Malaysia new PM faces tall task in uniting polarized society
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was sworn in Saturday, bringing back the rule of the country's longest-governing political party, but he faces a tall task in uniting a polarized society and reviving a slumping economy amid a worsening pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Malaysian king picks ex-deputy PM as nation's new leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat, after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, as the country’s new leader.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia new PM faces tall task in uniting polarized society
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was sworn in Saturday, bringing back the rule of the country's longest-governing political party, but he faces a tall task in uniting a polarized society and reviving a slumping economy amid a worsening pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia new PM faces tall task in uniting polarized society
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was sworn in Saturday, bringing back the rule of the country's longest-governing political party, but he faces a tall task in uniting a polarized society and reviving a slumping economy amid a worsening pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Malaysian king picks ex-deputy PM as nation's new leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat, after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, as the country’s new leader.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Malaysian king picks ex-deputy PM as nation's new leader
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat, after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, as the country’s new leader.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
N. Korean diplomats leaving Malaysia after ties are severed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
N. Korean diplomats leaving Malaysia after ties are severed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
N. Korean diplomats leaving Malaysia after ties are severed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Emergency imposed in Malaysia over virus is reprieve for PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has declared a coronavirus emergency that will suspend Parliament at least until August and halt any bids to seek a general election, but critics charged it was a political move by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to stay in power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia coroner: No foul play in death of French-Irish teen
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian coroner ruled Monday that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation was most likely a misadventure that didn't involve other people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Malaysian PM gains political lifeline with budget approval
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Parliament approved the government's proposed 2021 budget on Thursday, throwing a political lifeline to embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin amid strong resistance to his 9-month-old leadership.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Malaysian PM gains political lifeline with budget approval
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Parliament approved the government's proposed 2021 budget on Thursday, throwing a political lifeline to embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin amid strong resistance to his 9-month-old leadership.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia's Top Glove says virus outbreak may push prices up
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Top Glove, the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Wednesday that supply disruptions at its factories due to an outbreak of the coronavirus may push glove prices up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia's Top Glove says virus outbreak may push prices up
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Top Glove, the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Wednesday that supply disruptions at its factories due to an outbreak of the coronavirus may push glove prices up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
APEC leaders, including Trump, agree on free trade
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including U.S. President Donald Trump, pledged Friday to work toward free, open and non-discriminatory trade and investment to revive their coronavirus-battered economies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
APEC leaders, including Trump, begin virtual meeting
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began a virtual meeting on Friday to seek ways to revive their coronavirus-battered economies, with U.S. President Donald Trump participating for the first time since 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Malaysia group teaches refugee women how to read and write
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — In a bare room, students seated on the floor recite the alphabet. But these are not children. The students are refugee women in Malaysia, some in their late 50s, who for the first time are learning how to read and write, both in Malay and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Trump skips Asian summits as China set to expand influence
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump skipped summits with his Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, even as rival China is set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in the region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump skips Asian summits as China set to expand influence
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump skipped summits with his Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, even as rival China is set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in the region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump skips Asian summits as China set to expand influence
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump skipped summits with his Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, even as rival China is set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in the region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump skipped a summit with his Southeast Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, with rival China set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in the region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Dad: Teen, found dead in Malaysia, couldn't survive jungle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The father of a French-Irish teenager who was found dead last year near a Malaysian jungle resort after vanishing on a holiday said Thursday that his daughter would not have had the stamina or instinct to survive for days in the jungle.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Teen's mom: Daughter, found dead in Malaysia, was abducted
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The mother of an Irish-French teen whose body was found last year near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation said Wednesday that evidence may have been lost because police were slow to act on the possibility that her daughter could have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Embattled Malaysian PM gets respite but survival in balance
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A key ally's reaffirmed support for Malaysia's prime minister offers him a respite after his failed bid to declare a coronavirus emergency, but his political survival still hangs in the balance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysian PM faces calls to resign after emergency rebuffed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister faced calls to resign from both sides of the political aisle Monday after the king rebuffed his proposal for a coronavirus emergency that critics saw as an undemocratic attempt to hold onto power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysian PM faces calls to resign after emergency rebuffed
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister faced calls to resign from both sides of the political aisle Monday after the king rebuffed his proposal for a coronavirus emergency that critics saw as an undemocratic attempt to hold onto power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysia's king rejects PM's proposal to declare emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's king on Sunday rejected a proposal by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to declare a state of emergency to fight a new outbreak of the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysian PM acknowledges king's rebuff of virus emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister said his government was prioritizing protecting people from COVID-19 amid a new outbreak after the king rebuffed his emergency proposal that critics saw as an undemocratic attempt to hold onto power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysian PM acknowledges king's rebuff of virus emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister said his government was prioritizing protecting people from COVID-19 amid a new outbreak after the king rebuffed his emergency proposal that critics saw as an undemocratic attempt to hold onto power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysia's king rejects PM's proposal to declare emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's king on Sunday rejected a proposal by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to declare a state of emergency to fight a new outbreak of the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Anwar warns Malaysia PM seeks emergency law to keep power
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he's concerned about reports that the prime minister is seeking the declaration of a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus as an excuse to suspend Parliament so he can stymie bids to oust his government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Anwar warns Malaysia PM seeks emergency law to keep power
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he's concerned about reports that the prime minister is seeking the declaration of a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus as an excuse to suspend Parliament so he can stymie bids to oust his government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Malaysia's Anwar grilled by police over bid to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was grilled by police on Thursday over his bid to oust the government, in what he called “political harassment" to thwart his attempt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Malaysia's Anwar faces police probe over bid to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim arrived at police headquarters on Friday to be questioned over the dissemination of a purported list of lawmakers supporting his bid to oust the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Malaysia's Anwar faces police probe over bid to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is set to be questioned by police Friday over his claim that he has a list of lawmakers supporting his bid to oust the government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Malaysia's Anwar meets king in bid to form new government
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he presented the king Tuesday with evidence that he has enough support among lawmakers to topple the prime minister and form a new government, an assertion the palace rejected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Malaysia's Anwar meets king in bid to form new government
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim met the nation's king Tuesday in a bid to form a new government after claiming he had secured a majority in Parliament.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining them and checking their health Thursday to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining them and checking their health Thursday to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining them and checking their health Thursday to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases.
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Neglect before a tragedy
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Flight 370 focus shifts again
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No wreckage found near oil slicks
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