Among the headlines for Tuesday, 29th September, Sabah Perikatan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor was sworn in as Sabah Chief Minister at the State Palace today.

Also, the global death toll from COVID-19 rose past 1 million, a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and changed the way people live.

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