Malaysia Will Start Receiving CanSino COVID-19 Vaccine From This Month

PUTRAJAYA, April 1 (NNN-Bernama) – Malaysia will receive a supply of 3.5 million doses of CanSino COVID-19 vaccine from China in stages, starting this month, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba. He said the procurement of the vaccine is being made in two categories, namely finished product of 500,000 doses,…

Malaysian Badminton Association Sticks To Olympic Gold Medal Target At Paris 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (NNN-Bernama) — The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is sticking with its target of winning the Olympic gold medal in the Paris edition in 2024, however, it does not rule out the possibility of its players bringing home medals from Tokyo this year. BAM president Mohamad…

Largest-Span Continuous Beam Closed, In Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung HSR

JAKARTA, Mar 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The continuous beam with the largest span of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) was successfully closed on Monday morning, marking the significant progress of another critical control project in the construction of the railway. A statement released by KCIC, a joint venture consortium by Chinese and…

PM Muhyiddin’s Visit Will Push Riyadh-KL Ties To New Heights – Saudi FM

By Jamaluddin Muhammad RIYADH, March 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud believes Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s official visit to this kingdom will push forward Riyadh-Kuala Lumpur ties to new heights and a promising future. “It is important that we have a strong bilateral relationship…

UN Chief Condemns Weekend Attacks In Yemen, Saudi Arabia

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, condemns two reported attacks, the Saudi Arabia airstrikes in Yemen and the Houthi Yemeni rebels drone and missile hits in Saudi Arabia, a UN spokesman said yesterday. “It is really quite simple,” said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for Guterres.…

UNICEF, France Grant 2.37 Million USD To Rebuild Lebanon’s Hospital Damaged In Blasts

BEIRUT, Mar 9 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), signed yesterday, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), a grant agreement with the Lebanese Health Ministry, to renovate a hospital, severely damaged in Beirut Port’s blasts, last year. The agreement values at two million euros…

Egypt, France Hold Joint Naval Drills In Red Sea

CAIRO, Mar 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian and French naval forces, held joint military drills in the Red Sea, said the Egyptian army yesterday. The joint exercise involved various areas, including protection of a vital target in the sea, against potential threats, air defence activities, and exchange of helicopter landings on…

Pakistani Army Chief, U.S. Special Envoy Discuss Afghan Peace Process

ISLAMABAD, Mar 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, yesterday met with visiting U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, in Rawalpindi and discussed ongoing Afghan peace process, the Pakistani military said. An army statement said, matters of mutual interest, regional security and ongoing…

Malaysia Remembers MH370

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Today, March 8, marks the 7th anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH370 that went missing under mysterious circumstances while enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. How and why a sophisticated Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers of different nationalities and 12 crew…

Empowering Women Will Continue To Be A Top National Agenda – PM Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (NNN-Bernama) -The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government has always upheld the principle of women’s empowerment and will ensure that it continues to be an important national agenda, said Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said women were one of the most important pillars of national development not only…
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