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Malaysian manufacturers of hygiene products struggle to meet surging demand amid...
Producers of disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and rubber gloves in Malaysia are struggling to provide global requests which have ballooned due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China. Channel News Asia reported that local manufacturers of sanitizing products could not produce the expected demand because they lack materials which […]
Uninfected passengers disembark from virus-hit ship in Japan
Around 500 passengers of the cruise ship Diamond Princess who tested negative and showed no symptoms of coronavirus infection were allowed to leave on Wednesday.
They were...
Philippine Airlines appoints new president, raises capital stock by 130%
The flag carrier airline of the Philippines announced that it will now be controlled by Lucio Tan as he was recently appointed as the...
India emerged as 5th world’s largest economy with $2.94 trillion GDP
US-based World Population Review announced that India claimed the fifth position in the world’s largest economy rankings for 2019, surpassing the United Kingdom and...
Malaysian companies urged to reduce plastic use to clean oceans
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is urging the Malaysian government to work with companies to immediately come up with effective measures to...
Apple won’t hit revenue forecasts due to coronavirus
American multinational technology firm Apple said during the investor update that it will not meet its target earnings for March as its production and...
Thailand’s 5G auction raises over 100 billion baht
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand has successfully concluded its 5G spectrum auctions on Sunday which raised a total of 100.52 billion baht...
China to destroy banknotes from coronavirus-hit areas
All paper currency from hospitals, markets, and buses in some regions of China that have been hard hit by the coronavirus, officially named Covid-19,...
Tesla plans to strengthen financial position by issuing more shares
American automaker Tesla announced that it would sell $2 billion of common stock in a new public offering in order to purchase another 15%,...
Vietnamese Airlines endure $430 million revenue loss due to coronavirus
As the coronavirus (now named COVID-19) continues to spread fear in several parts of the world, Vietnamese airlines reported that they were losing up to $430...
