24-hour deadline for patching potholes in Ipoh, pledges mayor

IPOH: Potholes in the city will be fixed within 24 hours of a report made, says Ipoh mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin.

China warns its citizens in Washington to take safety precautions against protests and virus

HONG KONG, Jan 9 (SCMP): Chinese state media outlets and commentators are closely following and sharing images of the unfolding situation in the US‘When I woke up, Congress had fallen and the US was in chaos’ one popular and anonymous commentator said on WeChat

NYC COVID-19 test positivity rate hits 9.38 pct, new cases 3,960: mayor

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went up to 9.38 percent, compared with 9.21 percent one day earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted on Friday.

U.S. New Orleans tightens COVID-19 restrictions

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. city of New Orleans on Friday tightened its COVID-19 restrictions as the situation of the pandemic continued to worsen in the past days.

UK records highest daily increase of coronavirus cases, deaths

LONDON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Britain recorded another 68,053 coronavirus cases, the highest ever daily increase since the pandemic began in the country, official figures showed Friday.

Council survey shows bulk of waste comes from kitchen

Long wait for market upgrade

AFTER more than a year, traders and marketgoers are still waiting for upgrading works to be carried out at the 91-year-old Jalan Jetty Lama market, said Bagan MCA.

Two Hebei cities locked down

HEBEI: Hebei province in China has confirmed 127 Covid-19 cases and detected 183 asymptomatic carriers since the outbreak began on Jan 2, said Xu Jianpei, vice governor of Hebei province, at the province’s first provincial-level press conference for epidemic control.

Capitol police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

WASHINGTON (AP): Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol Building here, the Pentagon asked the US Capitol police if it needed National Guard manpower.

China warns its citizens in Washington to take safety precautions against protests and virus

HONG KONG, Jan 8 (SCMP): Chinese state media outlets and commentators are closely following and sharing images of the unfolding situation in the US‘When I woke up, Congress had fallen and the US was in chaos’ one popular and anonymous commentator said on WeChat