Day: January 23, 2022

New York (AFP) – Gun violence has rocked the first three weeks of Eric Adams’ tenure as New York mayor, piling pressure on the former cop to deliver on his promise to improve public safety in America’s largest city. A shooting in the neighborhood of Harlem Friday left one police officer dead and another in critical condition. It was the latest flashpoint of the Democratic mayor’s nascent rule, in which he has yet to present a comprehensive plan to rein in the crime he has decried. “It is our city against the killers,” said Adams, a retired police captain, on Friday night at Harlem Hospital, wh…

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 14 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Jan 22), bringing the cumulative death toll to 31,882. The daily reported deaths have been above 10 for four consecutive days. From the newly reported deaths yesterday, none died before they could receive treatment at a hospital. Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 966 deaths per 1 million population, and fourth-worst in Asia after Iran, Lebanon, and Jordan – all in the Middle East. The deaths were in Johor (2), Kedah (2), Perak (2), Selangor (2), Terengganu (2), …