Day: September 10, 2020

7 hours ago The US says it has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who are deemed to be a security risk. The move follows a proclamation by President Donald Trump in May aimed at Chinese nationals suspected of having ties to the military. He said some had stolen data and intellectual property. China has accused the US of racial discrimination. Nearly 370,000 students from China enrolled at US universities in 2018-19. A state department spokeswoman described those whose visas were revoked as "high-risk graduate students and research scholars". She said they were a "small subset" of the total number of Chinese students. "We continue to welcome legitimate students and scholars from China who do not further the Chinese Communist Party...

10 September 2020 Image captionDarkness fell on San Francisco on Wednesday, as smoke from wildfires filled its skies A plume of smoke from wildfires in the US state of California has descended on the San Francisco area, causing the sky over the region to turn orange. Some 14,000 firefighters are battling 28 major blazes across California, amid a historic heatwave. Wildfires have burned more than 2.5 million acres in the state this year, killing at least eight people. On Wednesday, strong winds blew smoke and ash from some of those blazes in northern parts of the state. Image captionSome residents of San Francisco believed it was still night up when they woke up on Wednesday Residents of San Francisco and the surrounding areas woke up to darkened skies, disorientating ...

Oleh Sophia Ahmadbhnews@bh.com.myKONGSI ARTIKELShareTweet PUTRAJAYA: Waktu operasi kedai makan dan kedai serbaneka kini dilanjutkan sehingga jam 2 pagi. Menteri Kanan (Keselamatan), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, berkata sebelum ini waktu operasi premis perniagaan termasuk kedai makan dan kedai serbaneka ditetapkan sehingga jam 12 tengah malam sahaja. Beliau berkata, perkara itu diputuskan dalam mesyuarat khas hari ini selepas menerima banyak aduan pemilik premis yang pendapatan mereka terjejas kerana waktu operasi terhad. "Ramai yang mengadu terutama sekali di kawasan pelancongan seperti Langkawi. Mereka terpaksa tutup tengah malam dan sebab tiada persembahan hiburan, mereka hanya boleh makan. Menteri Kanan (Keselamatan) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob ketika sidang me...

Oleh Nor Azizah Mokhtarbhnews@bh.com.myKONGSI ARTIKELShareTweet KUALA LUMPUR: Hujan lebat lebih dua jam di ibu negara, petang tadi menyebabkan kawasan dan laluan di sekeliling Masjid Jamek, di sini dan kawasan sekitarnya ditenggelami air selepas air daripada Sungai Klang dan Sungai Gombak melimpah. Hujan lebat bermula kira-kira jam 2 petang itu turut menyebabkan beberapa lokasi lain di ibu negara turut dinaiki air antara satu hingga tiga meter sehingga ada mangsa yang terpaksa dipindahkan selepas kediaman mereka ditenggelami air. Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat (JBPM) Kuala Lumpur, Nordin Pauzi, berkata setakat ini lima mangsa dipindahkan dan ditempatkan sementara di pusat pemindahan banjir yang dibuka di Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, Kampung Baru. "Bomba menerima laporan b...