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KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says the declaration of Emergency in the country was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and had nothing to with politics. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/pm-emergency-declaration-had-nothing-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432734593400832

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said foreign investors, including Fortune 500 companies, have continued to show interest in investing in Malaysia due to various incentives offered by the government. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/special-incentives-to-attract-investors.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432733845749760

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says he will ensure Sabah and Sarawak are given fair treatment, in line with the creation of the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs portfolio in the Perikatan Nasional Federal Cabinet. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/pledge-to-give-fair-treatment-to-sabah.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432732472082432

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/trump-repeats-election-lie-declares.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432731785379840

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump told a conservative audience on Sunday he has no plans to start a new party to compete with the Republican Party. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/trump-says-he-has-no-plans-to-form.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432730683277312

Trainspotters have taken to social media to build a tighter community and creatively showcase their work while pushing the hobby forward. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/03/do-locomotion-trainspotting-hobbyists.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644432729607487488

​​​​​​​PETALING JAYA: Virtual criminal appeal hearings will begin at the Federal Court, Appellate Courts and High Courts nationwide via video-conferencing from Monday (March 1), says the Federal Court’s Chief Registrar’s office. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/criminal-appeal-hearings-to-begin-via.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644364761404964864

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew which ends Sunday (Feb 28) has been extended for another two weeks until March 16. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/sabahs-dusk-to-dawn-sea-curfew-extended.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353437504552960

KUALA LUMPUR: A pair of siblings and another man were killed following a head-on collision between two vehicles along Jalan Kuching here. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/siblings-among-three-killed-in-head-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353436637429760

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Saturday it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the nationwide eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic is unlawful. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/biden-administration-to-appeal-eviction.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353436124676096

(Reuters) - Opponents of military rule in Myanmar planned protests on Sunday a day after the security forces launched their biggest crackdown, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and wounding at least one. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/more-protests-against-coup-planned-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353435010023424

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine received U.S. authorization on Saturday and will start being administered to Americans within days. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/explainer-what-j-authorized-covid-19.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353433684590592

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was granted emergency authorization in the United States. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/factbox-johnson-johnsons-covid-19.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353432855117824

(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine up for additional approvals around the world. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/us-authorizes-j-covid-19-vaccine-making.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644353431376707584

PETALING JAYA: The first batch of China’s CoronaVac vaccine has arrived in Malaysia and is being stored at the Pharmaniaga facility where it will be processed into 300,000 doses. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/coronavac-vaccine-arrives-in-malaysia.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345889459142656

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jama­luddin will be the first to receive whichever Covid-19 vaccine that is approved next by Malaysia to encourage others not to be selective about the vaccines they are offered. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/kj-ill-take-next-approved-vaccine-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345889166589952

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have lauded stimulus efforts carried out by Perikatan Nasional over the last one year, since taking over the Federal Government. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/malaysians-are-thankful-for-lifeline.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345888901300224

PETALING JAYA: Two men in a Proton Waja who fled from the police after hitting other vehicles at a traffic light have been detained and remanded. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/bob-mah-sing-and-suspected-accomplice.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345887505727488

GEORGE TOWN: More than 200 containers of plastic waste from all over the world are still stuck at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT), said Penang Environment Department director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/malaysia-still-saddled-with-foreign.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345886612275200

KEPALA BATAS: Two new varieties of padi developed by the Malay­sian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) are set to hike Malaysia’s rice yields. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/mardis-two-new-padi-varieties-set-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345886158225408

PETALING JAYA: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) says it has delivered a solid performance in 2020 for both its operational and financial results with a total dividend payout of RM47.64bil. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/epf-navigates-safely-through-pandemic.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345885337190400

PETALING JAYA: Given the devastating effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the economy, economists and Malaysians have welcomed the Employees Provident Fund’s dividend payout for 2020. EPF had declared dividends of 5.20% for Conventional Savings and 4.9% for Syariah Savings for 2020, with a total dividend payout of RM47.64bil. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/dividend-payout-welcomed-bonus-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345884738535424

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases can drop to two digits by May if the R0 or R-naught continues to be on a downward trend, says the Health director-general. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-possible-drop-in-numbers-by-may.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345884224733184

JOHOR BARU: It is a busy weekend for parents as they make final preparations for the reopening of schools, starting tomorrow, which has been delayed because of the pandemic. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/parents-busy-with-getting-kids-ready.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345883794800640

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, woke up on Sunday morning to a second lockdown in a month as health authorities try to rein in a coronavirus cluster of the more contagious UK variant. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-zealands-auckland-starts-second.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345882786004992

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Myanmar’s United Nations envoy in New York vowed to fight on Saturday after the junta fired him for urging countries to use “any means necessary” to reverse a Feb. 1 coup that ousted the nation’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/myanmars-un-ambassador-vows-to-fight.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345882260717568

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ten people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday for assaulting police officers in fresh unrest over the jailing of a rapper for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/ten-arrested-in-barcelona-as-protests.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345881535070208

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Saturday said his administration would make an announcement on Saudi Arabia on Monday, following a U.S. intelligence report that found Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/biden-says-he-will-make-announcement-on.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345880319836160

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Saturday reported 23,996 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the space of 24 hours, down from 25,207 the previous day, data from the health ministry showed. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/france-reports-23996-new-covid-19-cases.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644345879153852417

Fastfood giant Yum! Brands may explore more plant based menu items over the next few years following a partnership with Beyond Meat. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/mcdonalds-will-test-plant-based-food.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644274219528667136

PETALING JAYA: The first batch of the CoronaVac vaccine has arrived in the country, with the vaccine expected to be processed into more than 300,000 doses. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/covid-19-first-batch-of-coronavac.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262842364837888

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PETALING JAYA: The suspect known as “Bob Mah Sing” has been nabbed in Shah Alam. The 40-year-old man was one of two men in a Proton Waja, which rammed into several vehicles to avoid being apprehended by police in Sungai Buloh. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/man-who-rammed-into-cars-in-sungai.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262842124697600

PETALING JAYA: Over a million people have already registered for the Covid-19 vaccine via MySejahtera, and the app will include new features to become the one-stop centre for the national immunisation programme. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-app-for-getting-immunised.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262841482870784

IPOH: A total of 13 couples exchanged their vows during a mass wedding registration ceremony at the Ipoh Chin Woo Athletic Association hall here. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/all-smiles-behind-face-masks-at-mass.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262841228148736

PETALING JAYA: The scorching weather that has persisted throughout the Chinese New Year festive period is expected to last till at least mid-March, potentially making the coming weeks blistering hot. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-heat-is-on-till-mid-march.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262840976424960

PETALING JAYA: A vaccine passport with wider uses, other than enabling international travel, should not be made compulsory for entry into local facilities and services like restaurants and gyms, say health experts. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/no-to-compulsory-vaccine-passport-for.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262840716378112

PETALING JAYA: With the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination underway, the Health Ministry has reminded those involved to comply strictly with Covid-19 guidelines. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/dg-comply-with-sop-during-exam.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262839961403392

(Reuters) - Myanmar’s U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/myanmar-envoy-appeals-to-un-to-stop.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262839496867840

KUCHING: Three journalists from Kuching have become the first in the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine along with other frontliners. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/three-journos-among-frontliners-to-get.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262840227807232

PETALING JAYA: Star Media Group Bhd (SMG) has appointed Alex Yeow Wai Siaw as its new group CEO effective March 1,2021. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/alex-yeow-brings-vast-experience-as.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262840465768448

(Reuters) - Following is the text of the redacted report released on Friday by the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) “Assessing the Saudi Government’s Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi,” dated Feb. 11, 2021: Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/text-of-us-assessment-of-saudi.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262839174955008

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said it rejected completely “the negative, false and unacceptable” assessment of a U.S. intelligence report released on Friday that found Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/saudi-arabia-rejects-us-intelligence.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262838897197056

(Reuters) - The world reacted to the release on Friday of a U.S. intelligence assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi: Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/world-reacts-to-us-report-on-khashoggi.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262838604644352

DUBAI (Reuters) - “No smoking gun,” pro-government Saudi commentators concluded in response to a U.S. intelligence assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved the operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/no-smoking-gun-we-are-all-mohammed-bin.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262838231302144

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it continued to raise the issue of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing in engagements with Saudi Arabia’s government, and regards his death as a terrible crime. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/uk-says-it-still-raises-terrible-crime.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262837774172160

NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least five protesters were killed and more than 175 people injured on Friday in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, a Reuters witness and other sources said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/five-protesters-die-dozens-injured-in.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262837420736512

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia in 2019 jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/factbox-saudis-in-spotlight-for-killing.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262837149122560

Pokemon’s enduring appeal 25 years on has only strengthen during the pandemic, with more fans turning to the game while cooped up. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/pokemons-appeal-continues-to-endure.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262836836679680

If your USB looks to have too much space to be true, and come at a very low price, it may just be a fake. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/that-cheap-2tb-usb-stick-is-probably.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644262836511571968

PETALING JAYA: Access to a variety of vaccines makes fighting the Covid-19 pandemic that much easier and health experts are hoping that more people in the country can get their immunisation sooner. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/expert-single-shot-j-vaccine-welcome.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160929393786880

KUALA LUMPUR: More states in Peninsular Malaysia have received their supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, on the second day of the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/more-peninsular-states-get-their.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160929154678784

PETALING JAYA: The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme has kicked off in earnest, with Selangor being the first state to vaccinate its medical frontliners. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/vaccination-plan-gets-underway.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160928733167617

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will receive 104,110 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in six batches. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/sabah-gets-its-first-batch-of-vaccines.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160928472072192

PETALING JAYA: All general practitioners (GPs) and their medical staff should be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccination programme as they are also frontliners fighting the pandemic, says Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy. He said for now, less than half of the 7,000 GPs nationwide had been invited to register for the first priority group. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/mma-all-gps-too-should-get-vaccines.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160928194199552

PETALING JAYA: Care home operators want more time to pre-register for the Covid-19 vaccine. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/care-homes-want-more-time-to-pre.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160927956172800

PETALING JAYA: The police can take action against those who are urging people not to take the Covid-19 vaccine, says Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/police-can-take-action-against-vaccine.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160927437062144

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eritrean soldiers killed hundreds of civilians in Ethiopia’s ancient town of Axum between Nov. 28 and 29, rights group Amnesty International said on Friday, one of several mass killings reported during a conflict that erupted nearly four months ago in the northern region of Tigray. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/amnesty-says-eritrean-troops-killed.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160927163465728

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/exclusive-us-carries-out-airstrike.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160926631837696

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday told Saudi King Salman he would work for bilateral ties “as strong and transparent as possible,” the White House said, ahead of the expected release of a sensitive U.S. intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/us-president-saudi-king-have-phone-call.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160926382227456

On Twitter, replies to certain tweets can sometimes be unpleasant or offensive. So why not call out users just as they’re about to post this kind of message? Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/twitter-wants-you-to-think-twice-before_26.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160925904125952

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday, stressing the importance of human rights and vowing to make the relationship between the two countries stronger and more transparent, the White House said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/biden-talks-to-saudi-king-stresses.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160925113401344

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea’s first prime minister, Michael Somare, has died aged 84, his daughter said on Friday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/papua-new-guineas-michael-somare-father.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160924302884864

“Zoom fatigue” is the expression coined to describe feelings of mental fatigue experienced following an excess of videoconference calls – a new source of angst for home workers and students since the onset of the pandemic. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/on-scale-of-one-to-15-how-do-you-rate.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160923894956032

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday said it had signed letters of intent with three Australian media firms, a day after the country’s Parliament passed a law forcing it to pay media companies for using content on its platform. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/facebook-signs-letter-of-intent-with.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160923579318272

On Twitter, replies to certain tweets can sometimes be unpleasant or offensive. So why not call out users just as they’re about to post this kind of message? Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/twitter-wants-you-to-think-twice-before.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160922952269825

(Reuters) - Oxford University said on Thursday it was investigating a digital intrusion after a researcher said he had seen evidence that a laboratory researching COVID-19 had been hacked. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/oxford-university-says-research-not.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160922495123456

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday said 6 million new users signed up for its cryptocurrency services in the first two months of 2021 amid higher retail trading volumes and sharp rises in the prices of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/robinhood-added-6-million-crypto-users.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160922195214336

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/microsoft-failed-to-shore-up-defenses.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160920575148032

(Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc beat Wall Street estimates for holiday-quarter revenue on Thursday, helped by demand for its desktops and notebooks as most offices continued to work remotely during the COVID-19 health crisis. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/dell-beats-revenue-estimates-on-buoyant.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644160920279531520

PUTRAJAYA: He may not be the first to receive a Covid-19 jab in Malaysia but being among the first of frontliners to be vaccinated is more than surreal for Clement Marai Francis. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/proud-to-be-among-first-vaccine.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070323105464320

PUTRAJAYA: Fresh from receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin described the process as painless and likened it to “any normal injection”. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/pm-is-first-to-be-vaccinated.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070322811895808

PETALING JAYA: With the Health Ministry targeting to vaccinate 126,000 individuals a day, a health expert says the country is estimated to achieve herd immunity by the end of October at the earliest if everything goes smoothly. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/herd-immunity-will-take-time.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070322236194816

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has extended a temporary stay order on the deportation of 114 Myanmar refugees back to their homeland. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/court-extends-stay-order.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070321903878144

SHAH ALAM: The founder of a “sugar baby” dating site, which published a post boasting about sugar babies from 10 local universities, has been charged in court. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/sugarbook-founder-charged-over-sugar.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070321313415168

GEORGE TOWN: After more than eight decades serving ordinary folk here in Penang, the state’s last remaining “squatting” Teochew porridge stall has decided to call it a day. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/no-more-squatting-for-your-porridge.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070320957980672

HULU LANGAT: Police arrested 31 people, including four Chinese nationals, during a raid on an online gambling call centre here. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/bungalow-used-for-online-gambling.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070320276471808

ALOR SETAR: The colourful Tecoma flowers may not attract as many admirers as before because of the ban on interstate and inter-district travel under the movement control order, but it’s still a sight to behold for the residents here. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/alor-setar-locals-taken-by-tecoma-blooms.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070319981772800

KUCHING: The body of an unidentified woman, who was in a car that plunged into Sungai Sarawak near the Satok Suspension Bridge, has been removed from the vehicle. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/divers-retrieve-jane-doe-from-submerged.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070319331606528

ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa’s most populous nation, officials and residents said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/gunmen-kill-36-in-attacks-on-two.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070318925873152

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co plans to make its debut in Western Europe, people familiar with the matter said, as the company seeks new growth markets ahead of a long-awaited initial public offering. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/chinese-ride-sharing-giant-didi-plans_25.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070318308261888

Birds have innate GPS systems. Octopuses feel empathy. Are humans really so much more intelligent than animals? Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/humans-vs-animals-are-we-really-more_25.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070317798653953

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chaired a Central Military Commission meeting, state media KCNA said on Thursday, where he called for more control and discipline within the military. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/north-koreas-kim-calls-for-tougher.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070317389742080

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Supporters of Niger’s opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane set up burning barricades and clashed with riot police in the capital Niamey on Wednesday, as the former president declared himself the winner of Sunday’s vote, despite losing the official tally. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/protesters-clash-with-police-as-niger.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070317065682945

DUBLIN (Reuters) - One of the European Union’s most powerful data regulators has warned companies may yet face massive disruption to translatlantic data flows as a result of an EU court ruling last year, despite efforts by policymakers to avoid that outcome. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/eu-us-data-flows-could-face-massive.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070316592840704

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co plans to make its debut in Western Europe, people familiar with the matter said, as the company seeks new growth markets ahead of a long-awaited initial public offering. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/chinese-ride-sharing-giant-didi-plans.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070316256215040

(Reuters) - Reddit recovered from an hour-long outage that affected thousands of users on Wednesday afternoon as volatility returned to stocks including GameStop GME.N> and AMC that were at the center of a slugfest between retail traders and Wall Street. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/reddit-recovers-from-hour-long-outage.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070315904860160

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian parliament on Thursday passed a news media and digital platforms mandatory bargaining code that will make it compulsory for Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for content. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/australian-parliament-passes-news-media.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070315566252032

Birds have innate GPS systems. Octopuses feel empathy. Are humans really so much more intelligent than animals? Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/humans-vs-animals-are-we-really-more.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070315194040320

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s cyber spies at the GCHQ eavesdropping agency say they have fully embraced artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover patterns in vast amounts of global data to counter hostile disinformation and snare child abusers. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/britains-gchq-cyber-spies-embrace-ai.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644070314555342848

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States’ patience with Iran on returning to discussions over the 2015 nuclear deal is “not unlimited,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/us-patience-with-iran-on-renewing.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/644062754107441152

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi discussed recent rocket attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces in a phone call on Tuesday and agreed those responsible “must be held fully to account,” the White House said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/biden-iraqi-prime-minister-discuss.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998597180014592

For most of us, the word “algorithm” is fairly new to our vocabulary. But badly designed decision-making algorithms have a growing impact on our lives and can do a great deal of damage. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/opinion-use-of-algorithms-can_24.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998596368334848

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The number of people going hungry in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has nearly quadrupled in the last two years, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Central America has been battered by an economic crisis. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/hunger-in-central-america-skyrockets-un.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998595891216384

The global health care and pharmaceutical industries bore the brunt of cyberattacks in 2020 as nation-state hackers and criminals targeted companies looking for information on Covid-19 as well as vaccine development, cybersecurity research firm CrowdStrike said in a report made public Monday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/healthcare-bore-brunt-of-cyberattacks_24.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998595613425664

A bipartisan group of senators on Feb 23 recommended that the US consider requiring companies to disclose when they have been hacked. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/us-senators-tech-execs-recommend-hack.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998595227549696

Leading technology companies said on Feb 23 that a months-long breach of US corporate and government networks was so sophisticated, focused and labour-intensive that a nation had to be behind it, with all the evidence pointing to Russia. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/tech-firms-say-theres-little-doubt.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998595004186624

SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co will recall 26,699 electric vehicles including Kona EVs in South Korea due to potential fire risks, South Korea’s transport ministry said on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/hyundai-motor-to-recall-kona-ev-and.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998594739879936

China has this week imposed its tightest restrictions to date on the publication of original content online via short video and “self-media” accounts, in the latest escalation of its ongoing crackdown on public discourse. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/china-imposes-new-rules-to-restrict.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998594169552896

For most of us, the word “algorithm” is fairly new to our vocabulary. But badly designed decision-making algorithms have a growing impact on our lives and can do a great deal of damage. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/opinion-use-of-algorithms-can.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998593204846592

Covid-19 pandemic has moved our lives into a virtual space. Why is that so exhausting? Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-research-why-zoom-can-wipe-you-out.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998593601208320

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/australian-lawmakers-expected-to-pass.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998593893662720

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California should soon implement its landmark net neutrality law under a judge’s ruling on Tuesday, nearly three years after the state legislature enacted the measure, the state attorney general’s office said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/california-to-enforce-net-neutrality.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998592930119680

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean manufacturer Samsung SDI Co Ltd said it will invest 942 billion won ($849 million) to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Hungary, a company official told Reuters on Wednesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/samsung-sdi-to-invest-849-million-to.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998592575619072

The global health care and pharmaceutical industries bore the brunt of cyberattacks in 2020 as nation-state hackers and criminals targeted companies looking for information on Covid-19 as well as vaccine development, cybersecurity research firm CrowdStrike said in a report made public Monday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/healthcare-bore-brunt-of-cyberattacks.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643998591901401088

PETALING JAYA: Schools have been preparing for reopening since the start of this year and are ready to welcome pupils back for face-to-face learning, said National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock.Although schools are ready for the March 1 reopening, the union – which has 220,000 members – hopes the government will consider implementing a rotational system to ensure schools with a large student enrolment will be able to adhere strictly to the Covid-19 standard operating procedure. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/nutp-schools-ready-for-reopening.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643991022301593600

QUITO (Reuters) - More than 50 people have died in riots in three Ecuadorean prisons that the government described on Tuesday as a concerted action by criminal organizations. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/ecuadorean-prison-riots-kill-more-than.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968404261339136

MELILLA, Spain (Reuters) - The last statue of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was removed on Tuesday from the city gates of Melilla, a Spanish enclave and autonomous city on the northwest African coast. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/last-statue-of-dictator-franco-removed.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968404011745280

DUBAI (Reuters) - Angry protesters occupied a governor’s office in southeastern Iran on Tuesday, a day after at least two fuel smugglers were shot dead at the nearby border with Pakistan, according to Iranian media and online videos. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/protesters-storm-southeast-iran-state.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968403782139904

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is producing highly-enriched uranium faster than called for by the law under which it started the process of enriching to 20% fissile purity last month, diplomats and a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/iran-producing-highly-enriched-uranium.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968403540000768

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s oversight board has received a “user statement” for the case it is deciding about whether the social media company was right to indefinitely suspend former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, a board spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/facebooks-oversight-board-has-received.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968403255771136

(Reuters) - LinkedIn, Microsoft Corp’s professional networking site, said on Tuesday it had resolved a technical glitch on its platform, after thousands of users reported difficulties in accessing the website. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/linkedin-says-tech-issue-on-platform.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968403037716480

PARIS (Reuters) - French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators’ report said. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/exclusive-french-antitrust.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968402766118912

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dive in Bitcoin’s price spilled onto shares of Tesla Inc, which recently disclosed that it held a $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency, and slammed exchange-traded funds holding the stock on Tuesday. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/bitcoins-steep-drop-drags-tesla-ark.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643968402452512768

Facebook is an important tool for Akin Olla, a West Philadelphia socialist activist. He’s used the platform to organise protests outside statehouses, promote his podcast on revolutions, and share his columns criticising President Joe Biden. He’s the social media manager for a left-leaning nonprofit that trains activist groups. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/facebook-restricted-this-activist-as-it.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643907996254093312

Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, said it would begin testing its driverless ride-hailing service on the streets of San Francisco with employees as riders. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/waymo-brings-robo-taxis-to-san_23.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643907995636563968

PUTRAJAYA: Two localities, one each in Sabah and Sarawak, have been placed under an enhanced movement control order beginning today after there was a surge in Covid-19 cases in the areas. Read full story source https://thetheoritical.blogspot.com/2021/02/sabah-and-sarawak-villages-placed-under.html from Tumblr https://nerocael.tumblr.com/post/643889144963153920