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PETALING JAYA (April 16): With the COVID-19 crisis and worries over an economic recession, housing price in Malaysia is expected to fall by between 10% to 15%, which is a deeper drop than in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis, according to NawawiTie Leung Property Consultants director and regional head of research and consulting Saleha Yusoff.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Rita Wilson (pictured right), the wife of famous Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, suffered from “extreme side effects” after being treated with the COVID-19 drug chloroquine in an Australian hospital, reported The Guardian yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Worried about a "coronavirus divorce"? An enterprising Japanese short-term rental firm is marketing its empty apartments as a way for stressed couples to get some time apart during the virus lockdown, AFP reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Malaysian actor Ashraf Muslim tested positive for COVID-19, after filming a serial drama "Demi" in Inverness, Scotland, late last month, Berita Harian reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A US congressman has publicly stated that saving the economy is more important than a halting a “new wave” of COVID-19 deaths, reported NBC News today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Billionaire Bill Gates predicted in 2015 that there would be an epidemic that would result in millions of deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today thanked the United States government and its Department of Justice (DOJ) for its return of US$300 million of funds recovered from seizures related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A lack of shelters during the movement control order has forced some domestic violence survivors to resort to sleeping in their cars, said the Women's Aid Organisation, Malaysiakini reported today.