Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Photo courtesy of Bernama TOKYO, May 30 (NNN-Bernama) – Malaysia is proposing a new currency based on gold as it is more stable as opposed to the current currency trading which is manipulative, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said by using…

TOKYO, May 2930 (NNN-Bernama) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport today for a three-day working visit to Japan. Dr Mahathir is also scheduled to attend the 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia, or Nikkei Conference. The special aircraft carrying the…

TOKYO, May 29 (NNN-Bernama) — The ever-changing dynamics of the international order and how the new technologies shape the future outlook will be the gist of Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s keynote address at the opening of the 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia (Nikkei Conference)…

Picture is for illustration purpose only. Freeimages/Pixalbay KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has maintained its 22nd rank, among 63 countries, in the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) 2019 published by IMD World Competitiveness Centre, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. With a score of 82.54 out of 100 points, Malaysia sustained…

Malaysia Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Japan’s Prime Minister  Shinzo Abe during state visit to Tokyo, Japan on Nov 6, 2018. Photo courtesy of Bernama TOKYO, May 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia-Japan relations, which had been elevated to a new level since the rejuvenation of the Look East Policy (LEP)…

Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin. Photo courtesy of Bernama PORT KLANG, May 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Importers of prohibited plastic waste are traitors to the country and stern action will be taken against them, said Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) — Historian and academician Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim, 82, has died of a lung infection at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM) here at about 10.13 am this morning. His second son, Rubin Khoo, 47, said his father had a by-pass operation in…

Tam, Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia. Photo courtesy of Bernama KOTA KINABALU, May 28 (NNN-Bernama) –The Sabah Wildlife Department has announced with great sadness the death of the last remaining male Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, named Tam. State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Christina Liew said she was informed…

Photo courtesy of Bernama PATTANI (Southern Thailand), May 28 (NNN-Bernama) — Two people were killed and 14 others, including four rangers, were injured in a motorcycle bomb attack at a Ramadan market in Nong Chik, here Monday. In the 4.15pm (local time) incident, the market in Bo Thong town was…