Myanmar Journalists And Activists Facing Deportation Find Safe Heaven In Third Country

BANGKOK, June 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Three Myanmar senior journalists and two activists who faced deportation after being charged and sentenced for illegal entry into Thailand have been granted asylum by an unnamed third country, according to their employer. The journalists working for online and broadcast news agency Democratic Voice of…

Malaysia, New Zealand Agree To Advance Work On AANZFTA

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and New Zealand have agreed on upgrading the regional ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) which is undergoing a comprehensive review, Senior Minister cum International Trade and Industry Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said. This is following his virtual meeting with New Zealand Minister for Trade…

Msian PM Wants Special Committee To Study Automatic Vaccine Registration Proposal For More To Be Vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (NNN-Bernama) — To ensure more people get vaccinated under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has told the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) to review the vaccine registration process including the proposal for automatic registration. The Prime Minister said he…

FM Hishammuddin To Discuss Incursion Incident With Chinese Counterpart At The Sidelines Of Asean-China FM Special Meeting

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (NNNBernama) — Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin Hussein is to discuss the Chinese air force incursion incident with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the sidelines of the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers in China on Monday (June 7). A statement from the Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma…

Drive-Thru Vaccination Centre Will Be Expanded Nationwide – Deputy Health Minister

IPOH (Perak, Malaysia) June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — The drive-thru vaccination centre (PPV) will be expanded nationwide in an effort to achieve the herd immunity soon, said Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali. He said the drive-thru method could speed up the vaccination process under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme,…

Msian Team Manager Still In A Daze Over Harimau Malaya’s ‘Collapse’ Against The Whites

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — National team manager Yusoff Mahadi is still scratching his head wondering how the Harimau Malaya could play so poorly that they were thrashed 4-0 by the United Arab Emirates at the Zabeel Stadium in Dubai early Friday morning. He said the presence of some…

Malaysia’s Vaccination Drive Moves Into High Gear

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia on Thursday (June 3) recorded a new milestone in its vaccination drive when 117,563 doses of vaccine jabs were administered in a single day, the highest number since the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was implemented 100 days ago. The figure is a…

COVID: 7,748 New Cases Friday – Msian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — There was a slight drop in the number of daily COVID-19 infections reported today with 7,748 positive cases recorded compared to 8,209 Thursday. Selangor continued to record the highest number of daily infections with 2,612 cases, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, adding…

Malaysia Airlines Scales Down Operations, Continues Faciltitating Essential Travels

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines Bhd will operate limited service with 85 per cent reduction across its network during the Movement Control Order (MCO) 3.0 but will continue to facilitate essential domestic and international travels as well as cargo movement. Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company…

Brief Analysis Of The Securities Market In Azerbaijan

By Dr. Emin Aslanov, Visiting Lecturer at Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Azerbaijan. The article has been emailed by the author to BERNAMA to inform Malaysian investors and business entities about the financial environment and its perspectives in Azerbaijan. KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Oil and gas have…