MUAR: Any political changes could affect the government’s efforts to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has reminded the people. “Can the country face such problems due to reshuffling or changes that could lead to a chaotic political situation? “This is a political problem where many are confused and to solve this matter, we are bringing it to Parliament. He was asked to comment about his position as the Prime Minister after several Umno MPs retracted their support for him this week. Expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and other Barisan lawmakers for their support, Muhyiddin said their stance is in line with the King’s decree.

Compiled by CHOW HOW BAN, JUNAID IBRAHIM and R. ARAVINTHANPOP star Kris Wu (pic) is expected to face more date rape-related lawsuits in the United States, Guang Ming Daily reported. According to information gathered from a WeChat account called “Los Angeles Chinese Information Network”, several victims had come forward with the allegations. Some of the girls had sex with Wu without being aware of it,” the report said. He decided to attempt the feat after a friend shared a reference for the cycling route two months ago. “Actually, the total duration of the cycling journey was only four hours.

The webinar, titled Export and Investment Across Trade Corridors, kicked off with a keynote speech by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. (pic)“To be a successful trading nation, Malaysia has to be more aggressive in promoting our goods and services overseas. Stressing on the need for deeper economic connectivity and increased intra-regional cooperation in Asean to provide businesses with access to new markets and emerging growth opportunities, Lee said that intra-Asean is one of the trade corridors with the most potential for growth. He added that increased physical and digital connectivity through regional initiatives such as the Master Plan on Asean Connectivity 2025 is likely to generate sustainable growth opportunities in Asean by connecting economies and industrial clusters. “Digital transformation has accelerated across every industry, with digital channels having become the primary conduits of customer engagements, business productivity and supply chain resiliency.

There’s evidence that part of the problem is supply -- many of these hard-hit firms are struggling to find staff. “It’s more of a challenge than normal.”It’s a paradox -- labor shortages at a time of high unemployment rates -- that has also been a feature of the U.S. labor market recovery. According to the latest data from job posting service Indeed Canada, listings in the food services sector are up 72% from pre-pandemic levels, suggesting strong demand for bartenders, kitchen help and servers. Weakness in hospitality jobs “does temper expectations of when we get back to pre-pandemic levels,” Sri Thanabalasingam, an economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, said by phone. While some economists are pushing back their forecasts for when employment returns to pre-pandemic levels, it’s only by a month or two -- for now.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Aug 7): After two bronze medals in 2012 and 2016, Christine Sinclair finally got her hands on Olympic gold when Canada beat Sweden 3-2 on penalties at the Tokyo Games after Friday's final ended 1-1 following extra time. "It's such a special group, we fought through the whole tournament, we fought tonight, and managed to find a way to win." This group is loaded, and I just know I need to do my job, I need to do whatever I can to help the team win," she explained. "I headed into this tournament knowing I'm not making any decisions out of joy or sadness, depending how the tournament went. I've never done that in my career," she said, her gold medal glittering around her neck.

PETALING JAYA: Two Umno MPs say they only signed their attendance at Friday's (Aug 6) meeting of Barisan Nasional MPs held to address support for the Perikatan Nasional government, and those signatures do not indicate where they stand. They would only make their stand known when the motion of confidence in Muhyiddin's leadership is tabled in Parliament in September, they said. Noh said he was involved in two groups - as an MP and as a member of the supreme council. I agree with the supreme council to retract support but until the motion of confidence is tabled in Parliament, I will heed the King. "As an Umno supreme council member, I will follow the party decision which was made en bloc.

SUNGAI BULOH: Student Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam says she will countersue her physical education teacher for RM5mil. Ain Husniza was called to the police headquarters on Friday evening to have her statement taken over investigation for intentional insult. According to the letter, Ain Husniza said that she had seven days to fulfil these demands, one of which was to pay RM1mil for punitive damages. Ain Husniza made headlines earlier this year for calling out her physical education teacher's rape jokes made in class. Article type: metered User Type: anonymous web User Status: Campaign ID: 46 Cxense type: free User access status: 3Join our Telegram channel to get our Evening Alerts and breaking news highlights

He has tried online dating and even though he has ‘met’ a few nice girls online, he says that they just didn’t click. During the pandemic, Deny thinks that social media is a good place to socialise, make new friends, and possibly find 'the one'. “It’s similar to going to a party and seeing all the girls there and then accessing who to approach – except this is on social media,” he adds. “Some of my friends have ‘introduced’ me to their female friends on social media and I’ve chatted with some of them as well,” he says. But after a few phone conversations, we realised we didn’t seem to have much in common although we’ve added each other as friends on social media,” he adds.

PETALING JAYA: Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad has resigned. The Wanita Umno chief said based on a decision made by the Umno supreme council on Aug 3, she has agreed with the party’s decision to resign from her post as Higher Education Minister. “As the Wanita Umno chief, I agree to resign from my post with immediate effect as Cabinet minister. “I would like to express my gratitude to the Prime Minister for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Higher Education Minister in the government. Noraini was appointed on March 10, 2020, by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - FC Barcelona fans were left reeling on Friday after the club announced that star striker Lionel Messi would be leaving the Camp Nou, where he has spent his entire professional career. It's really sad, really really sad," said 36-year-old student and Barca fan Jose Rivero, standing on the street in the Catalan capital. Messi, who joined Barcelona aged 13, is the club's all-time top scorer, helping them claim 10 league titles, four Champions Leagues and three Club World Cups during a glittering career. However, they failed to sufficiently reduce their wage bill to stay within La Liga's Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. Still, some observers believe that the announcement of Messi's departure is actually Barca boldly calling La Liga's bluff over its FFP rules.

Jodie Tan Li Juen, 12Twelve-year-old Jodie Tan Li Juen’s best friend is her classmate Siow Shuan Yik. But we continue to keep in touch through phone calls and messaging.”“Ch’ng Yan Bei is my best friend. Even though we don’t go to the same school, we are still best friends. My other best friend is Lim Zi Xuan who stays two doors away from my home. I love her very much.”“My best friend has brown hair, curly long hair and big eyes.

Alves's leadership of the young Brazil team has been evident in every game, including in the semi-final shootout win over Mexico where he strode up to take the first penalty kick. On Saturday, the former Barcelona defender will find himself 90 minutes away from becoming captain of a gold medal winning team when his side face Spain in the final in Yokohama. Yet when it comes to representing his country, Alves has never managed to be part of a team which has won a major global competition. It is an admirable approach and one which reflects Brazil's respect for the Olympic football tournament -- which they finally won five years ago on home turf in Rio. The Spaniards won Olympic gold at Barcelona 1992 and silver at Sydney 2000, losing on penalties to Cameroon in the final.

In a statement today, Muhyiddin also indicated that Yang di-Pertuan Agong had granted a decree for him to affirm his legitimacy as the prime minister through a vote of confidence in Dewan Rakyat next month. “I thank them (the BN MPs) for their stance where it is agreed that my legitimacy as the prime minister be determined in Parliament in September through a motion for a vote of confidence, and not through other means. Earlier this afternoon, Ismail Sabri, who is also an Umno MP, chaired a press conference declaring the support of 31 MPs from BN towards Muhyiddin as the prime minister. He, however, did not comment on the possible implications of the decision, which is opposed to Umno’s prior decision to retract support for PN. Read also:Thirty-one BN MPs agree to continue supporting PN govt until vote of confidence tabled in Parliament next monthMCA, MIC to continue supporting PN govtMuhyiddin says he still has majority support

The Statistics Department said on Friday the number of poor households increased to 639,800 households in 2020 as compared to 405,400 households in 2019. Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin“The incidence of hardcore poverty is estimated to increase from 0.4% (2019) to 1% which involved 78,000 households (2019: 27,200 households). The report also provided selected statistics related to income distribution, household structure and incidence of poverty in Malaysia for 2020. Putrajaya registered the lowest reduction in monthly household income and remained to record the highest mean and median of monthly household gross income as compared to other states with RM12,322 and RM9,743 respectively. He said a majority of households experienced a decline in income whereby many households from higher income shifted to lower income group.

While it may seem almost impossible for singles to find love during the pandemic – because how do we socialise these days? “I think some still look down on online dating as a ‘desperate attempt’ to find someone,” he adds. “Now that I have experienced a successful online match, I think online dating is a pretty useful tool for people to meet especially during the pandemic,” he says. “We also enjoy visiting different cafes and restaurants during the recovery MCO, especially since I’m a foodie,” says Tan. Photo: Wong Ing Hwa“Video calls are our favourite way to support each other mentally and emotionally through the pandemic,” says Wong.