China to ease mainland residents' travel to gambling hub Macau
Macau remains largely closed to overseas visitors and maintains a seven-day hotel quarantine policy.
Tue Nov 01 2022
Hong Kong will scrap COVID hotel quarantine from Sept. 26
All international arrivals will be able to return home or to accommodation of their choice but will have to self-monitor for three days.
Fri Sep 23 2022
Hong Kong flags COVID quarantine policy change, wants an orderly opening-up
Hong Kong said it aims to make an announcement soon on its controversial COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals.
Tue Sep 20 2022
Hong Kong eases COVID quarantine rules for incoming travellers
Arrivals will need to self monitor for a further four days, during which they will be forbidden to enter restaurants and bars.
Mon Aug 08 2022
Hopes high as tourists touch down for Thailand re-opening
Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine.
Mon Nov 01 2021
Australia man ties bedsheets together to escape 4th floor hotel quarantine - Police
Police arrested the man across town about 8 hours later, and charged him with failing to comply with a direction.
Tue Jul 20 2021
14-day mandatory quarantine among new restrictions for travellers to Labuan - Ismail Sabri
There will be several additional restrictions for travellers to Labuan among them a 10-day mandatory house quarantine for Labuan residents and a 14-day quarantine at hotels for foreign visitors.
Tue May 25 2021
Australia reopens NZ 'travel bubble' after no new COVID-19 cases
The decision marks the resumption of the only international arrivals into Australia who do not require 14 days in hotel quarantine.
Sun Jan 31 2021
Australia says 'no' to tennis stars amid calls for quarantine change
Mandatory hotel quarantine for people arriving for the Australian Open tennis tournament was essential to stop COVID-19.
Tue Jan 19 2021
Australia on high alert after overseas travellers bring new COVID-19 strains
A variant that emerged in South Africa was found in Sydney, Australia's largest city, in a hotel quarantine.
Sat Jan 09 2021
COVID-19: Subang Jaya app alert due to hotel quarantine - MOH
The Ministry of Health (MOH) today explained that the positive case reported in Subang Jaya on Aug 10 involved a foreign worker who had undergone screening at work.
Sat Aug 22 2020
COVID-19: No more free accommodation, hotel quarantine to be charged from June 1
Those sent for quarantine would be charged hotel quarantine payment starting from June 1, including citizens and non-citizens.
Wed May 20 2020
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024