Update: At least 48 dead as Taiwan train derails in tunnel

TAIPEI, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island’s worst railway accident in decades. Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said at least 48 people were confirmed dead with 66 others sent to hospital. Officials said…

Malaysia Produces Its First Armoured Vehicle, The Tarantula HMAV 4×4

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has achieved yet another milestone with the country’s first-ever locally-built armoured vehicle – the Tarantula HMAV 4×4 – which is a high-mobility four-wheel-drive armoured vehicle. It is 100 per cent Malaysian-made, and produced by MILDEF International Technologies Sdn Bhd, proving that a local…

Malaysia Among Top 20 Countries Where Foreigners Like To Relocate For Work — JobStreet

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has become a more attractive destination for foreigners to relocate for work, reaching 19th position as a desired country in 2020 based on a study conducted jointly by the Boston Consulting Group, global recruitment firm The Network and JobStreet’s owner SEEK Asia. Malaysia’s…

Malaysia, China Get Ready For Post COVID-19 Cooperation

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and China have signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of a High-Level Committee to Promote Cooperation in the Post COVID-19 Era – a historic development in Malaysia-China relations and the first of its kind for Malaysia. The MoU was inked during…

Msian Minister Khairy: Govt To Obtain Clinical Data From AstraZeneca

GEORGE TOWN (Penang, Malaysia) April 2 (NNN-Bernama) — The government will obtain the latest clinical data from COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca, for analysis by the Vaccine Selection Technical Working Group (TWG) and the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), following news reports of side effects of the vaccine in the United…

Malaysia-China Underscore The Need To Restore Peace In Myanmar — FM Hishammuddin

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and China underscored the need for peace to be restored in Myanmar as well as the fostering of a collective development agenda for the country, said Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. The minister, who is on a two-day official visit to China beginning Thursday…

Taiwan: At least 34 killed after train derails inside tunnel

People in unaffected carriages walking along train tracks with their belongings  TAIPEI, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 34 people have died after a train carrying some 350 passengers derailed Friday inside a tunnel in Taiwan. Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation centre says rescuers are struggling to access four carriages inside the tunnel…

Seven convicted in Hong Kong over unauthorized protest in 2019

It was not clear when the group would be sentenced HONG KONG, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were convicted on Thursday for taking part in an unauthorized protest in 2019.Prominent pro-democracy activist Martin Lee and media mogul Jimmy Lai were among those found guilty in a…

Covid-19: China vaccine maker Sinovac says doubles production capacity

BEIJING, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac said a third production line for its Covid-19 vaccine has been putinto use, doubling its annual capacity of the jabs to two billion doses. Its CoronaVac is one of four domestic vaccines given conditional approvalby Chinese authorities, which helps rush emergency…

Russian FM says Russia-China ties continue to be strengthened

MOSCOW, April 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russia-China relations have beenqualitatively strengthened and continue to be further cemented, RussianForeign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Bilateral ties are built on a clear-cut and objective foundation ofoverlapping interests, Lavrov told the Great Game talk show on Russian TV. The “strategic interaction and multifaceted partnership” between…
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