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PARIS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in France increased by 24,392, while another 242 people have died in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by health authorities on Saturday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrjGBZ

BOGOTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday that a new variant of the novel coronavirus discovered in Brazil is already circulating in the country. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrjGBN

Ready for some retro? Platformer Cyber Shadow brings the aesthetics and rage-quit inducing difficulties of 80's gaming to modern consoles. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrjG9F

KUCHING: The Health Ministry has completed a dry run of its Covid-19 vaccination delivery mechanism, transporting bottles of a saline solution to rural Sarawak to test the logistics and feasibility of the Pfizer vaccine supply chain. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrfWPS

PETALING JAYA: Based on the recent sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit suspects it may be caused by the different Covid-19 variants already in the country. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrfWPF

PUTRAJAYA: The management of condominiums and apartments can request foreign tenants undergo swab tests but not local residents, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrfWN4

Optimising the use of social media could be beneficial to the mental health of older adults, while helping them feel less isolated. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrZxFw

More than half of the world’s population is now active on social media, or around 4.2 billion people. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrZxF4

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) extended Thai­pusam greetings to all Malaysian Hindus and said he hoped the celebrations this year would continue to foster unity and preserve the country’s harmony and prosperity. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrZx9t

PETALING JAYA: All public recreational parks should be opened to enable people to exercise but with strict adherence to the SOP, says the Housing and Local Government Minister. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrW234

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is currently in the 29th spot in the list of countries with the highest number of Covid-19 infections in a two-week period as at Jan 25, according to data from the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrW1zQ

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s first-ever Covid-19 vaccine trial has kicked off in nine of the country’s hospitals, with 3,000 volunteers taking part in the national study. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrW1wD

PETALING JAYA: More data about Covid-19 vaccines will be made available by the time most Malaysians get the vaccine, says one of Malaysia’s top infectious disease experts, Datuk Dr Christopher Lee. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrR3J6

PETALING JAYA: General standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Chinese New Year have been drawn up, but these will likely be tweaked to take into account varying conditions on the ground, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrR3HP

PETALING JAYA: After a cry for help from the National Blood Centre about a critical level of blood supply, Malaysians came out in droves during the last weekend to donate blood. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrR3D1

OTTAWA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday that the government is looking seriously at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travelers returning from non-essential trips abroad. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrM5zX

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed in a phone call on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic and other global challenges can only be tackled through closer cooperation, a government spokesman in Berlin said on Monday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrM5yZ

It seems that the White House has a few tricks up its sleeve – or rather, on its website. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrM5xY

SANTIAGO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chile reported 4,498 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, for a total of 699,110 cases, as well as 79 more deaths, bringing the death toll to 17,933, reported the Ministry of Health. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrHJCD

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain's promise to shake up a hidebound political establishment mired in endless graft scandals. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrHJC4

PARIS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- France on Sunday registered 18,436 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, pushing the total count to 3,053,617, while prospect rises for a third nationwide confinement to curb the spread of more infectious new variants. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrHJ8s

IT has taken more than 18 years but finally Indonesian terrorist Riduan Isamuddin @ Hambali and his two Malaysian lieutenants – Mohammed Farik Amin and Mohammed Nazir Lep – will be formally charged for their terror acts. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrDK5r

PETALING JAYA: The two Malaysians charged with terrorism offences in the United States alongside Indonesian Hambali had been to Afghanistan where they met then al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrDK5f

KUALA LUMPUR: The transfer of Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who presided over the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, out of a criminal court is to replace a judge retiring from a civil court. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RrDK4y

ROME, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The director-general of the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic has illustrated the need for the world to strengthen agriculture and food systems. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr9PzK

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Boeing announced on Friday that the company is setting a target to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation, committing that its commercial airplanes will be capable and certified to fly on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr9Pyf

BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Belgium will start to ban non-essential travel from or to the country starting on Jan. 27, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced Friday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr9Px1

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has the right formula to get on the recovery path in terms of both public health and the economy, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr5lwW

PETALING JAYA: The Datuk who was caught on video slapping a young couple at a hotpot restaurant is in hot soup. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr5lw7

PUTRAJAYA: The movement control order for Penang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor, Kelantan, Sabah and three Federal Territories have been extended to Feb 4 following a significant number of Covid-19 cases recorded over the past 14 days. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr5lsQ

As Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as US president, digital rights groups are calling on him and legislators to curb the power of tech firms and guard consumers’ online privacy. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr1rLs

US president Biden, less than an hour after his swearing in, posted his first official tweet from the @POTUS account after Twitter transferred it from Trump’s control. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr1rLk

A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera took an unexpected twist on Jan 20 after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer for stealing self-driving car secrets shortly before joining Uber. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rr1rKt

HOUSTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. state of Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Tuesday that the largest shipment of COVID-19 vaccine so far is set to be distributed this week. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqxtB9

The now-silenced Parler app that appeared to have played a key role in mobilising the Trump-inspired mob that attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6 had a greater share of users who are either veterans or in the US military compared with other social media platforms. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqxtB7

Suspected Russian hackers targeted the cybersecurity company Malwarebytes Inc in the course of a sprawling cyberattack that targeted US government agencies and companies. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rqxt7R

PETALING JAYA: The government’s RM15bil “Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (Permai)” assistance package has been welcomed by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic), who said that it can help assist Malaysians and industry players to weather through the Covid-19 pandemic. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rqt06D

IPOH: Environmental activist group Aktivis Sahabat Alam (Kuasa) is urging the state government to stop all quarry activities around the Tanjung Batu waterfall area in Segari, Manjung. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rqt061

IPOH: DAP’s Malim Nawar assemblyman Leong Cheok Keng has been sacked from the party with immediate effect. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rqt05s

JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 death cases in Israel has reached 4,005, the state's Ministry of Health said on Sunday night. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqpHHt

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pobeda flight DP936 was a few minutes into its descent towards Moscow's Vnukovo airport, where thousands of supporters of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were waiting to meet him on his return to Russia, when the flight captain said he could not land as planned. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqpHHn

KHARTOUM -- The death toll from the armed militias' attack in El Geneina, capital city of Sudan's West Darfur State, jumped to 83, and the injured to 160, at a time when the Sudanese authorities decided to send security reinforcements to the area. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqpHFG

MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian jungle state of Amazonas received more emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators on Saturday, as the military and neighboring Venezuela scrambled to alleviate an unfolding humanitarian crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqlMwM

Hours after an angry mob of Trump supporters took control of the US Capitol in a violent insurrection, Selena Gomez laid much of the blame at the feet of Big Tech. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqlMvx

The FBI arrested one man after a co-worker at a western Maryland restaurant reported seeing him in images of people assaulting the US Capitol. A Texas man was charged after his ex-wife recognised him in a social-media video and called authorities, noting that it was a good picture. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqlMtM

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil had 69,198 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 1,151 deaths from COVID-19, the fourth consecutive day with more than 1,000 fatalities, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqhZH5

RIGA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Latvian Welfare Ministry has been taken to task over inaction that has resulted in dozens of COVID-19 deaths in the Baltic country's long-term care facilities. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqhZGx

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scattered vaccine shortages cropped up on the frontlines of the U.S. battle against the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, prompting at least one large New York healthcare system to cancel a slew of appointments of people hoping to be inoculated. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqhZGq

The FBI is tracking an “extensive amount of concerning online chatter”, including calls for armed protests leading up to next week’s presidential inauguration, Director Chris Wray said on Jan 14. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqcvTC

US President Donald Trump considered signing onto the Twitter alternative Parler, using the pseudonym “Person X”, before the conservative social media platform was shut down, according to its chief executive officer. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqcvT0

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Hiroshima prefecture said on Friday it will carry out large-scale polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to curb the spread of coronavirus, a rarity in a nation that lags far behind many other countries in the number of tests conducted. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqcvS9

US Congress and federal agencies have been slow or unwilling to address warnings about cybersecurity, shelving recommendations that are considered high priority while investing in programs that have fallen short. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqXYxf

Teachers on Zoom calls with students ages five to eight who are at home or in daycare might find this a familiar bugbear: the sounds of other children, siblings, parents and barking dogs. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqXYx8

Google, Twitter and Amazon are hopeful that Joe Biden’s incoming administration in the United States will enact a federal digital data law, senior company officials said at CES, the annual electronics and technology show. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqXYtZ

PETALING JAYA: The general election will be held once the country is out of the woods from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Prime Minister has given his commitment. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqScpp

PETALING JAYA: The general election will be held once the country is out of the woods from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Prime Minister has given his commitment. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqScn7

PETALING JAYA: It is proactive measures and not subsidies that will stimulate the economy as the recovery of the economy is already waning, say economists. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqScf4

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California, the United States, have tested positive for COVID-19, in the first known instance of natural transmission to great apes, zoo officials said on Monday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqNhj8

TUNIS, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Ministry of Health reported 3,074 new infections by COVID-19 and 69 additional deaths during the past 24 hours. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqNhhn

QUITO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's public health system is nearly stretched to the limit by the sustained rise in novel coronavirus infections, Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos said on Monday, as the country surpassed 221,500 cases and 9,600 deaths from the disease. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqNhfx

TUNIS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian Health Ministry on Sunday reported 1,762 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 159,276. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqJZKh

SANTIAGO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Over the past week, Chile has recorded the highest numbers of new daily cases of COVID-19 in the last six months, with more than 4,000 cases registered for the third consecutive day, bringing the total number of cases to 641,923, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqJZJl

Forget piano lessons and sheet music: Google is making it fun and easy to learn the basics of music online with a series of hands-on experiments at the Chrome Music Lab. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqG5b2

TUNIS, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Health Ministry reported 2,611 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number of infections to 157,514. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqFpX4

HOUSTON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. state of New Mexico Department of Health officials said they won't verify the residence or citizenship when distributing COVID-19 vaccines, local media reported Saturday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqFpWC

GEORGE TOWN: There will be no kavadi, breaking of coconuts or traffic jams in Jalan Utama during Thaipusam this year. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RqCHqf

Twitch has joined the widening movement to deplatform Donald Trump from Internet services, following the rioting and violence by a pro-Trump horde on Jan 6 in Washington, D.C. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq7dxw

The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Jan 7 to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq7dwk

CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures fell across the board on Thursday, led by wheat. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq7HYX

Facebook Inc’s planned smart glasses will arrive “sooner than later” in 2021, but won’t feature the kind of digital overlay technology that is associated with augmented reality, according to hardware chief Andrew Bosworth. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq3vdS

Facebook, in an unusual action, removed President Trump's video post to D.C. rioters telling them to “go home” – while he also fanned the conspiracy flames that the US election was fraudulent. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq3vYR

LIMA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Peru extended the ban on flights to and from Europe for another 15 days on Wednesday to prevent the variant of the novel coronavirus from reaching the country. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq3XJf

OTTAWA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that he is worried about the slow pace of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the country. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq0FSM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group's Alipay, the White House said, escalating tensions with Beijing before President-elect Joe Biden takes office this month. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rq0FRY

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RpzvC8

Employees of Google and parent company Alphabet Inc announced the creation of a union on Jan 4, escalating years of confrontation between workers and management of the Internet giant. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RpwYDK

South Korean brand LG has been working on transparent OLED screen technology for years now and will be using the CES 2021 show, taking place online from Jan 11, to present its latest innovations in the domain – which you could soon be encountering in public places or in your own home. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RpwYCd

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks reversed earlier gains to finish noticeably lower on Monday, the first trading session of 2021, amid lingering coronavirus concerns. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RpwBwP

SANTIAGO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chile registered 2,289 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, for a total of 618,191 cases, as well as another 43 deaths, bringing the death toll to 16,767, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RprzpX

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond Jan. 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains on hospitals and health workers, politicians said at the weekend. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rprzmw

PARIS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- France has registered 12,489 coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 2,665,728, while the death toll went up by 116 to 65,037, according to data released on Sunday by the Health Ministry. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rprfxm

KOTA BARU: The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) welcomes the proposal from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) to use the Quick Response (QR) Code system at all entry points to detect non-halal meat. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RppNC1

PETALING JAYA: Ikea Damansara will be closed until further notice after Covid-19 infections were detected among their staff members and service partners. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RppN9P

PARIS (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa wing has said it was responsible for the killing of three French soldiers in Mali, jihadist monitoring organisation SITE Intel reported on Saturday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rpp6bF

PETALING JAYA: After more than two years of uncertainty, the curtain has finally fallen on the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project. Read full story http://dlvr.it/RplvvG

KUALA LUMPUR: With the high speed rail (HSR) between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore off the shelf, Malaysia will have to look into alternatives. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rplvqv

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company's ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation, departed this week, according to an internal company post viewed by Reuters on Friday. Read full story http://dlvr.it/Rpldkq