Flood Situation Worsens, Almost 50,000 Evacuated

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (NNN-Bernama) — The flood situation in Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Perak and Johor continued to worsen with close to 50,000 people having been evacuated to relief centres Friday morning. In PAHANG, the number of evacuees has risen to 27,073 from 7,278 families who were housed at 275…

Malaysian Govt’s Main Task To Ensure Political Stability, Be Functional

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (NNN-Bernama) — The main task of the government now is to ensure political stability to enable it discharge its duties and responsibilities well to fulfil the people’s hope and aspiration, said newly- appointed Pahang Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Saifuddin Abdullah. Saifuddin, who is also Pahang Parti…

COVID-19 : Clinical Trial For Vaccine From China Only For Willing Participants

KUCHING (Sarawak, Malaysia) Jan 7(NNN-Bernama) — The Sarawak Health Department will first have a discussion with those selected to undergo the clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine from China, before obtaining their consent. State Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing said those who have been selected would be contacted personally to…

Indonesia Records Daily Highest Number Of Almost 10,000 COVID-19 Cases

JAKARTA, Jan 7 (NNN-Bernama) — Indonesia recorded the highest number of 9,321 daily COVID-19 cases over 24 hours. This brings its overall positive cases to 797,723 with 68,753 patients under surveillance for the virus.  Indonesian President Joko Widodo, in a video uploaded to the presidential secretariat’s official YouTube channel, raised the possibility of reimposing the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB)…

Pakistan Welcomes Start Of Second Round Of Intra-Afghan Negotiations

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan welcomed commencement of the second round of intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The Taliban and an Afghan government’s negotiation team started the second round of negotiations yesterday, after a three-week break. The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said that, the two teams…

Powerful Quake Strikes Off Central Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Jan 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2, jolted Gorontalo province, in central Indonesia, earlier today, but with no potential tsunami, said the meteorology and geophysics agency. The quake struck at 3:59 am Jakarta time today (2059 GMT), with the epicentre at 71 km Bonebelago…

Hearing Of Najib’s 1MDB Case Expected to Extend Beyond Trial Date of His CBT Case – Court Told

KUALA LUMPUR,  Jan 6 (Bernama) — The High Court was told Wednesday that the hearing of former prime minister Najib Razak’s case involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) will take a long time and is expected to extend beyond the date for the trial of the criminal breach of trust (CBT) case, involving RM6.6 billion…

UN Expert Welcomes British Court’s Refusal To Extradite Assange

GENEVA, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, welcomed a British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange to the United States, on the ground that he would be exposed to “oppressive” conditions. “In the U.S., Assange would be exposed to conditions of detention,…

MetMalaysia Issues Bad Weather Warnings And Alerts In Several States

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) Tuesday issued bad and alert weather warnings, with heavy rains expected in several states across the country until Wednesday. MetMalaysia in a statement Tuesday said continuous heavy rain is predicted in Kelantan state involving the districts of Pasir Mas, Jeli,…

Flood in Malaysia’s Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan Worsens

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6  (Bernama) — More people were being evacuated due to the floods in Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan states, while the situation in Perak, Selangor and Johor is reported to be improving with the drop in the number of evacuees. In PAHANG, the situation is reported to have worsened with 18,976…
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