KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reiterated that he would step down after the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November, regardless of whether the matter is discussed in this Friday’s Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting.

2. A Malaysian working in Singapore has become one of 81 cases of Covid-19 reported in the island republic, while the former head of the Malaysian Health Ministry's infectious diseases unit warned that Singapore could become a new epicentre for the disease.

3. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P Waythamoorthy has proposed measures to provide Orang Asli villagers living near a dumpsite in Rompin, Perak, with better jobs and infrastructure.

4. A witness told a Suhakam inquiry that religious authorities had investigated the missing person Joshua Hilmy over the status of his religion.

5. Four Tabung Haji hotels said to be ceasing operations are to continue business as usual under new ownership.

6. More pressure is needed to help resolve the plight of a stateless e-sports athlete whose lack of documentation is preventing him from joining competitions abroad, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said.

7. Former federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s RM1 million corruption case will be heard before a different judge of the High Court.

8. The incident where a government doctor was caught on video shouting at a patient has been resolved through negotiations.

9. The Immigration Department denied carrying out a raid on the grounds of the Batu Caves temple, saying that it was targeting errant businesses nearby.

10. Two people have been charged with reckless driving over an incident where a two-year-old toddler was flung out of a car onto a highway.