Senate President, Lower House Of Parliament Speaker Meet Malaysian King

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Tuesday granted an audience to Senate president Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun at Istana Negara (national palace) here. Also in attendance were Senate deputy…

More Than 7.5 Mln Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Dispensed As At Yesterday – Health Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 7,593,179 doses of vaccine have been administered in the country as of yesterday under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, said Health Minister, Dr Adham Baba. He said there were 5,463,128 first dose recipients with 2,130,051 people receiving the second dose thus…

KKMM, Cybersecurity Malaysia Committed To Strengthening National Cyberspace Security

PUTRAJAYA, June 28 (NNN-Bernama) — The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM), together with its agency CyberSecurity Malaysia, are proactive and committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of the country’s cyberspace. Its Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said CyberSecurity Malaysia, with capabilities in terms of manpower expertise and supported by laboratory…

Iran says it has drone that can travel 7,000 km

 TEHRAN, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometres, the commander of its Revolutionary Guard force said. “We have drones which can fly 7,000 kilometres, without a pilot, and land back at the same spot or anywhere else,” General Hossein Salami said in a speech broadcast…

Court orders Samoa parliament to sit to end vote impasse

 APIA (Samoa), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Samoa’s Supreme Court ordered parliament to sit within seven days, effectively setting a deadline to end a power struggle that has gripped the Pacific island nation for months.   In the latest legal twist arising from Samoa’s disputed April 9 general election, the court…

Covid-19: Guam launches vacation-and-vax tourism drive

  HAGATNA (Guam), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Pacific territory of Guam will offer visitors a Covid-19 vaccination with their tropical holiday, in a bid to restart its struggling tourism industry. Dubbed ‘Air V&V’ — vacation and vaccination — the programme is primarily aimed at US expatriates in the…

Russia, China extend friendship treaty, hail ties

  MOSCOW, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leaders of China and Russia on Monday announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship treaty, hailing increasingly close ties and the “stabilising role” of their relationship.    The Kremlin published a joint statement from Russia and China to mark two decades since the treaty…

UN Security Council confronts growing threat of cyber attacks

 UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday will hold its first formal public meeting on cybersecurity, addressing the growing threat of hacks to countries’ key infrastructure, an issue Joe Biden recently raised with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. At their summit earlier this month in…

World’s second-largest hydropower dam goes online in China

BEIJING, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China began operating the world’s second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a milestone towards Beijing’s carbon neutrality goals, despite warnings of environmental damage. The 289-metre high Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China, second in the world only to the country’s Three…

Covid-19: India’s holy Ganges river gives up its coronavirus dead

 ALLAHABAD (India), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India’s ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Families in India’s north and east gave up the bodies of their loved…
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