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SJK (C) Chung Hwa has been ordered to shut down for two days beginning today after one of its pupils tested positive for COVID-19.

Six schools in Perak and four in Kedah have been ordered to close for seven days starting tomorrow following positive COVID-19 cases among the teachers and pupils.

The closure involved 298 primary and secondary schools as well as vocational colleges and private schools throughout the district.

Terengganu Education Department director Shafruddin Ali Hussin said of the 27 schools closed, nine schools are in Setiu district.

38 schools were closed in the Pasir Mas district, six in Tumpat district and one in Pasir Puteh district.

Nine of the schools were closed because their access roads were inundated by flood waters, making these roads impassable, while one school had been turned into a flood relief centre.

The original intention was to close only 24 schools today but heavy rain overnight flooded or cut off access roads to the 39 other schools.

Three schools in Terengganu had to be closed this morning due to the floods, raising the total number of schools closed in the state to six.

The Selangor Education Department has ordered all the 131 schools in the Klang district to close Friday due to the haze.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

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Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia is participating in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.