLOBAL
Biology
Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian

Science
Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones

SINGAPORE
Business
Why scent marketing is in the air at Singapore hotels and stores

Aviation
Singapore airlines pulls another Airbus A380 out of desert storage

UK
Politics
Germany and Ireland decry U.K. Government for tearing up Brexit deal

Legislation
New U.K. ‘bill of rights’ exempts government from free speech protections

US
History
History of the American Independence Day

Sports
U.S. men's soccer team qualifies for first Olympics since 2008