National Wushu squad lines up nine exponents for Manila Sea Games

File photo of Wushu exponent from Negeri Sembilan Calvin Lee Wai Leong. Lee will be among the nine Wushu athletes headed to the SEA Games in the Philippines this November. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) — The national wushu squad have lined up nine of their best…

NATO says INF Treaty terminated with Russia’s violation of the treaty

BRUSSELS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries, today issued a statement following the official termination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). NATO said Russia had violated the INF Treaty, which prohibited the deployment of…

People told not to take curfew order in Sabah’s security zone lightly

SANDAKAN, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The people especially maritime communities in the East Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone) should not take the curfew order lightly, said Maritime Command Centre (MCC) director Capt Pulendren Paramasivam. He said even those granted the curfew exemption permit must strictly observe the terms set under it and take extra precautions when…

APEC 2020 hosting puts Malaysia on right footing – MITI

By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani  KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit by Malaysia in 2020 will keep the country on track as a significant trading nation and will further advance Malaysian businesses across borders, says the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI).…

Update: Japan’s cabinet approves removal of S. Korea from export white list

TOKYO, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA-YONHAP) — Japan’s Cabinet approved a proposal Friday to remove South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners in a move seen as additional economic retaliation in a row over wartime forced labour, Yonhap news agency reported. The decision, which was widely expected, follows Tokyo’s first restriction, imposed…

Ukraine aircraft manufacturer receives offer to operate in Kedah

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Ukraine aircraft manufacturing and services company, Antonov, has received an offer to provide aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services at the Kulim International Airport (KXP) in Malaysia’s northern state of Kedah. The offer was extended by Kedah Chief Minister Mukhriz Mahathir during his meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador to…

Netherlands Ambassador says goodbye after three ‘beautiful years’ in Malaysia

By Azman Ujang KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  Karin Mossenlechner is saying goodbye after what she described as “three beautiful and bustling” years as the Netherlands Ambassador to Malaysia. She is returning to The Hague to take up a new appointment as Director of Asia and Oceania at the Ministry…

Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan fail to defuse trade, diplomatic tensions

By Song Sang-ho BANGKOK, Aug 1 (NNN-BERNAMA-YONHAP) — South Korea and Japan failed to defuse a deepening trade and diplomatic row on Thursday, the eve of Tokyo’s widely expected decision to strip Seoul of a preferential trade status in a move sure to aggravate the already high tensions. S. Korea,…

Najib’s trial Day 47: ‘Jho Low told me to lie,’ says witness

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho also known as Jho Low, had requested former Ambank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping to lie for the purpose of cashing out three bank draftss totalling RM139 million issued by SRC International Sdn Bhd’s AmBank account, the High Court here heard. Yu, 48,…

Najib’s trial Day 47: Witness says she rejected Jho Low’s job offer at 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  A former banker told the High Court here today that she refused a lucrative job offer at 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, in November 2013 because she did not want to work with him. Joanna Yu…