ADDIS ABABA: Malaysia and Ethiopia have agreed to bring 60 years of its diplomatic relations to greater heights through new areas of cooperation. This was agreed upon during a meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Ethiopia's President Taye Atske-Selassie Amde. Anwar said the cooperation between Malaysia and Ethiopia would reach high value sectors such...
PETALING JAYA: Concerns highlighted in a memorandum of proposals on the Urban Renewal Bill have been raised in a meeting between the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) on Infrastructure, Transportation and Communications and the Housing and Local Government Ministry, says MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Ayer Hitam MP, who is a member...
MELAKA: Preparations for the 19th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) are well underway, with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim set to inaugurate the five-day event on Tuesday (Sept 9), according to a statement from the Home Ministry. The meeting was scheduled to take place from Sept 8 to 12 and will gather Asean...
PUTRAJAYA: The Special Task Force on Agency Reform (STAR) meeting on Monday (Aug 18) evening will, among other matters, discuss studies by the United Nations University (Tokyo), McKinsey, and JP Morgan's experience on increasing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and enhancing worker productivity, says Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. The Chief Secretary to the...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is holding a meeting with Barisan Nasional MPs at the Seri Perdana Complex here tonight (July 11). The meeting is believed to be focused on current issues, including matters related to the upcoming parliamentary sitting. Earlier, a vehicle ferrying Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin was seen entering the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A new approach to the Ukraine conflict, proposed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, will be brought to United States President Donald Trump for consideration, says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio said this is a new concept that he will present to Trump, but cautioned that this may not automatically lead to...
KUCHING: Senior energy officials from Asean will discuss energy policies in a three-day regional meeting starting here on Monday (June 16). The 43rd Asean Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) is hosted by the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry in conjunction with Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship this year. The ministry's secretary-general Datuk Mad Zaidi Mohd Karli said...
BANGKOK (Bernama): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have agreed to hold a joint Cabinet meeting later this year at the Sadao-Bukit Kayu Hitam border area. Paetongtarn, in a post on her official X account, said the matter was discussed during a phone conversation with Anwar on Thursday to address issues of...
KUANTAN: The Federal Government has agreed to proceed with the preliminary works for five priority projects in Pahang, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said these five projects include the construction of the Bukit Rangin elevated interchange, the Kuantan-Chukai road (FTO3), the upgrading of the FT012 Kuantan-Segamat road spanning 51 kilometres, and Package Six of...
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is set to meet with the United States ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan on Tuesday (March 11) evening. The Prime Minister’s senior press secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the meeting is expected to discuss issues relating to bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and the United States...
