Malaysian King Meets Parliamentarians To Confirm Their Choice For New PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian king the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah today held an audience with 114 members of the Dewan Rakyat (Parliament Lower House) who had nominated Ismail Sabri Yaakob for the prime minister’s post. Ismail Sabri from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition…

Taliban Meets Karzai Amid Efforts To Form New Gov’t In Afghanistan

BEIJING, Aug 19 (NNN-ANA) – The Taliban, yesterday, met with former Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, as the group is seeking to form a new government in the war-torn country. The meeting between the Taliban and the former Afghan leader came, after Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, left the country, following…

Brunei Records New Daily High Of COVID-19 Cases

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 19 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei Darussalam yesterday recorded its highest number of COVID-19 infections in a single day with 94 new cases, including one new cluster and 30 cases of unknown sources of infection. The country’s national tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 946. Minister…

World Should Focus On Interests Of Afghans Who Want Peace — Political Analyst

By Nabilah Saleh KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-Bernama) — The world should focus on the interests of the people of Afghanistan who want to live in peace in the country without any foreign interventions, unlike for the past 20 years. An Afghan political analyst based in Kuala Lumpur, Abdul Hai…

COVID-19 Cases Expected To Fall In September – Thai PM Prayuth

By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Aug 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan o-cha said the spread of COVID-19 in the kingdom is showing ‘signs of slowing down’ and the numbers expected to start falling in September. Therefore, Prayuth urged the public to strictly follow the COVID-19 restrictions…

Moody’s Analytics Expects Global GDP To Rebound To 5.7 Pct In 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Moody’s Analytics is expecting the global real gross domestic product (GDP) to rebound 5.7 per cent in 2021, following the historic 3.6 per cent contraction in 2020. It said the relatively strong outlook is based on the pas­sage of the new fiscal stimulus in…

India Reports 36,401 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 32,322,258 today, as 36,401 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 530 deaths were reported due to the pandemic, since Monday morning, taking the…

Afghan President Ghani Says He Left To Prevent “Bloodshed”

DUBAI, Aug 19 (NNN-WAM) – Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, claimed last night that, he “decided to leave my country in order to prevent bloodshed.” Ghani made the statement, addressing his compatriots, in their native language Pashto, during a live Facebook broadcast from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ghani said,…

50.2 Pct Of Malaysia’s Adult Population Fully Vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is on track to achieve the targets set under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Program (PICK), with 50.2 per cent or 11,743,096 of the country’s adult population fully vaccinated as of Wednesday. The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV), through an infographic…

UK Lawmakers Berate Johnson Over Afghanistan Situation

LONDON, Aug 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – British lawmakers, yesterday, criticised Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan, amid the Taliban takeover of the country. Speaking at an emergency session of parliament, Johnson told the MPs, the collapse of Afghanistan’s government happened faster than expected, but denied his government…
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