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KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Southeast Asia has lagged the pace of recovery in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) with the economies in the former still performing below pre-pandemic peaks in the first quarter (1Q21), according to Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The scheduled hearing today of Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi's application to set aside the interim injunction imposed on him by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has now been deferred until Sept 17.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The current lacklustre performance of retail real estate investment trusts’ (REITs) share prices offers investors a good opportunity to invest in quality retail REIT assets whose property values have remained largely intact despite the Covid-19 pandemic, AmInvestment Bank said.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Retail groups are asking the government to allow shops to reopen for business, as long as 70% of public-facing workers are fully vaccinated.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Democratic Action Party (DAP) has launched a policy position paper today, where it proposed the government should change the aim of its pandemic management strategy to living with Covid-19, instead of completely eradicating the disease.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 25) : Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases – which charted new highs of 15,902 yesterday (July 24), and 15,573 cases the day before (July 23) – surged further to 17,045 today, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases, which hit a new record high of 15,573 yesterday, climbed further to 15,902 today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The “buy now, pay later” or BNPL method of payment within e-commerce is reportedly growing in popularity all over Asia.

SINGAPORE (July 24): Data from the island republic has revealed that vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe sickness among those infected by the Covid-19 virus, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Malaysia administered 462,242 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (July 23), down 8.