Political scientist Chandra Muzaffar said it was clear that there were a number of factions in Umno with different views, though all seemed to be “fixated on power and dominance”.

“To me, this is wrong,” he said. “As a party which had power for decades then lost it because it was perceived as being corrupt, it should reflect on what is wrong with the party and try to correct the wrongs.

“This should be the top agenda. But if you look at Umno today, it doesn’t look like anyone wants to do any soul-searching or rectify shortcomings. They continue to support leaders who have questionable track records and jostle for power.”

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More than a dozen countries are signed on to host final phase trials of Chinese-made experimental Covid-19 vaccines, potentially putting China at the fore of national plans to immunise populations.

Across countries including Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Russia, thousands of people have been injected with experimental vaccines made by China’s three front-running vaccine makers
or soon will be, according to company and government statements and media reports.

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SINGAPORE — As the rivalry between the U.S. and China intensifies, investors and analysts are increasingly worried that the two economies will grow more distant from each other — a development that would make it harder for companies to operate on the international stage.

There have been signs that the world’s two top economies have started to go their separate ways, some observers said.

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A virus that has affected the world

A Chinese doctor who tried to sound the alarm. A father of six who emigrated from Pakistan to the United States to give his family a better life. A 15-year-old boy who left his remote home in the Amazon to study. They all died from Covid-19.
In eight months, more than 33 million people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, across nearly every country. The disease has taken lives on every continent except Antarctica -- and more than one million people have died.

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KUCHING: An educationist has defended vernacular schools against claims that they are an obstacle to national unity.

Jonathan Chai, the president of the Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian, said the allegations were unfair.



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