Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:11:04 +0000
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned Monday in a move analysts said appeared to be an effort to form a new coalition and block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. The shock move followed weekend political drama that saw an attempt by Anwar’s rivals within his own “Pact of Hope” coalition — which […]
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday a Chinese company building a rail link across peninsula Malaysia will jointly help to manage, operate and maintain the network that will help reduce the country’s financial burden.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s human rights commission has urged the government to reinvestigate the disappearances of a Christian pastor and a Muslim activist after a public inquiry concluded they were abducted by the police special branch for alleged proselytizing of Muslims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:37:19 +0000
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s prime minister said Tuesday the surprise release of an Indonesian woman who was on trial for assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother followed the “rule of law”, after suspicions of meddling amid an intense lobbying effort by Jakarta.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:57:21 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Malaysia will soon to sign an agreement to boost health cooperation between the two Southeast Asian nations.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:15:02 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday afternoon officially welcomed to Malacañang visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:00:59 +0000
On President Duterte’s invitation, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will make an official visit to Manila on March 6 and 7
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Read moreBEIJING: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad confirmed during a visit to Beijing on Tuesday that three China-backed projects totaling $22 billion will be cancelled until his country can find a way to pay its debts. The projects include a railway connecting Malaysia’s east coast to southern Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, and two gas pipelines. “I […]
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