It looks almost like business as usual in parts of the city as Malaysia entered the Recovery Movement Control Order today, 89 days after the Movement Control Order was first imposed.

Day one of RMCO in pictures

The residents of Block D at Segar Ria Apartment at Cheras are having their samples taken to be tested for Covid-19 after a case was confirmed at their block.

Covid-19 tests underway at Segar Ria Apartment block after new Cheras cluster emerges

The Kajang Municipal Council and the Hulu Langat Health Department continued their sanitisation of the Kajang market today.

The market was closed for sanitisation and disinfection after three workers at the market tested positive for Covid-19 recently.

Kajang market closed for sanitisation

The Immigration Department has detained around 200 illegal migrants from around the Jalan Othman market at PJ Old Town here, which is currently under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO).

Immigration authorities nab 200 illegal migrants around PJ Old Town market

Residents of Pudu, which was placed under the Semi Enhanced Movement Control Order (SEMCO) last Friday, received about 200 sets of rice and eggs from donations organised by Bukit Bintang Member of Parliament Fong Kui Lun.

Pudu folk under SEMCO receive food aid facilitated by Bukit Bintang MP

The first meeting of the third term of the 14th Parliamentary session was convened this morning, expeditiously and under heavy police guard.

The truncated, single-day sitting schedule was modified to only include the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s royal address.

First Parliamentary meeting of the year concludes

Parts of Pudu were put under the semi-enhanced movement control order (SEMCO) at midnight yesterday to enable the authorities to step up screening and treatment of its residents after 18 new Covid-19 cases were detected there, bringing total active cases to 30.

Parts of Pudu placed under SEMCO as active Covid-19 cases almost triple to 30

The government has coined the term semi-enhanced movement control order (SEMCO) for areas where Covid-19 tests need to be stepped up and traffic within a given area limited while still allowing other activities to continue, according to reports.

'SEMCO' coined as latest directive, with three places in KL placed under tighter restriction

The Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) was imposed today, ending almost seven weeks of restrictions on travelling, dining out and business operations in an effort to jump-start an ailing economy ravaged by the coronavirus and moves to contain its spread.

The first day of the CMCO offered a glimpse of the new normal

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Over 1,000 traders, workers and residents from around the closed Pasar Raja Bot at Chow Kit were swabbed for Covid-19 detection tests today.

According to reports, a first round of screenings took place last week.

Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, which ord...

Over 1,000 traders, workers and market visitors swabbed for Covid-19 at Pasar Raja Bot

Twenty-one personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (Bomba) and 11 more from the Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted a disinfection exercise at Menara City One here this morning.

According to health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, 55 cases of Covid-19 were found at the condo and its surrounding areas – which include all of Jalan Munshi Abdullah where the building is located – as at yesterday.

Bomba, MoH disinfect Menara One City building

The reopening date of Pasar Besar Jalan Othman will depend on traders' Covid-19 test results, said Petaling district officer and disaster committee chairman Johary Anuar.

Jalan Othman market to be closed for at least five days

A decision on whether to reopen the Taman Megah market — which was shut on Sunday after one trader there tested positive for Covid-19 — will be made in five days, said Petaling district officer and disaster committee chairman Johary Anuar.

Decision in five days on reopening of Taman Megah market

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): It has been three days since Selayang Baru was put under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO).

The geographic scope of the directive was widened after taking into account the risk of infection from the nearby Kuala Lumpur wholesale market and the daily mar...

Life in lockdown at Selayang Baru

Richard Parsons, the executive dubbed “Captain Emergency” for his record of stabilising ailing companies such as AOL Time Warner, Citigroup Inc and Dime Savings Bank of New York, has passed away. He was 76.

Richard Parsons, 'Captain Emergency' who rescued Time Warner and Citigroup, passes on at 76

Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labour authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in BYD's biggest overseas market.

Brazil says workers at China's BYD site are victims of human trafficking

Asked what makes Nissan Motor Co a strong business partner, Honda Motor Co chief executive officer Toshihiro Mibe struggled to find the right words.

For Honda, a Nissan rescue comes with only a thin silver lining

Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec said on Friday it planned to launch a ¥257 billion (US$1.6 billion or RM7.27 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, a surprise unsolicited takeover offer in a country better known for agreed deals.

Japan's Nidec targets Makino Milling in US$1.6b unsolicited bid

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet on Friday approved a record US$730 billion (RM3.26 trillion) budget for the next fiscal year, while limiting new bond issuance to the lowest in 17 years on the back of record tax revenue.

Japan's cabinet approves record budget, faces tough parliament fight

It’s a wonder three little headlights can stir up such debate. But that’s what many netizens in China have been driven to comment on following the launch of Nio Inc’s newest sub-brand, Firefly.

Nio’s mass market push draws scorn as EV maker promises a profit

A less-than-perfect debut for the new season of Netflix Inc’s blockbuster series Squid Game sent shares of related South Korean companies sharply lower Friday.

‘Squid Game’ stocks tank in Korea on Netflix new season letdown

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has ordered Bybit Technology Ltd to disable its website and mobile applications in the country as part of enforcement actions against the cryptocurrency exchange.

SC orders Bybit to disable website, apps in Malaysia for operating illegal crypto exchange

China’s latest measures to deal with the financial risks of local officials have centred on a massive debt-swap plan, but a companion step is now drawing attention as a possible new tool. 

Ever since China unleashed a massive wave of credit to stoke its domestic economy in the depths of the global financial crisis, policymakers have been dealing with the dangers posed by a structure on which that wave relied — the so-called local government financing vehicles (LGFVs). Now, economists see potential for “central government financing vehicles” (CGFVs) to displace some of that activity, with greater oversight by national authorities.

China’s local-finance clean-up opens new chapter with state firms

Shares of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) rose on Friday to their new record high as analysts flagged potential earnings upside from implementation of Regulatory Period 4 (RP4).

Tenaga Nasional shares hit new record high as analysts flag upside from RP4

Shares of MyMBN Bhd (KL:MBN) fell on Friday to their lowest since listing 17 months ago and below its initial public offering price after the Malaysian government temporarily suspended bird's nest exports to China.

MyMBN shares slip to lowest on record after govt suspends bird's nest export to China

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.

Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says

Shares of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) rose on Friday to their new record high as analysts flagged potential earnings upside from implementation of Regulatory Period 4 (RP4).

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet on Friday approved a record US$730 billion (RM3.26 trillion) budget for the next fiscal year, while limiting new bond issuance to the lowest in 17 years on the back of record tax revenue.

Oil edged lower in light holiday trading on soft US jobs data and a retreat in natural gas futures.&nbsp;

Oil prices dip in thin trading on soft US data, natural gas outlook

Asian stocks wobbled on Friday while the dollar was steady, keeping the yen rooted near five-month lows in thin year-end trading as investors looked ahead to 2025, when the Federal Reserve is expected to be measured in its interest rate cuts.

Asian stocks drift, yen at five-month low in thin year-end trading

South Korea's acting president faces an impeachment vote on Friday, intensifying a political crisis as the Constitutional Court meets for its first hearing on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declared on Dec 3.

South Korea's acting president faces impeachment as Yoon set for trial

US soybean futures rose more than 1% on Thursday and soymeal futures touched a two-month high as worries about dry weather in parts of Argentina prompted speculators to exit short positions ahead of the new year, analysts said.

Soybean futures up as weather spurs short-covering; corn at six-month high

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has ordered Bybit Technology Ltd to disable its website and mobile applications in the country as part of enforcement actions against the cryptocurrency exchange.

Stocks wavered in a quiet post-holiday session as mixed jobless claims data did little to alter bets on the Federal Reserve outlook.

US stock rally stalls in sleepy session

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL said it plans to seek a listing in Hong Kong, a Shenzhen Stock Exchange filing showed.

China's CATL to seek Hong Kong listing

Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec said on Friday it planned to launch a ¥257 billion (US$1.6 billion or RM7.27 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, a surprise unsolicited takeover offer in a country better known for agreed deals.

As Donald Trump prepares to fulfill a lengthy list of campaign promises, the president-elect’s vow to ensure that all remaining Bitcoin is “made in the USA” may prove to be one of the most challenging to keep.

Trump’s ‘made in USA’ Bitcoin is promise impossible to keep

Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labour authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in BYD's biggest overseas market.

China's industrial profits fell at a slower clip in November, official data showed on Friday, offering some respite to an embattled sector even as persistently soft domestic demand delays a recovery.

China's November industrial profits narrow decline but demand remains soft

As Covid swept across California in early 2020, pediatric infectious diseases physician Karin Nielsen grew alarmed by the crisis erupting in maternity wards. Pregnant women were placed on life support, undergoing emergency C-sections as the virus triggered severe complications. Some died.

Covid pregnancies may have boosted autism risk, study shows

Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while services inflation held steady, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations for a near-term interest rate hike.

Inflation in Japan's capital accelerates, keeps rate hike prospects intact

Alexei Miller, the head of Russia's Gazprom&nbsp;said on Thursday the group's natural gas production is set to rise this year by 61 billion cubic metres (bcm) to around 416 bcm.

Gazprom's gas output to rise to around 416 bil cubic metres in 2024

A less-than-perfect debut for the new season of Netflix Inc’s blockbuster series Squid Game sent shares of related South Korean companies sharply lower Friday.

South Korea’s business confidence deteriorated the most since the global outbreak of Covid-19, reflecting mounting concerns about an economy grappling with political turmoil and facing Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

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